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 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:
Sanitation Technician - Chanhassen, MN
The purpose of this position is to provide Sanitation leadership, product safety, regulatory compliance, and sanitation excellence to support the plant's needs and goals.
Shift hours: 2nd half of the week
- 10-hour shifts
- Schedule: Wednesday to Saturday night from 7pm to 5am
- Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
- Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Pay:
- $27.58 per hour with advancement opportunities
- Shift differential - Additional $1.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 10 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid company holidays
- Great paid time off benefits
- 401(k) match
- Health Insurance includes medical, dental, vision and life
- And much more!
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
- Responsible for Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) and managing sanitation activities
- Understanding and following required programs, audits, fumigations, and documentation
- Responsible for proactive pest control inspections/documentation as a back up to Sanitation Lead
- Safe operation and maintenance of sanitation equipment
- Responsible for the maintenance of inside and outside facility/offices/grounds
- Cleaning and sanitation of the production lines, production and warehouse facility
- Timely and accurate completion of required inspections/documentation
- Safe operation of forklift and skid loader
- Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
- Assist in training new employees
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