PS - Maintenance Planner

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 preventative and reactive maintenance of processing and packaging equipment and providing technical support to improve and optimize within the manufacturing operations and processes.
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.

Maintenance Planner

What your compensation will look like:

• $10,000 sign on bonus available based on certification level
• Additional $5,000 sign on bonus if application is submitted by April 18^th, 2023
• $33.49 per hour
• 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid holidays
• Opportunity to earn 12 additional Paid Days Off
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) with match
• Health Insurance- Including 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
• Plans parts, tools and labor for all maintenance work order types including human safety, food safety, corrective maintenance, and preventative maintenance (PM)
• Initiates purchase requisitions for materials, equipment, and services
• Collaborates with Line Teams, Maintenance, and Engineering to schedule work via Maximo
• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (MPS) tool owner for the site; provides expertise and training
• Leads use of our CMMS (Maximo) and drives accuracy/standardization of assets, job plans, and PMs as part of the Equipment Care Strategy; provides Maximo expertise and training
• Executes continuous improvement of job plans through actual vs. scheduled labor and parts
• Identifies labor efficiencies and cost saving opportunities via processes such as job plan sequencing and PM standardization
• Partners with Engineering on capital projects, with a focus on asset and spare part set-up
• Partners with Purchasing and the Storeroom to ensure spare part information is accurate
• Collaborates with external vendors and contractors
• Partners with Maintenance Leads to develop and coach wage Maintenance team
• Assigns daily wage staffing and OT; owns wage schedule and hours sheet
• Back-up for Purchasing Manager

What your schedule will look like:

• Schedule:
• 8-hour shifts
• 1st shift: 6:20 am to 2:40 pm
• 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 per week

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma or GED
• 2 years of experience in maintenance fields
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal, written, electronic, listening and feedback communications
• Knowledge of maintenance crafts, tools, and equipment
• Learning agility and desire to grow expertise in maintenance principles
• Computer skills and ability to learn and master Maximo
• Process leadership to create and follow standards
• Critical thinking skills to evaluate options and proposals

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Understanding of predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance strategies
• Experience in working with vendors and OEMs
• Experience in planning and scheduling process
• CMMS experience

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 and ammonia PPE requirements
• 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.

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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