Quality Lab Assistant - General Mills

The General Mills Buffalo Plant manufactures both Flour and Cereal products for General Mills’ North America Retail and North America Food Service segments. Our flour products are targeted to a wide variety of customers within our North America Food Service division. Our cereal products include a variety of sizes and configurations of Cheerios, Lucky Charms, and Chex. Operating since 1903, the Buffalo plant has a long history in downtown Buffalo, making the city smell like Cheerios since 1941.  Today, the plant is on a journey driving towards Destination Zero by focusing on Zero Loss principles as well as building a Buffalo Forever culture.

The Quality Lab Assistant (QLA) role is designed to provide individuals with an opportunity to learn about food safety and quality at a General Mills facility, learn more about the Lab Technician and Quality Engineer roles, and bring new ideas and continuous improvement strategies to the plant. The QLA position will be on day shift (approximately 7:00am-3:00pm) but may be asked to work weekends and different shifts.

Duration

This is a temporary role and will last 3 months in length, generally over the summer. 

Compensation

$24/hr

Key Accountabilities

The QLA will have exposure to assignments in food safety, quality and sanitation, such as:

• Planning and executing assigned projects
• Learning the lab technician role and responsibilities
• Partnering cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance or Logistics departments as needed to complete assignments
• Learning the production process and developing relationships with the production team
• Leading capability studies
• Shadowing Quality Engineers to learn and perform daily activities

Minimum Qualifications

• Leadership experience in school, work, or extracurricular activities
• Open to work alternative shifts (2nd shift or 3rd shift) to support the 24-7 operations of the plant

Preferred Qualifications

• Working toward a BS/BA in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial/Quality Engineering, Food Science or Chemistry
• Students with a sophomore or junior year class status
• GPA 3.0 or above

Additional Considerations

• At the completion of this program, a formal evaluation of performance and contributions will be reviewed with employee for growth and experience.

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.