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Electrician - Taylorsville

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Mississippi, Taylorsville
Dec 09, 2025

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is looking for an Electrician for our Taylorsville, MS Plywood facility! We manufacture pine plywood panels and siding that are ideal for residential and light commercial construction like subflooring, wall and roof sheathing, and concrete formwork.

Plywood is a strong, versatile product made by gluing together thin layers (veneers) of wood with the grain of each layer running in opposite directions. This cross-graining makes it stable, durable, and resistant to warping.

Salary:

  • Starting pay $31.02 per hour
  • $1.50/hr. night shift differential
  • You will have the ability to increase your compensation based on skills and contribution to the overall performance of the plant.

Shift:

  • Only candidates who are flexible to be assigned to work any shift will be considered.
  • Candidates must be flexible and available to work all shifts as needed. This will include overtime, holidays, and weekends.
  • Currently hiring for all shifts.

Physical Location:

Georgia-Pacific

105 SCR 25

Taylorsville, MS 39168

Our Team

GP employees strive for safety and health excellence while achieving an injury free workplace. To learn more about our Building Products division, visithttps://www.buildgp.com/.

What You Will Do

  • Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair electrical control systems, electronic circuits, motor controls, relay logic, AC/DC drives and low voltage switchgear
  • Install and make changes to industrial electrical equipment
  • Work with mechanical and electrical machinery, including hydraulic and pneumatic systems, performing electrical preventative maintenance tasks (PM's)
  • Repairing and maintaining plant machinery in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and manufacturer specifications
  • Effectively communicating work performed and equipment statuses both written and verbally
  • Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participating in the safety program
  • Wearing the necessary Personal Protection equipment (PPE) i.e.: hard hats, safety glasses, face shield, chemical suit, respirator, ear plugs, hearing protection, steel-toe boots or safety shoes and other PPE required by specific jobs.
  • Must be willing and able to work any shift, on-call, overtime, weekends, and holidays as required

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • At least three (3) years of Electrical experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment OR Technical degree or higher in electro-mechanical curriculum
  • Experience reading electrical and maintenance schematics/blueprints
  • Experience diagnosing mechanical and electronic systems using scanning and diagnostic tools, multi-meters, and computers
  • Experience troubleshooting electrical controls, A/C and D/C motors, motor controllers and drives
  • Knowledge and experience of single and 3 phase troubleshooting up to 480-volt Electrical systems
  • Experience running rigid conduit
  • Experience installing and terminating network cable

What Will Put You Ahead

  • Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
  • Experience troubleshooting issues with PLC's, VFD's, Servo motors and valves

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform physically demanding tasks including climbing ladders and working at heights or in confined spaces.
  • Ability to work in a sawmill environment with dust, noise, heat, and cold conditions.

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, experience, and background. 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.

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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