Title of Position *
Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration Technician
Company Offering Job *
General Mills
Company Website *
https://careers.generalmills.com/careers/jobs/13531?lang=en-us&previousLocale=en-US
Location of Job *
Joplin, Missouri
Experience Required *
2 years
Credentials/Certifications Required *
CIRO/CARO preferred
Wages Offered *
$27.56 to $29.56 per hour
Vacation Plan *
Up to 120 hours annually
Sign on Bonus *
N/A
Job Description:
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 performing specific preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, mechanical and electrical repair, and other tasks and techniques to keep refrigeration systems in operational conditions to meet production, refrigeration, storage, and shipping needs.
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.
Ammonia Refrigeration Technician
What your compensation will look like:
- Up to $29.56 per hour
- $27.56 per hour up to $29.56 per hour based on skillset and experience
- Additional $.45 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
- Additional $.65 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
- 15 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
- Troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing manufacturing and refrigeration equipment or systems
- Performing daily rounds/checks of ammonia system
- Providing technical support and plant leadership for refrigeration equipment troubleshooting and modification
- Learning, following, and engaging in Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Performing both uptime and downtime preventative maintenance
- Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
- Assist in training new employees
What your schedule will look like:
Schedule:
- 8-hour shifts
- 2nd shift: 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm (with days off to be determined)
- 3rd shift: 11:00 pm to 7:00 am (with days off to be determined)
- Currently hiring for 2nd and/or 3rd shift
- Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, holidays and emergency events
- Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days a 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
- Working knowledge of industrial ammonia refrigeration
- Working knowledge of 120/240/480 volt systems, HVAC, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Minimum 2 years of refrigeration experience or equivalent education preferred
- Minimum 2 years of electrical and/or mechanical maintenance experience
- Minimum 2 years of steam boiler experience
- 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
- Need to be able to work in a tobacco free 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.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
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.
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