Processing Operator

General Mills•Milwaukee, WI

5h•$28 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

General Mills, Inc. manufactures beloved foods such as Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Nature Valley granola bars, Totino's pizza rolls, and Blue Buffalo pet food. The company aims to make food the world loves and prioritizes being a force for good, fostering learning, exploring new perspectives, and reimagining possibilities. They seek bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge and grow together. The Milwaukee manufacturing site, originally owned by the Gardetto family, produces Gardettos, Bugels, Chex Mix, and Muddy Buddys. Located in a big city with amenities and a lower cost of living, the site emphasizes employee appreciation events, family events, and all-employee sporting events. General Mills encourages employee growth and offers many opportunities for job advancement at this location.

Requirements

Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
2 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment is required
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

Responsibilities

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
Ability to start up the system from a cold start, monitor and control a running system, plan a shutdown to run out all ingredients, and perform a clean up to sanitary specifications
Formulate correct slurry mixes for each product with emphasis on GMP’s.
Operate processing equipment to produce the correct quantities of each product to meet the requirements of the packaging department.
Operate tote dumper, fryer and seasoning adjust as necessary.
Observe and control the delivery of product via the product delivery system to the packaging area.
Perform test on product to include breakage, salt, fat, and product density.
Perform proper level of sanitation as required and described in the Processing SSOP's and assist setting up equipment for packaging line.
Perform additional tasks as needed