Associate Operator

Associate Operator

What your compensation will look like:

• $19.28 per hour with annual pay progression
• Shift differential
  • Additional $.25 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
  • Additional $.50 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
• Overtime pay
  • Time worked after 40 hours of work in any one (1) work week is paid at 1.5 times regular hourly rate of pay
  • Time worked on a holiday is paid at 2 times regular hourly rate of pay (if eligible for holiday pay and holiday is worked)
• Weekly paycheck via direct deposit
• 10 days (80 hours) of vacation annually and 13 paid company holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• Health Insurance -  includes medical, dental and vision
• AND much more!

Are you looking to feel valued at a company?

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 are looking for team members who come to the table with a shared passion for making food the world loves, to solve problems and shape General Mills for the future. 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. 

General Mills encourages growth for our employees; if you want to learn new things, attain, and prove competency quickly, and apply technology in the manufacturing space; GMI is a great place to start. 

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
  • Troubleshoot problems with machinery and partner with maintenance staff to resolve issues
  • Calibrate processing and packaging systems daily to meet required specifications
  • Participate in startup, changeover, and shut down of operating equipment
  • Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives in order to increase platform performance
  • Assist in training new employees 

What your schedule will look like:

• 8-hour shifts
  • 1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm
  • 2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm
  • 3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am
• Shift schedule of 2nd or 3rd shift to be determined during orientation and based on availability and business need
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Plant operation is 24 hours per day, 7 days per week 

What your growth will look like:

• Be a part of a team that will learn and grow
• Develop leadership skills, that will allow you to focus on new KNOWLEDGE and ability to adopt and implement those ideas
• Ability to operate within a safety culture
• Expanded technical capabilities

What you have to offer:

• Minimum of a high school education or GED
• 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

COVID-19 considerations:

The health and safety of our employees – and the food we make – is our top priority. We were an early adopter in instituting protection measures in our plants during the pandemic and continue to    implement a number of safety precautions to protect our employees.

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. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.