Manufacturing Technician

4 weeks ago


Covington, United States General Mills Full time

Job Description:

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 other and grow together.

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

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Manufacturing Technician Covington, GA

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:

  • 12-hour shifts with 3-2-2 schedule
    • 6:00 am to 6:07 pm (day shift)
    • 6:00 pm to 6:07 am (night shift)
  • Shift rotation every 8 weeks (day to night or night to days)
  • Scheduled Work Pattern
    • Short week: (Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday) 36.36 hours
    • Long week: (Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday) 48.48 hours
    • Rotate Days/Nights every 8 weeks
  • 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:

  • $22.12 per hour Starting pay
  • $25.08 per hour after passing 6-month probation
  • $35.30 per hour Max pay

Benefits:

  • Up to 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually (depending on your schedule) and 11 paid company holidays
  • Great paid time off benefits
  • 401(k) match
  • Health Insurance- includes medical, dental and life.
  • And much more

About our Location:

The Covington, GA plant stands out for its highly skilled workforce of technicians who can move up through five levels to reach the top pay range. The plant emphasizes internal promotion and provides opportunities for employees to develop their skills and advance their careers. We are the largest producer of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and a significant number of employees have been with the company since the plants opening. The plant has a Good Goes Around Committee focused on employee engagement and hosts different family and community events throughout the year.

Our Products:

Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, Bugel's, Chex and 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
  • Troubleshoot and perform maintenance on machinery, partnering with maintenance for larger repairs
  • Calibrate processing and packaging systems daily to meet required specifications
  • Participate in startup, changeover, and shut down of operating equipment
  • Removing and replacing motors, starters, belts, bearings, chains, and other manufacturing parts
  • Operating forklift equipment safely to move materials and products throughout the plant
  • Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
  • Assist in training new employees

What you have to offer:

  • Minimum of a high school education or GED
  • 2 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment is required or other mechanical technical experience required i.e.: HVAC and/or mechanical experience
  • All employees must go through a forklift certification course and are required to drive a forklift

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

Company Overview:

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 other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for whats next.



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