About this role
If you’re looking for a company that will invest in you as much as you invest in them, Pratt Industries is the place for you! We value your maintenance knowledge, skills, and experience by providing competitive pay, quick benefits, and unparalleled career growth opportunities.
Wages start between $26 - $30 per hour based on experience and assessment, with detailed steps for promotion and pay raises
Shifts Available: 2nd & 3rd
Perks of Pratt?
- Insurance benefits and wellness reimbursement program within ONE MONTH of hire
- Paid holidays from Day 1
- 3 Months: 401(k) with match
- 6 Months: PAID vacation days
- 12 Months: FULL tuition reimbursement and PAID childbearing and parenting leave
What do Maintenance Technicians do at Pratt Industries?
These skilled multi-craft professionals are crucial to the safe and effective operations of this facility. Our Maintenance Technicians maintain and repair the machinery involved in turning recycled paper into the 2-D version of a corrugated box and getting them to our customers! Think boxes for Domino’s pizzas, moving with Home Depot, Amazon deliveries, Hello Fresh meals, and more! (And yes, we make those!)
What experience and skills are required?
- Troubleshooting of 3-Phase power/electricity
- AC/DC Motors and Motor Starters
- Gearboxes/Gear Reducers
- Basic working knowledge of PLCs
- Basic working knowledge of VFDs
- Hydraulics
- Pneumatic Systems
Top candidates will possess the following Skills/Experience
- Experience with electrical instrumentation
- Ability to get online to troubleshoot logic controllers/VFDs
- Boiler/Steam
- Welding/Fabricating
- Conduit Bending
- Machining Skills (Lathe, Mill, Press, etc.)
- Industrial Safety
What is the work environment like?
Physical Demands
- Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear.
- Frequently required to use hands to handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms.
- Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- The employee is occasionally required to sit.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with the assistance of another worker.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Mathematical Skills
- Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy. Able to apply concepts of high school math.
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.
Tool List
Must-Haves
- Screwdrivers – Phillips and Slotted, (Typical 8-10 piece set)
- Precision Screwdriver Set (Small Phillips and Slotted for electronics, spring terminals)
- Hex Key Sets (Allen Wrenches) Metric and Standard
- Box End Wrench Sets, Metric and Standard – Quality ratcheting wrenches are recommended (Craftsman,Gearwrench, Kobalt, etc.)
- Socket Sets – ¼”, 3/8”, ½” Drive, Metric and Standard Sockets, Extensions, Hex Head Sockets, Deep-well Sockets
- Adjustable Wrench Set (Crescent Wrenches) – Strongly recommend Channellock brand wide-jaw 6” adjustable
- wrench, plus 10” and 12” adjustable wrenches
- Hammers – 12oz Ball Peen, 3Lb Sledge
- Pry Bar Set – (Heavy Duty) 12” and 18”
- Locking Pliers Set – Straight jaw and curved jaw sets (Vise Grips)
- Needle Nose Pliers
- Tongue and Groove Pliers Set (Channel Locks)
- Diagonal Cutters
- Wire Strippers
- Crimping Pliers
- Punch and Chisel Set (Taper Punches, Pin Punches, Cold Chisels)
- Metal File Set (Flat, Round, Half-Round, Triangle)
Nice-to-Haves
- Pipe Wrenches
- Work Light with Magnetic Base
- Tap; Die Set
- Tap Sockets
- Long Shank Hex-Head Sockets
- Nut Drivers
- Telescopic Retrieval Magnet, Inspection Mirror
- Adjustable/Indexing and Extendable Pry Bar 29” or Bigger
- Feeler Gauge Set
- Torpedo Level
- Machinists Squares, Speed Square
- Ruler
- Digital Caliper
- Hacksaw
- Thread File
- Welding Gloves
- Welding Helmet
We Provide
- Rolling Tool Cart
- Fluke T6-1000 Multi-Meter
- Power Tools required to perform tasks
- Specialty Tools required to perform tasks
Looking for a stable career? Join our Team!
Benefits begin first of the month following date of hire and include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and more! We also offer a 401(k) company match and 100% tuition reimbursement.
Other facts
About Pratt Industries
Pratt Industries is a leading manufacturer of sustainable corrugated packaging and display solutions. Founded more than 30 years ago, the company has shown dramatic growth with state-of-the-art facilities in 25 states and Mexico. Pratt is America’s fifth largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled paper, with more than 10,000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability.
The Georgia-based company operates an extensive Recycling Company to supply six of the most modern, cost-effective 100% recycled paper mills – in Conyers, GA, New York City, NY, Valparaiso, IN , Shreveport, LA, Wapakoneta, OH and Henderson, KY.
Pratt is dedicated to the sustainability of the environment, its customers and its people. The cornerstone of Pratt’s mission is to protect and nurture the planet’s natural resources while reducing our impact on the environment by “Harvesting the Urban Forest.” By doing so the company also seeks to help its customers meet their environmental goals.
Pratt Industries provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
What you'll do
- Maintenance Technicians at Pratt Industries maintain and repair machinery involved in turning recycled paper into corrugated boxes. They ensure the safe and effective operations of the facility.
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