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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. 

Skilled Operator - Cereal Puff Process

What your compensation will look like:

•  $25.98 with annual pay progression
• Shift Differential:
  • Additional $.24 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
  • Additional $.31 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
• Overtime pay 
  • Overtime pay
    • Time worked after 40 hours of work is paid at 1.5 times regular rate of pay
    • Time worked on Saturday is paid at 1.5 times regular rate of pay
    • Time worked on Sunday is paid at 2 times (double pay) regular rate of pay
    • Time worked on a holiday is paid at 3 times regular rate of pay (if eligible for holiday pay and holiday is worked)
• Weekly paycheck via direct deposit
• 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 13 paid company holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 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
• CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
• Operate and troubleshoot problems with machinery/equipment and partner with maintenance staff to resolve issues
• Calibrate processing systems daily to meet required specifications
• Perform required food safety, quality and regulatory checks
• Formulate, monitor and ensure proper batch formulas and batch procedures
• Participate in startup, changeover, and shut down of operating equipment

What your schedule will look like:

• 8-hour shifts
• 1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm
• 2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm
• 3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am
• Shift schedule of 2nd or 3rd shift to be determined during orientation and based on availability and business need
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Plant operation is 24 hours per day, 7 days per week 
• Days off are on a rotating schedule
• During training periods must be willing to adjust schedule for training opportunities

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
• 1+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment 
• Experience in machine operation and/or mechanical/technical skillset
• Must have or be willing to obtain a forklift license 

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

General Work Environment

• Climbing ladders
• Operate hand / electric / air powered tools
• Continual wet environment
• 100+ Degree environment
• Slippery floors
• Push carts on rollers

General operation of processing equipment

• Monitor/Operate equipment in an efficient manner
  • Computer based control systems
  • Manual equipment adjustments
• Complete quality and regulatory checks
• Log lot-tracking Data
• Drive electric forklift
• Operate electric and manual chain hoist
• Communicate mechanical and electrical issues w/ maintenance
• Formulate Batches
• Working with high pressure steam
• Safely applying cleaning chemicals
• Shovel and scoop product from floor to 3 ft off the ground

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.