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Overview

The Maintenance Technician position at International Paper involves performing various maintenance functions in a manufacturing environment, ensuring safety and compliance while supporting equipment installation and facility improvements. International Paper is a leading global supplier of renewable fiber-based products, committed to sustainable practices and employee well-being.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all safety rules and practices, identifying unsafe conditions or actions to management immediately.
  • Perform maintenance functions making repairs such as electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, plumbing, and HVAC under minimal guidance.
  • Troubleshoot and perform maintenance duties including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, and HVAC repairs.
  • Accurately read gauges and other test equipment.
  • Utilize basic shop math and inspect equipment.
  • Respond to and complete work orders in a timely manner.
  • Support installation of new equipment and facilities improvements.
  • Maintain compliance with company quality systems and support audits.
  • Perform clean-up functions as needed, including cleaning machine areas and picking up scrap.

Requirements

  • 2 years of related mechanical experience in an industrial manufacturing production environment.
  • Mechanical Journeyman or Technical/Vocational Certificate preferred.
  • Experience in electrical circuit troubleshooting, plumbing, pneumatics, mobile equipment, and MIG welding.
  • Ability to adapt to change, problem solve, and prioritize work.
  • Ability to bend, squat, kneel, and climb frequently.
  • Ability to stand for periods of a minimum of 3 hours.
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision.
  • Ability to work varied hours/days.
  • Ability to lift average weighted materials, 50 lbs. up to 70 lbs. occasionally.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, mechanical and electrical schematics, and piping diagrams.
  • Action oriented and customer/quality focused.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Hourly Full-Time Sunday – Thursday with shift coverage as needed including nights, weekends, and possible holidays.
  • Physical Location: Tucker Preprint, 5099 North Royal Atlanta Drive, Tucker, GA 30084.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Tucker, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 177 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Tucker, GA

Tucker, GA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 444 other active welding openings from 281 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Tucker, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (7), and Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $33/hr, and Conyers at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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