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Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

Conyers, GA

Posted: 02/26/2026 Industry: Engineering Job Number: 37458

Job Description


We have an immediate opening for an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician in Conyers, GA.  

Requirements:
  • Minimum 2-5 years' experience (WILL consider entry level)
  • Electrical & Instrumentation support of industrial equipment
  • Troubleshooting a variety of plant equipment
  • Experience with troubleshooting motors and valves
  • Physical agility
  • PLC Programming experience is a plus (modifications only, no programming from scratch needed - Controllogix is used but any software is ok)
  • Good computer skills such as Excel is a plus
 

Company Website: www.prattindustries.com
Competitors to search from: Any company with industrial experience

*******Please do not put in your postings that this is a paper mill*****
****Please save that for the conversation.  This is VERY clean for a paper mill if candidates have that concern...I'd urge them to intv and see for themselves******
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Customer culture/inside information: 
Pratt is America's 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world's largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company, with more than 7000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability.
Pratt operates the most modern containerboard system in North America, having built three of the last 4 containerboard mills in the U.S. Together, our mills save 70,000 trees every day by providing 100% recycled paper to our box -making plants.


Main Duties:

 
  • Install, troubleshoot, and maintain a variety of plant equipment.
  • Read technical manuals and efficiently operate motorized equipment.
  • Apply safety protocols and maintain compliance with plant policies.
Other duties  include:
  • Troubleshooting of variable speed drives - logic changes, hardware maintenance, and on-going drive system upgrades.  
  • System maintenance and troubleshooting of PLC's including program and logic changes, hardware and software upgrades, system backups, etc.  
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance of valves.  Thorough knowledge of pressure, flow, and temperature application is a must.  Control valves are a plus.
  • Perform capital project support on the Electrical and Controls side.  
  • Support of maintenance - will work with the maintenance department on all issues requiring engineering support. Call rotation is included - must be willing to be on call and have ability to reach location within an hour.
  • Troubleshooting and system maintenance and upgrades of DCS system.  Spare parts inventory management. 

Pay: $30-39/hr ($62,000-80,000 salary but paid hourly on these roles).
Term of assignment: Direct
DP Fee:  20% 
Current company benefits on file: No
Location of job: Conyers, GA (30013)
Hours & Shift: This is in the GASIFIER (boiler) and is day shift. 7:00-3:30
Overtime: yes, some weeks
Travel: No
Work Attire: Jeans, steel-toed shoes
Background check:  Pratt will do
Drug Screen: Pratt will test
Submittal instructions:
Send to Melissa Miller at mjmiller@prattindustries.com  and Peter Gendreau at pgendreau@prattindustries.com and cc Christy.  
When they can start
Hourly pay requirement at what that converts to in a salary

Feedback on Candidates:
Should be quickly.  Says he needs these ASAP.
Budget approved:  Yes
Interview process: Phone then F2F
Do we have any competition internally or externally? Use other firms and look on own
How long has the position been open? 12/1/25
Reason the position is open? They have used contractors/contract house to do this work and now want direct hired employees.
When are they planning to hire? ASAP
Do they have any candidates for this position yet? None known

Job Requirements

Valves, Motors, 3-phase, transmitters, DCS, PLC, Allen Bradley, Honeywell, Controllogix, GE

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Christy Loudermilk

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