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Night Shift Maintenance Mechanic

Columbia Forest Products
Old Fort, North Carolina, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Aug 2026

About the role

GENERAL DUTIES:

· Understanding of mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic drawings.

· Maintain a clean and safe maintenance work area.

· Ability to work overtime and weekends as required.

· Ability to trouble shoot equipment. (electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and Mechanical)

· Assist in capital projects including constructions, fabrications, and installation of equipment.

· Ability to operate heavy equipment.

· Maintain Loaders, industrial fork trucks, Company fleet vehicles, Etc.

· Maintain parts inventory for equipment.

· Works with Vendors on equipment issues and/or parts.

· Ability to complete preventative maintenance and work orders assigned.

· Notifies Team Leads if standard work cannot be followed.

· PPE -Must wear Safety Glasses, ear plugs, and area/job function appropriate gloves.

· TPMs are a part of every position in the mill. This may include mandatory overtime for completion of TPM tasks.

· Ability to lift a minimum 50 lbs. Occasional exertions of 100lbs. of force.

SAFETY:

· Assist in creating and maintaining a safe work environment.

· Works with others to identify, eliminate, reduce, or control safety hazards.

· LOTO and other plant specific trainings to keep oneself safe must be done.

· Take steps to ensure that every job is safe and completed to the latest workplace safety regulations, laws, and requirements.

· Faulty work can cause an injury.

QUALITY:

· Check and Recheck work to make sure all parts are up to par with standards and work as they should.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

· High School Diploma or GED preferred -Associate Degree in mechanical field.

· Minimum 3 years maintenance experience preferred

· Basic understanding of electrical systems.

· Understanding of Diesel engines.

· Understanding of electrical operations of heavy equipment.

· Entry level computer experience. (ERP system, etc.)

· Loader license or loader certification class.

· Fork truck license or fork truck training class.

· Completion of all in house training.

· Expertise in use of power and hand tools, welding, plumbing/pipefitting required.

· Experience in maintaining gear boxes, chains, sprockets, bearings, shafts, motors, valves, and field devices such as photo eyes and limit switches.

· Trouble shoot using a multimeter.

· Position is required to have constant attention to activities of the job as well as the people and activities around the operator.

 

*** Applicants must be able to perform all aspects of the job’s requirements with or without reasonable accommodations***

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