Packaging Technician

Posted on Sep 20, 2024 by General Mills
Kansas City, MO
Other
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Job Description:

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:

Packaging 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.

Shift hours:

8-hour shifts1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm

2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm

3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am

Currently hiring for 2nd and/or 3rd shift

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:

$25.39 per hour 

Progressive pay increases up to $27.60 per hour (based on required training completion) 

Shift differentialAdditional $.55 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift and 3rd shift

Benefits:

Paid vacation days after 60 days

Great paid time off benefits

401(k) match

Pension

Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life

And much more! 

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 vacation 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 itCHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity

Responsible for learning and operating all packaging lines

Performing preventive and reactive maintenance activities on packaging department equipment and assist maintenance as needed 

Conduct all required quality related monitoring and verification checks to ensure quality assurance and food safety of our products and processes

Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance

Assist in training new employees

What you have to offer: 

Minimum of a high school diploma or GED

Minimum 1 year of machine operating experience and/or

Minimum 1 year of mechanical and/or technical experience in manufacturing or related industry 

Minimum 1 year of 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

Reference: 202035750

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Packaging Technician

Posted on Sep 20, 2024 by General Mills

Kansas City, MO
Other
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Job Description:

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:

Packaging 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.

Shift hours:

8-hour shifts1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm

2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm

3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am

Currently hiring for 2nd and/or 3rd shift

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:

$25.39 per hour 

Progressive pay increases up to $27.60 per hour (based on required training completion) 

Shift differentialAdditional $.55 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift and 3rd shift

Benefits:

Paid vacation days after 60 days

Great paid time off benefits

401(k) match

Pension

Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life

And much more! 

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 vacation 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 itCHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity

Responsible for learning and operating all packaging lines

Performing preventive and reactive maintenance activities on packaging department equipment and assist maintenance as needed 

Conduct all required quality related monitoring and verification checks to ensure quality assurance and food safety of our products and processes

Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance

Assist in training new employees

What you have to offer: 

Minimum of a high school diploma or GED

Minimum 1 year of machine operating experience and/or

Minimum 1 year of mechanical and/or technical experience in manufacturing or related industry 

Minimum 1 year of 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

Reference: 202035750

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