Maintenance Technician

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 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 another and grow together.

Maintenance Technician - Wellston, OH:

As a part of our maintenance team, you will be responsponsible for following company safety policies and procedures, Installing, maintaining and repairing processing and packaging equipment. Providing Technical support and performing Planned maintenance activities.

Shift hours:

• 1st shift: 6:30 am to 3:00 pm
• 2nd shift: 2:30 pm to 11:00 pm
• 3rd shift: 10:30 pm to 7:00 am
• Currently hiring for 1st and 2nd shift
• 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

Pay:

• Starting pay $21.75 to $28.75 per hour (This pay range is based on pay for-skills program and is not based on experience)
• Shift Differential
• Additional $0.25 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
• Annual negotiated increases
• Pay for Skills Program available to get to maximum pay
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401K match
• Health insurance - Including medical, dental and life
• AND much more!

Benefits:

• Vacation and personal days available in the first year
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) match
• Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
• And much more!

About our Location:

Locatedin Southern Ohio, the Wellston manufacturing site is comprised of one plant with 22 acres under roof and over 1000 dedicated employees. We operate in a dynamic business environment in a site that values safety, teamwork, accountability, responsiveness, and respect. We pride ourselves in serving the world by making food people love! We are also proud to be the only and only home of Totino's

Our Products:

Totino's Pizza's and Totino's Pizza Rolls

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

• Follow all company safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
• Install, maintain, repair, and replace industrial processing and packaging machinery, work tools and equipment
• Provide technical support and plant leadership for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications
• Perform both uptime and down time preventative maintenance in adherence to the master PM schedule
• Perform corrective maintenance work orders
• Have the ability to learn and perform minor machining and welding tasks
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives in order to increase platform performance
• Assists in training new employees as needed
• Attend meetings and trainings as required
• Perform additional related tasks as assigned

What you have to offer:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have the ongoing right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• High School Diploma or GED
• 2 years experience in industrial maintenance or equivalent education in a related field
• Technical degree in industrial maintenance or related field
• Continuing education in maintenance/technical skills
• Computer Maintenance Management Systems experience
• Demonstrated leadership ability

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