Flour Mill Sanitation Laborer

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 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.

Flour Mill Sanitation Laborer

What your compensation will look like:

• $21.45 per hour
• Annual negotiated increases
• Higher paying position placement during or after 60-day probationary period based on availability
• Shift Differential
• Additional $.34 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
• Additional $.41 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
• Overtime Pay
• Time worked after 8 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
• 11 paid company holidays
• Holiday pay + 2x rate of pay if worked
• 401(k) match
• Pension
• Health Insurance includes medical, dental 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
• Performing various sanitation and clean up duties
• Assisting operators during bottlenecks or when production lines are shut down
• Participate in startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment
• Responsibility for executing all required HACCP processes and documentation
• Participating in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• Attending meetings and training as required
• Performing additional related tasks as assigned

What your schedule will look like:

• 8 hour shift - Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends
• 1st shift: 6:00 am to 2:30pm
• 2nd shift: 2:00pm to 10:30pm
• 3rd Shift: 10:00pm-6:30am
• Currently hiring for 1st Shift
• Ability and willingness to come in prior to shift or stay over after shift up to 4 hours, if needed
• 7-day work weeks are based on business demand and is likely
• Ability and willingness to work any shift, including days, nights, weekends, holidays and overtime
• Plant operation is 24 hours per 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

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.