Electrical Controls Technician

General Mills•Chanhassen, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

General Mills, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Controls Technician for their Chanhassen Plant in MN. This role is responsible for supporting, creating, integrating, troubleshooting, and improving a variety of processing/packaging controls systems including Wonderware and PLC. The company emphasizes being a force for good, expanding learning, exploring new perspectives, and reimagining possibilities. They seek individuals who are bold thinkers with big hearts, who challenge each other and grow together. This position offers opportunities for advancement, cross-functional learning, and participation in various employee engagement events and committees. The plant is located just outside the Twin Cities and has a unique culture that fosters belonging and care for employees and products.

Requirements

Minimum of a high school education or GED
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

Nice To Haves

Tech school diploma and 2 years of experience in related field or equivalent experience in a related field preferred
Electrical/ Controls experience may include plant power distribution, plant equipment controls and plant electrical support
Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred

Responsibilities

Supporting, creating, integration, troubleshooting and improving a variety of processing/packaging controls systems including Wonderware, and PLC.
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
Utilizing electronic work order system to log completed/missed work
Reading and updating electrical and control schematics, piping and instrumentation diagrams
Providing technical support/skills for equipment troubleshooting and controls/equipment modifications
Performing uptime and downtime, preventative electrical maintenance
Understanding, initiating, and participating in Root Cause Analysis (Why, Why)
Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
Lead new hire onboarding plans