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 other and grow together.

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Maintenance Technician – Green Bay, WI

 As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for preventative and reactive maintenance of processing and packaging equipment and providing technical support to improve and optimize within the manufacturing operations and processes.

 Shift hours:

 You will be scheduled to work 12-hour shifts on a 2, 2, 3 Schedule

•  6 pm - 6 am on a 2-2-3 schedule
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Plant operation is 24 hours a day 7 days a week – When demand increases, hours and days can increase 

Pay:

• $35.26 per hour
• Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift.
• Additional $3.00 per hour when CARO certification has been successfully completed

 Benefits: 

• 120 hours of vacation annually and 11 paid company holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) - company match, annual company contribution and more
• Health Insurance that includes medical, dental, vision and life
• AND much more!

 About our Location:

Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin just minutes from the Fox River and home to the Green Bay Packers and historic Lambeau Field. Green Bay is the flagship city and economic hub of northeastern Wisconsin known for walking and biking trails with scenic views. Our manufacturing site is one of the most diverse plants. If you ask our employees what they value about our Green Bay site you will hear about our employee appreciation days, employee service awards, and employee giveaways.

General Mills encourages growth for our employees. If you want to be part of a team that will learn and grow, develop leadership skills, drive results quickly, work within a safety-first mindset, and expand your technical capabilities, then GMI is a great place to start!

Our Products: Pizza Crust

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.
  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on mechanical, electrical, and ammonia refrigeration systems.
  • Monitor and operate ammonia refrigeration equipment, ensuring compliance with PSM/RMP and safety standards.
  • Repair and maintain production equipment and facilities during assigned production shift in order to meet budget levels in quality and quantity
  • Maintain assigned paperwork
  • Complete assigned tasks and special projects
  • Promotes and exhibits strong Food Safety and Quality practices
  • Promotes and exhibits strong sustainability practices
  • Promotes and exhibits strong housekeeping practices
  • Must report Safety, Food Safety, and Quality, Sustainability and Housekeeping problems to direct supervisor immediately
  • Actively participate in teams and on projects to improve the metrics for given area of responsibility
  • Assist Autonomous Maintenance process in plant
  • Complete required documentation for maintenance activities and regulatory compliance.
  • Support production by responding quickly to service calls and equipment failures
  • Perform other duties as assigned

What you have to offer:

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED; technical certification preferred
• 2+ years of industrial maintenance experience; ammonia refrigeration experience strongly preferred.

• CARO (Certified Assistant Refrigeration Operator) certification preferred but not required at time of hire; must obtain CARO certification within 18 months as a condition of employment.

• Knowledge of PSM/RMP, OSHA, and EPA regulations related to ammonia systems preferred.

• Ability to read technical manuals, schematics, and blueprints.
• Proficient in English

• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical and electrical issues
• Skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, ammonia troubleshooting and repair of production equipment
• Basic mechanical knowledge and understanding of PLC operation, electrical components and systems troubleshooting, including use of multimeter
• Basic shop equipment (mill, lathe, grinder, presses, etc.) preferred
• 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