Service and Installation Pipefitter - General Mills

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 other and grow together.

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Service and Installation Pipefitter – Cincinnati, OH

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: 

• CURRENTLY HIRING FOR 1^st shift, open to off-shift option
• 1st shift: 7 am to 5 pm 
• 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

• 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:  

Production operator who works full time may make $75,000+ in a year, inclusive of overtime.  Overtime availability depends upon seniority, shift, job qualifications and business needs.

• $36.22 after 6 months
• $33.43 per hour starting
• 75-day probationary period
• Time and half pay for all hours worked over 8 hours
• Time and half pay for all hours worked on Saturdays
• Double time pay for all hours worked on Sundays
• Shift differential
• Additional $.35 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
• Additions $.41 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift

Benefits:

• 5 days of PTO offered after 1^st year of employment
• 3 Personal Holidays
• 3 Paid Emergency Days
• 2 unpaid Emergency Days
• 10 plant Holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) match
• Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
• And much more! 

About our Location:

Located in a large metropolitan city with a lot to offer, our Cincinnati manufacturing cite is the sole source for many of the products made here, so you know where the product is coming from when you see it in store! At our plant, we have family-oriented culture with an open-door policy in order to connect with employees directly. To keep our employees engaged and excited we have a variety of events, such as summer events to King’s Island, the zoo, and sporting events, employee appreciation events every quarter, and volunteering activities in the community.

Our Products:

Only a cereal plant. Rice Chex, Wheat Chex, Fiber One, Cheerios Oat Crunch, occasionally Cookie Crisp, and soon to be adding Kix.

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
  • Install, maintain, repair, and replace pumps, valves, actuators, regulators, dampeners, injectors, piping and other relevant equipment
  • Welding of carbon and stainless-steel including stick, TIG, sanitary welding as well as brazing and soldering
  • Partner with outside vendors on fire suppression system maintenance
  • Partner with Boiler Operators and Plant to maintain steam/condensate systems including traps and regulators
  • Partner with outside vendors to maintain and troubleshoot HVAC systems
  • Partner with outside vendors to maintain propane and natural gas systems
  • Maintain and repair process system piping
  • Maintain and repair compressed air system
  • Maintain and repair plumbing infrastructure
  • Maintain and repair chilled and city water systems
  • Maintain and repair other building utilities and facilities as needed
  • Identifying and troubleshooting mechanical issues
  • Providing technical support and plant leadership for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications
  • Understanding, initiating, and participating in Root Cause Analysis (Why, Why)
  • Performing both uptime and down time preventative maintenance
  • 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
• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment is required
• 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

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.