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Electrical Maintenance Technician

Georgia-Pacific and Careers
Milford, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/7/2026
Your Job

At Georgia-Pacific, we don't believe that a job is just simply a job. We see each role as a career and a way to advance your skills to not only better your life, but the community as well. Our facility in Milford, New Jersey is looking for a 2 nd Shift Electrical Maintenance Technician to join their team.

This position is an experienced skilled crafts role that creates value by performing a variety of maintenance duties, ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals.

Salary

  • Starting at $39.50 per hour
  • 2 nd shift differential is $1.50 per hour / 3 rd shift differential is $2.00 per hour
  • You will have the ability to increase your compensation based on skills and contribution to the overall performance of the plant.
  • This role is eligible for our Performance Pay program that could offer up to a 6% quarterly bonus.

Shift
  • Currently hiring for 2 nd shift only
  • This may include overtime, holidays, and weekends.
  • Orientation will be on 1 st shift (7am-3pm), and you will be assigned your permanent shift after your orientation.
  • Milford operates on a point based attendance program.

Shift Hours

  • 1 st shift: Monday - Friday 630am-330pm; weekends and overtime as needed
  • 2 nd shift: Monday - Friday 230pm-1130pm; weekends and overtime as needed
  • 3 rd shift: Monday - Friday 1030pm
  • -730am; weekends and overtime as needed

Our Team

Our team can't help but stay focused on sheets! It's what we do. We offer a wide variety of boxes and produce a wide variety of flutes to meet both the performance and creative needs of our customers. To learn more about our Packaging division, please visit: www.gppackaging.com .

We are located directly across the Delaware River from Riegelsville, PA, in a picturesque countryside. We are just 20 minutes from Easton, PA; 20 minutes from Phillipsburg, NJ; 20 minutes from Quakertown, PA; 25 minutes from Bethlehem, PA; and 30 minutes from Doylestown, PA.

What You Will Do

  • Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
  • Helping to meet or exceed production, waste, and quality goals through a quality maintenance program
  • Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical problems and repairing and maintaining all equipment in accordance with plant policies and procedures
  • Installing and repairing mechanical drives, chains, sprockets, gears, belts, and couplings
  • Reading and interpreting mechanical and electrical schematics
  • Using hand tools, power tools and precision-measuring devices and testing instruments
  • Completing mechanical and electrical preventive maintenance activities

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • 2 or more years of previous industrial electrical maintenance experience in a manufacturing or military environment -OR- a two (2) year electrical controls degree with at least 1 year of industrial maintenance working experience.
  • Experience installing and troubleshooting electric motors up to 480V, and various electrical/controls components, such as relays, switches, drives, input & output cards.
  • Experience with reading electrical, hydraulic, & mechanical drawings, P&IDs, and precision measurements.
  • Experience troubleshooting bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes and conveyors
  • Experience with PLC interface pattern control
  • Experience working with hydraulic & pneumatic systems
  • Must provide your own metric and standard tools, e.g.: socket and wrench sets and Allen T-handles
  • Experience with Computerized Work Order Systems

What Will Put You Ahead

  • Two (2) year or higher degree in Industrial Technology
  • Experience working in the corrugated packaging industry
  • Knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC)
  • Experience reading technical drawings and schematics
  • Experience programming PLCs

Other Considerations/Physical Requirements

  • Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment
  • Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day, in a loud/noisy, and industrial, high-volume environment

For this role, we anticipate paying $39.50 per hour. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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