Production Operator

General Mills•Belvidere, IL

6h•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, Totino's pizza rolls, and Yoplait yogurt. Blue Buffalo became part of General Mills in 2018. The company exists to make food the world loves, prioritizing being a force for good, expanding learning, exploring new perspectives, and reimagining new possibilities. They look for bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. As a Production Operator in the manufacturing group, you will be responsible for supporting production packaging and processing operations, sanitation, and participation in startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment. The Belvidere General Mills manufacturing site, located in Boone County in Northern Illinois, has around 650 team members and operates in a dynamic business environment that values safety, teamwork, and wellness. The culture is family-oriented, fosters teamwork, and offers wellness programs, employee giveaways, and family appreciation days. General Mills encourages employee growth, leadership skill development, quick results, a safety-mindset, and technical capability expansion.

Requirements

Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
Basic computer skills, including the ability to interact with digital systems used in daily tasks
Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
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

Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred

Responsibilities

supporting production packaging and processing operations
sanitation
participation in startup, changeover and shutdown of operating equipment
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 problems with machinery and partner with maintenance staff to resolve issues
Calibrate processing and packaging systems daily to meet required specifications
Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
Assist in training new employees