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Process Control Technician - Taylorsville Plywood

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Mississippi, Taylorsville
Jul 24, 2025

Your Job

We are now hiring for an experienced Process Control Technician at our plywood manufacturing facility in Taylorsville, Mississippi. This is a highly skilled position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintaining manufacturing equipment/processes. This position creates value by ensuring the reliability of the equipment to help meet and exceed the facility's goals for quality and production. You will troubleshoot and diagnose electrical and/or control problems on all manufacturing equipment in accordance with plant policies and procedures.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury-free workplace. Georgia-Pacific's Building Products business is consistently among the nation's top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers. To learn more about our Building Products division, visit http://www.buildgp.com.

What You Will Do

  • Maintain Programmable Logic Controllers (Allen Bradley and CTI PLC's)
  • Manage PLC platform and associated infrastructure to ensure continued reliability
  • Revise graphical displays, build/modify alarms, build/modify control loops and update setpoints
  • Setup, calibrate, and diagnose instrumentation devices using specialized test equipment and software
  • Respond to trouble calls and emergencies, both during and outside normal work hours
  • Repair, maintain, and troubleshoot electrical automation systems and equipment, drive systems, microprocessor-based (PLC) systems, burner management systems, and electronic control systems and devices
  • Ensure proper operation of all control system components including electronic equipment
  • Provide additional technical support as needed for equipment such as motors and instrumentation, including level, pressure, temperature, and flow devices
  • Assist with design, implementation, and management of improvement projects related to PLC and new automated equipment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

    Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a Process Control Technician or Industrial Automation experience Experience with programming, troubleshooting, and repairs of PLCs & HMIs Experience with electrical troubleshooting and repair for manufacturing equipment (motors, AC/DC Electricity, robotics, and tools). Strong understanding of and ability to utilize VFDs and Servo Drives Ability to read and interpret technical reports, electrical drawings, and schematics

    What Will Put You Ahead

      Associate's Degree or technical certification in Industrial Instrumentation, Electrical, or Automation technology with 3+ years of related work experience Experience with safety processors and instrumentations Experience with Control Technologies Inc. (CTI) PLCs and hardware Experience in wood products manufacturing

      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, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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