Maintenance Technician
General Mills · Wellston, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 18+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at General Mills (food & beverage) in Wellston, OH. You will be responsible for following company safety policies and procedures, Installing, maintaining and repairing processing and packaging equipment.
- They ask for
- 18+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Machining, Welding
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 108 other live reliability postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (18+ vs 4+)
Typical $77k–$107k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 48%
- PLC 41%
- ✓ Welding 33%
- Root cause 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: General Mills in Wellston
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Full description from General MillsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key accountabilities
- ◆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
- ◆Follow all company safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
- ◆Install, maintain, repair, and replace industrial processing and packaging machinery, work tools and equipment
- ◆Provide technical support and plant leadership for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications
- ◆Perform both uptime and down time preventative maintenance in adherence to the master PM schedule
- ◆Perform corrective maintenance work orders
- ◆Have the ability to learn and perform minor machining and welding tasks
- ◆Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives in order to increase platform performance
- ◆Assists in training new employees as needed
- ◆Attend meetings and trainings as required
- ◆Perform additional related tasks as assigned
Qualifications
- ✓Must be 18 years of age or older
- ✓Must have the ongoing right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- ✓High School Diploma or GED
- ✓2 years experience in industrial maintenance or equivalent education in a related field
- ✓Continuing education in maintenance/technical skills
- ✓Computer Maintenance Management Systems experience
- ✓Demonstrated leadership ability
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
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Technical degree in industrial maintenance or related field
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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 another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.
Position overview
As a part of our maintenance team, you will be responsible for following company safety policies and procedures, Installing, maintaining and repairing processing and packaging equipment. Providing Technical support and performing Planned maintenance activities
Pay
- •Starting pay $23.25 to $30.25 per hour (This pay range is based on pay-for-skills program and is not based on experience)
- •Shift Differential - Additional $0.25 per hour for hours worked on 2nd and 3rd shift
- •Annual negotiated increases
- •Pay for Skills Program available to get to maximum pay
Why Join Our Team
Our manufacturing facility in Wellston, OH, is the heart of Totino’s! It’s the only place in the world where Totino’s pizza and pizza rolls are made. At our plant, we cultivate a strong culture of support, where employees are always ready to lend a hand to those in need. To show our appreciation, we host regular company events and dinners, along with a week-long employee appreciation celebration every summer.
Our Products
Totino’s Pizza and Totino’s Pizza Rolls
What We Have to Offer
- •Vacation and personal days available in the first year
- •Great paid time off benefits
- •401(k) match
- •Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
- •On-site Fitness Center
- •On-site Health Clinic
- •And much more!
Your Work Schedule and Shift Information
- •1st shift: 6:30 am to 3:00 pm
- •2nd shift: 2:30 pm to 11:00 pm
- •3rd shift: 10:30 pm to 7:00 am
- •Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
- •Plant operation is 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
Eligibility
Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.
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