Sanitation

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.

Check out why General Mills Manufacturing is the place to grow a career:

Sanitation Laborer - Milwaukee, WI:

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.

Shift hours:

• 2nd: 12 pm-8 pm
• *Hours are subject to change based on need*

Pay:

• $24.36

Benefits:

• Up to (80 hours of prorated vacation) and 11 paid holidays
• 401(k) match
• Pension
• Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
• Sick Time off
• And much more

About Our Location:

About our Location:

Our Milwaukee manufacturing cite is located in a big city, with big city amenities, but with a lower cost than most. Our site was originally owned by the Gardetto family, who created Gardetto's by using any broken breadsticks leftover in their plant combined with seasonings! If you ask what some of the things that employees value most at Milwaukee, you will hear about our employee appreciation events, family events, and all employee sporting events and watch events. We have the Chex Club that puts on events once a month for employees. At General Mills, we encourage growth for our employees. At our site, you will find that we have a lot of opportunities for job growth.

What your day will look like:

• Train and supervise Temporary Employee Sanitation helper and back up
• Manages Cleaning service and provides performance feedback
• Maintains/performs facilities task inside and outside of the building:
  • Clean mirrors, sinks, toilets and floors in bathrooms. Empty garbage and fill toilet paper and paper toweling.
  • Clean tables, microwave, ash trays, floors and fill product sample bins in the lunch room. Empty the garbage and fill the ice trays.
  • Clean the picnic and smoking areas, picnic tables, truck docks, parking lots and compactor area. Remove garbage from all areas.
  • Clean plant entrance areas
  • Clean oily floors to maintain safe work environment.
  • Shovel snow and salt sidewalks when necessary.
  • Wash bubblers, plant windows, plant phones and check office bathrooms as needed.
  • Water outside foliage when necessary.
  • Ensure fire extinguishers are in place.
  • Complete Master Sanitation (MSS) tasks as scheduled
• Inventory management
  • Restocking of cleaning chemicals for production sanitation. Chemical handling training will be needed.
  • Ensure the correct stock/restocking of general cleaning supplies
  • Restocking of PPE's (Hairnets, ear plugs, etc.
• Relationship building/management with the following:
  • Temporary Service
  • Cleaning janitorial service
  • Maintenance department
  • Processing Team
  • FSQ Team
  • Office Coordinator
• Supporting meeting set up and miscellaneous plant events:
  • Setting up training room, lunchroom etc.
• Role requires a strong individual with the ability to work autonomously as a self-starter with limited supervision
• Attend monthly departmental safety meetings and follow all prescribed Company safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment.
• Maintain a clean, safe and organized work area as required by Company policy.

EQUIPMENT USED:

Cleaning cart, compactor(s) and floor scrubber, snow blower, chemical dispensing system.

What you have to offer:

• Minimum of a high school education or GED
• LANGUAGE SKILLS: The position requires the ability to read and interpret short instructions, lists and documents such as work and safety rules and procedure manuals. Ability to communicate problems clearly to coworkers and supervision.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Basic ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve routine procedural problems by applying simple, learned responses.
• 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