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:

• 11 paid company holidays
• $21.45 per hour
• Shift Differential
• Health Insurance includes medical, dental and life
• Holiday pay + 2x rate of pay if worked
• 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
• 401(k) match
• Annual negotiated increases
• Additional $.41 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
• Overtime Pay
• Pension
• Time worked on Sunday is paid at 2 times (double pay) regular rate of pay
• Additional $.34 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
• And much more
• Higher paying position placement during or after 60-day probationary period based on availability

What your day will look like:

• Performing various sanitation and clean up duties
• Assisting operators during bottlenecks or when production lines are shut down
• Performing additional related tasks as assigned
• Using TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
• Participating in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• Attending meetings and training as required
• Responsibility for executing all required HACCP processes and documentation
• Participate in startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment
• CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
• Creating high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
• 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

What your schedule will look like:

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

What your growth will look like:

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

What you have to offer:

• Minimum of a high school education or GED

Physical requirements:

• Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
• Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
• Need to be able to work in a tobacco free environment
• Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
• Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
• Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
• 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

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.