Quality Control Technician - Full-time

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is now hiring for a Quality Control Technician to join our Lumber facility in Warrenton, GA!

Salary:

• Our starting pay is $23/hr. or more depending on experience.
• You will have the ability to increase your compensation based on skills and contribution to the overall performance of the mill.

Shift:

• 12 hours rotating shift (3-week repeating cycle as below)

Shift Hours: 5:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. or 5:15pm - 5:30am

• Work Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (day)

• Off Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday

• Work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (night)

• Off Friday

• Work Saturday, Sunday, Monday (night)

• Off Tuesday, Wednesday

• Work Thursday, Friday (day)

• Off Saturday (repeat the cycle)

Physical Location:

331 Thomson Highway, Warrenton, GA 30828

Our Team

Our team creates value by safely assisting with the production of quality lumber for our valued customers.

What You Will Do

• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to work well on a team and communicate amongst teammates, production, and/or supervisor when issues arise that need to be addressed.
• Ability to adhere to a structured quality schedule to ensure the mill runs smoothly and produces quality products.
• Have a solid understanding of the sawmill process with the ability to troubleshoot lumber quality issues and make appropriate recommendations to operations team.
• Ability to understand machine centers on the saw line and make necessary and appropriate offsets/adjustments to improve quality. Work with HMIs and PLCs.
• Ability to complete quality control documentation and store/maintain on website and/or local folders.
• Ability to follow procedures for standard practices in the saw shop, including auditing the repairing/rebuilding saw guides.
• Applying problem solving methods to identify root causes and eliminate failures.
• Perform audits on the process that identify when the process is in or out of specification.
• Ability to document and update inspection results by completing reports and logs.
• Must be available and willing to work additional days or stay late if calibrations or additional quality checks are deemed necessary.
• Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment, e.g., safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toed boots, and other PPE as required by specific job.
• Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting up to 50 lbs, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to 12 hours a day.
• Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.
• Willing and able to work weekends, holidays, rotating shifts, and overtime as required.

• The ability to successfully use a computer without assistance to complete assigned tasks (Microsoft office).
• The ability to use basic mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
• The ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
• The ability to make decisions in a timely manner.

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain and teach methodologies.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• At least 1 year experience in a quality technician role within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with measuring devices such as calipers, micrometers, and measuring tapes, and other basic hand tools.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Prior lumber experience.
• Experience troubleshooting equipment in a manufacturing environment.

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.