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Our Georgia-Pacific Industrial Plasters facility located in Blue Rapids, Kansas is seeking motivated, safety-oriented individuals to join our Maintenance team as a Maintenance Mechanic / Millwright. In this position you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our equipment and operations. This includes troubleshooting and resolving mechanical issues, recommending repairs or upgrades, identifying quality concerns, and maintaining equipment at precise operating standards. You will also contribute to optimizing production by understanding equipment capabilities and performance thresholds.
Shift:
- An 8-hour shift from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
- A rotating 12-hour 2-2-3 schedule from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Shift placement will be determined based on business needs at the time of hire; however, this position will most likely be assigned to the rotating 2-2-3 schedule, depending on current openings.
Candidates must be able to work any shift, including holidays, weekends, overtime, and be available for on-call responsibilities as needed.
Compensation:
Starting pay begins at $32.95 per hour. We're also offering a $1,000 sign on bonus!
Working Location:
2127 US Highway 77
Blue Rapids, KS 66411
What You Will Do
- Performing periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machines and equipment for improved reliability and uptime.
- Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs
- Maintaining accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings
- Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program
- Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies
- Applying simple problem-solving methods such as 5Y to reduce and eliminate failures
- Working in a hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Five (5) or more years mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment
- Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems, along with mechanical components such as bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors, rollers, pulleys, and shafts
- Experience performing precision maintenance, knowledge of condition based monitoring
- Experience with fabricating, torch cutting, and arc & mig welding
- Experience with reading mechanical drawings, P&IDs and precision measurements
- Experience recording maintenance and repairs in a computerized maintenance management system (MP2 / SAP) and completing reports and work orders on time to keep accurate records
What Will Put You Ahead
- Associates degree or two (2) years of study from a technical college in the fields of Industrial Maintenance or Industrial Technology
- Trade Journeymen status in a related field preferred
Our Team
The Georgia-Pacific Blue Rapids facility employs approximately 130 team members and plays a key role in supporting one of the nation's leading gypsum board manufacturers. Our Building Products division is consistently recognized as a top supplier to major warehouse retailers and building materials dealers across the country. At Blue Rapids, our team is committed to safety and operational excellence, with a strong focus on maintaining an injury-free workplace.
Why Georgia-Pacific?
Looking for more than just a job? At Georgia-Pacific, we offer careers with purpose. We are committed to your health, safety, and long-term success, while providing opportunities for advancement, performance-based pay, job stability, and a supportive team environment. We believe every role is an opportunity to grow your skills, build your future, and make a positive impact in your community.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.
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.
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.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.
Your Job
Our Georgia-Pacific Industrial Plasters facility located in Blue Rapids, Kansas is seeking motivated, safety-oriented individuals to join our Maintenance team as a Maintenance Mechanic / Millwright. In this position you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our equipment and operations. This includes troubleshooting and resolving mechanical issues, recommending repairs or upgrades, identifying quality concerns, and maintaining equipment at precise operating standards. You will also contribute to optimizing production by understanding equipment capabilities and performance thresholds.
Shift:
- An 8-hour shift from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
- A rotating 12-hour 2-2-3 schedule from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Shift placement will be determined based on business needs at the time of hire; however, this position will most likely be assigned to the rotating 2-2-3 schedule, depending on current openings.
Candidates must be able to work any shift, including holidays, weekends, overtime, and be available for on-call responsibilities as needed.
Compensation:
Starting pay begins at $32.95 per hour. We're also offering a $1,000 sign on bonus!
Working Location:
2127 US Highway 77
Blue Rapids, KS 66411
What You Will Do
- Performing periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machines and equipment for improved reliability and uptime.
- Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs
- Maintaining accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings
- Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program
- Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies
- Applying simple problem-solving methods such as 5Y to reduce and eliminate failures
- Working in a hot, humid, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Five (5) or more years mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment
- Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic systems, along with mechanical components such as bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, conveyors, rollers, pulleys, and shafts
- Experience performing precision maintenance, knowledge of condition based monitoring
- Experience with fabricating, torch cutting, and arc & mig welding
- Experience with reading mechanical drawings, P&IDs and precision measurements
- Experience recording maintenance and repairs in a computerized maintenance management system (MP2 / SAP) and completing reports and work orders on time to keep accurate records
What Will Put You Ahead
- Associates degree or two (2) years of study from a technical college in the fields of Industrial Maintenance or Industrial Technology
- Trade Journeymen status in a related field preferred
Our Team
The Georgia-Pacific Blue Rapids facility employs approximately 130 team members and plays a key role in supporting one of the nation's leading gypsum board manufacturers. Our Building Products division is consistently recognized as a top supplier to major warehouse retailers and building materials dealers across the country. At Blue Rapids, our team is committed to safety and operational excellence, with a strong focus on maintaining an injury-free workplace.
Why Georgia-Pacific?
Looking for more than just a job? At Georgia-Pacific, we offer careers with purpose. We are committed to your health, safety, and long-term success, while providing opportunities for advancement, performance-based pay, job stability, and a supportive team environment. We believe every role is an opportunity to grow your skills, build your future, and make a positive impact in your community.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.
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.
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.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Maintenance Millwright
Document your degree equivalency early
Many Millwright positions are filled by tradespeople with certifications rather than degrees. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member evaluator before applying so employers can verify the academic equivalency USCIS requires for H-1B specialty occupation status.
Check prevailing wage levels before negotiating
Look up the DOL prevailing wage for Maintenance Millwright roles using the OFLC Wage Search before discussing salary. Your offered wage must meet or exceed the certified LCA wage, and Level I wages are frequently contested in H-1B adjudications for skilled trades.
Target employers with E-Verify enrollment
Prioritize manufacturers and industrial contractors already enrolled in E-Verify. These employers have existing compliance infrastructure, which signals they're experienced with work authorization filings and less likely to withdraw a sponsorship offer mid-process.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Maintenance Millwright job listings by employers with confirmed LCA filing history. This saves time by showing you companies that have already navigated DOL certification for this specific occupation code.
Ask about cap-exempt petition eligibility
If a prospective employer is a nonprofit research organization, university, or affiliated entity, their H-1B petition is cap-exempt. You can start in that role any time of year without waiting for the April lottery registration window.
Verify your O*NET occupation code aligns
Confirm that your role maps correctly to the relevant O*NET occupation profile before your employer files the LCA. Millwright duties overlap with several codes, and a misclassified SOC code can trigger a USCIS RFE challenging specialty occupation status.
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Does a Maintenance Millwright role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires the job to normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Employers who frame Millwright roles around mechanical engineering, industrial technology, or a related discipline and document that requirement in the LCA and job description have the strongest cases. Roles described primarily by trade experience without a degree requirement are routinely challenged.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for Maintenance Millwright jobs most often?
Heavy manufacturing, petrochemical processing, paper and pulp mills, automotive production, and large-scale food processing facilities are the most active H-1B sponsors for this occupation. These employers operate complex machinery that demands specialized mechanical expertise, making it easier to justify the specialty occupation requirement. You can browse employers with verified LCA filing history for this role on Migrate Mate.
Can my employer file an H-1B petition for me if I hold a trade certificate instead of a degree?
Yes, but the path is more complex. USCIS accepts a combination of education and progressive work experience as equivalent to a bachelor's degree, with three years of relevant experience substituting for each year of missing education. Your employer will need a detailed credential evaluation and strong documentation of your work history to support that equivalency argument in the H-1B petition.
What prevailing wage level should I expect for H-1B-sponsored Millwright positions?
Most H-1B LCAs for Maintenance Millwright roles are filed at DOL wage Levels II or III, reflecting journeyman-to-senior experience. Level I wages are increasingly scrutinized by USCIS as potentially inconsistent with specialty occupation status. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up current prevailing wages by location and compare offers before signing anything.
How long does the H-1B sponsorship process take for a Maintenance Millwright position?
If your employer files during the regular cap season, expect an April lottery registration, a petition filing window from April through June, and a start date no earlier than October 1. Standard USCIS processing runs three to six months after filing. Premium processing, which USCIS adjudicates within 15 business days, is available and commonly used by employers who need faster confirmation.
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