Maintenance Technician
Smurfit Westrock · Dublin, GA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Smurfit Westrock (packaging) in Dublin, GA.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Welding
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $62k–$88k.
Median of the low and high ends of 74 live postings that list pay, out of 2992 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 71 other live reliability postings in Georgia.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 47%
- ✓ Welding 36%
- ✓ Team leadership 35%
- Root cause 29%
- EHS / safety 21%
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This plant: Smurfit Westrock in Dublin
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Full description from Smurfit WestrockAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Career Opportunity
Complete industrial maintenance tasks that support the Dublin Mill Operations. Provide services to assigned departments to achieve short- and long-term department and Smurfit Westrock objectives.
How you will impact Smurfit Westrock
- •Provides technical expertise and maintenance services to the assigned plant that will allow them to achieve high equipment reliability.
- •Provides routine preventative and no-routine maintenance on all machinery some of which may include conveyor systems, balers, mobile equipment, etc.
- •Analyzes repeat failures resulting in excessive downtime and coordinate and perform repairs.
- •Manages multiple maintenance related projects simultaneously
- •Assumes responsibility for execution of activities including routine maintenance; non [1] routine/emergency maintenance; assisting with machinery installation and disassembly and keeping accurate documentation on all machinery and mobile equipment
- •Managing parts and inventory
- •Aids with the design of systems and in the selection of equipment
- •Will maintain and enforce housekeeping standards throughout the facility
- •Type and distribute reports: oil usage, overtime (daily), roll grinding and grooving, shift activities, general maintenance activities
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to succeed
- •Must be willing to work shift work and able to respond to calls
- •Computer Skills – Microsoft office, including; Outlook, Word and excel. MS project is plus
- •Standard use of mechanical tools, welding equipment, rigging equipment, chain falls, fork lifts, man lifts, rubber tired hydraulic cranes, hydraulic presses, ship equipment, safety PPE, etc.
- •Must be able to work a flexible schedule which can vary from eight to twelve hours a day depending on organizational needs
- •Work days may begin as routine and continue late in the night with on call work; on call work is not optional
- •Proper use and care of test equipment and electrical PPE to troubleshoot electrical AC / DC motors, motor control circuits and process instrumentation loops and to make necessary repairs with minimal supervision in accordance with Federal and State Regulations, and Company Work Rules, Policies and Procedures.
- •Excellent teamwork, cooperation and detailed problem-solving skills
- •Calibration of level, temperature, flow, pressure transmitters and controls using Hart, FoxCom, or Fluke Calibrators
- •Calibration and repair of process control valves (Fisher) using Hart or Fluke Calibrators
- •Distributed Controls System (DCS) Knowledge for troubleshooting process controls
- •There is a 12- hour swing shift between night and day shift. The hours range between: (6:30am – 6:30pm and vice versa) depending on shift.
- •High School Diploma / GED with (3) years of experience in Industrial Maintenance Field or Industrial Maintenance Certification / Degree ? Knowledge of Industry Standards
- •Experience in Pulp and paper is preferred; but not required
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- •The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- •The employee is frequently required to walk, occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- •The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.
- •Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- •Duties are performed in an office environment and on jobsites throughout the mill.
- •May on occasion have to work long hours and overtime during emergencies, power outages, weekends, holidays, planned major equipment outages, etc.