• Job Description

  Req#: 26946

  Are you looking to feel valued at a company?

  General Mills, Inc. manufactures some of the most beloved foods in the world, including Cheerios and Lucky Charms, Nature Valley granola

  bars, Totino's pizza rolls, and Yoplait yogurt. Blue Buffalo became part of General Mills in 2018, so even your pets love us too.

  We are looking for team members who come to the table with a shared passion for making food the world loves, to solve problems and shape

  General Mills for the future. As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for

  supporting production packaging and processing operations, sanitation and participation in startup, changeover and shutdown of operating equipment.

  General Mills encourages growth for our employees; if you want to learn new things, attain and prove competency quickly, and apply

  technology in the manufacturing space; GMI is a great place to start.

  Maintenance Mechanic

  What your compensation will look like:

  • $32.84 per hour after 1 year of employment
  • $28.40 per hour after 3 months of employment
  • $26.90 per hour to start
  • Additional $1.00 per hour when working off-shift work schedules
  • 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually (depending on your schedule) and 11 paid company holidays
  • Great paid time off benefits
  • 401(k) match
  • Health Insurance- includes medical, dental, vision and life
  • And much more!

  What your day will look like:

  • Creating high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
  • Using TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
  • Working with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers WILLING TO LEARN and get paid doing it
    • CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
    • Installing, maintaining, repairing, and replacing industrial processing and packaging machinery, work tools and equipment
    • Design and layout circuits, installing fixtures, wiring conduits, motors, and other electrical equipment/components, including proven ability to
    • use multimeter
    • Identifying and troubleshooting mechanical issues
    • Providing technical support and plant leadership for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications
    • Performing both uptime and downtime preventative maintenance
    • Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
    • Assist in training new employees

  What your schedule will look like:

  • 12-hour shifts – currently hiring for night shift. Shift schedules are determined upon hire.
    • 5 pm to 5 am
    • 6 pm to 6 am
    • 6:30 pm to 6:30 am
  • Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency events
  • Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days per week

  What your growth will look like:

  • Be a part of a team that will learn and grow
  • Develop leadership skills, that will allow you to focus on new KNOWLEDGE and ability to adopt and implement those ideas
  • Ability to operate within a safety culture
  • Expanded technical capabilities

  What you have to offer:

  • Minimum of a high school education or GED
  • 2 years of experience in industrial maintenance or equivalent education in a related field
  • Proven ability to use multimeter and other electrical equipment/components
  • Working knowledge of PLCs, HVAC, pneumatic and hydraulic systems preferred
  • Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred

  Physical requirements:

  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
  • Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling, and twisting over surfaces
  • Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
  • Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net, and gloves when required
  • Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
  • Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
  • Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
  • Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
  • Need to be able to work in a tobacco free environment

  COVID-19 considerations:

  The health and safety of our employees – and the food we make – is our top priority. We were an early adopter in instituting protection

  measures in our plants during the pandemic and continue to implement a number of safety

  precautions to protect our employees.

  
  COMPANY OVERVIEW
  
  

  We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

• About the company

  General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores.

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