Electrician

About Gloster Forest Products  

Gloster Forest Products, LLC (GFP) is building a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Gloster, Mississippi.   

The new mill will require over 1 million tons of timber annually to produce about 250 million board feet. The facility will be located on 65 acres (about the area of a large shopping mall) and represents a corporate investment of over $200 million, creating 131 jobs and supporting an additional 200 indirect jobs when operating at full capacity.   

Family-owned and operated, GFP is dedicated to its employees who are passionate about delivering unmatched, high-quality lumber from a world-class lumber manufacturing facility.   

Gloster Forest Products is slated to begin manufacturing lumber in May of 2024. For more information: www.Glosterfp.com/ 

POSITION: Electrician  

This highly skilled role creates value by performing a variety of electrical systems and maintenance duties, while ensuring maximum facility uptime to meet production goals. This position requires knowledge of and hands-on-experience with the following technologies:  instrumentation, electronics, lubrication, hydraulics, power transmission, mechanics, steam, welding and pneumatics.    

Responsibilities: 

• Install, troubleshoot, and repair equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies, and procedures 

• Respond to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical, throughout the plant 

• Undertake preventative maintenance program for equipment. 

• Read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to repair equipment. 

• Verify and document repairs made. 

• Work in a safe manner using proper PPE. 

• Work any shift, on-call, holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed 

Required Skills:  

• 1 years of previous maintenance experience 

• Experience with Allen Bradley PLC5 and/or Control Logix 

• Knowledge of and experience with hand and power tools 

• Mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic knowledge and aptitude 

• Experience in an industrial environment with VFDs, PLCs, MCCs, HMIs 

• Experience with high voltage (600-23,000 volts) 

• Competent with all type power transmission components and troubleshooting 

• Be able to pass a basic mechanical assessment test 

• Be able to pass a basic hands-on test 

• High school diploma or GED Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays as required 

Environmental Conditions: 

• Must be able to tolerate extreme hot, humid, cold, and outdoor conditions. Comfortable working in loud environment, around moving machinery, with vibrations and airborne particles (sawdust).