Processing Technician

General Mills•Kansas City, MO

8d•$26•Onsite

About The Position

General Mills, Inc. manufactures some of the most beloved foods in the world, including Cheerios and Lucky Charms, Nature Valley granola bars, and Totino's pizza rolls. 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 another and grow together. Check out why General Mills Manufacturing is the place to grow a career: Processing Technician – Kansas City, MO 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. About our Location: The Kansas City plant provides job growth opportunities in most departments and promotes positive relationships throughout the facility, fostering a collaborative work environment and it has an employee club within the premises. The plant organizes holiday dinners for Christmas and Thanksgiving, where hams and turkeys are distributed to employees. Additionally, employees have the opportunity to attend various events such as Chiefs games, Royals games, dinner theaters, plays, and World of Fun visits, with some tickets provided to each employee. Our Products: Bisquick and Gold Medal Flour 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

Requirements

Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
Minimum 1 year of mechanical and/or technical experience in manufacturing or related industry preferred
Minimum 1 year of experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
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 requiredWilling 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
Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays

Responsibilities

Assist miller by providing process system support, including learning and performing processing positions and equipment operation
Perform sanitation, cleaning and maintaining all processing areas
Performing Wheat house start-up and shutdown on A/B & C mills
Performing preventative and reactive maintenance activities on milling equipment and assist maintenance as needed
Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
Assist in training new employees