Industrial Electrician
General Mills · Cincinnati, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 21 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at General Mills (food & beverage) in Cincinnati, OH. You will be responsible for supporting production packaging and processing operations, sanitation and participation in startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Tooling
- 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
- Less than usual (2+ 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%
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This plant: General Mills in Cincinnati
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Qualifications
- ✓High school diploma or GED.
- ✓2+ years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
- ✓3-5 years of related industrial electrical experience.
- ✓Working knowledge of ControlLogix programmable logic controllers, variable-frequency drives, and their use in control systems.
- ✓Ability to work safely around 480-volt alternating current systems.
- ✓Ability to install conduit, wiring, and electrical components and to build and install electrical cabinets and associated components.
- ✓Ability to read and interpret electrical prints and schematics.
- ✓Ability to use electrical test equipment for troubleshooting.
- ✓Strong safety awareness, problem-solving ability, teamwork, communication, willingness to learn, and ability to work effectively with operators and maintenance partners.
- ✓Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- ✓Ability 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.
- ✓Willingness and ability to adhere to all grooming
requirements
necessary for a food manufacturing environment.
- ✓Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, and wet environmental working condi
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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.
Industrial Electrician – 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
- •8-hour shifts, 7 days a week
- •Currently hiring for 2nd and/or 3rd shift
- •1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm
- •2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm
- •3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am
- •Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
- •Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days per week
Pay
- •$38.43/hour after 6 months
- •$34.43 per hour starting
- •Additional $.35 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
- •Additional $.41 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift
- •Overtime Pay
- •Time worked after 8 hours of work is paid at 1.5 times regular rate of pay
- •Time worked over 40 hours in a work week is 1.5 times regular rate of pay
- •Time worked on Saturday is paid at 1.5 times regular rate of pay
- •Time worked on Sunday is paid at 2 times (double pay) regular rate of pay
- •Holiday pay (if eligible for holiday pay and holiday is worked, 2x double pay + holiday pay)
Benefits
- •5 days of PTO offered after 1st 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
- •Pension
- •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, and more!
As part of our manufacturing team, you will
- •Support production packaging and processing operations.
- •Support sanitation operations.
- •Participate in the startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment.
- •Create high-quality foods that are eaten every day, nationwide.
- •Use technology in an industry-leading facility.
- •Work with experienced operators and maintenance teams that are committed to sharing knowledge with employees who are willing to learn.
- •Challenge yourself to get the job done right and gain skills that you can take to your next opportunity.
- •Safely respond to equipment support calls and troubleshoot and repair automated equipment, control systems, motors, drives, and related electrical components.
- •Design and lay out circuits; install fixtures, conduit, wiring, motors, electrical equipment, and components; and build or install electrical cabinets.
- •Use standard electrical test equipment to diagnose AC/DC drives, motors, controls, and other electrical equipment.
- •Perform uptime and downtime preventive maintenance, identify developing equipment defects, optimize preventive-maintenance plans, and support spare-parts stocking strategies.
- •Provide technical support for equipment troubleshooting and modifications, identify related mechanical issues, and help resolve equipment downtime.
- •Maintain and update electrical documentation, including redlines, print books, manuals, schematics, and other equipment records.
- •Participate in root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement initiatives to prevent recurring failures and improve equipment performance.
- •Partner with operators to understand equipment issues, improve equipment interaction, and teach operators how to better interact with equipment.
- •Assist in training new employees.
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