Forklift Operator

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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Forklift Driver - Green Bay, WI

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.

Shift hours:

Currently hiring for 2^nd Shift: 12:00pm - 8:30pm Monday - Friday

• Willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Plant operation is 24 hours a day 7 days a week - When demand increases, hours and days can increase

Pay:

• $20.25 per hour
• Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked on 2^nd shift
• Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift.

Benefits:

• 120 hours of vacation annually and 11 paid company holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) - company match, annual company contribution and more
• Health Insurance that includes medical, dental, vision and life
• AND much more!

About our Location:

Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin just minutes from the Fox River and home to the Green Bay Packers and historic Lambeau Field. Green Bay is the flagship city and economic hub of northeastern Wisconsin known for walking and biking trails with scenic views. Our manufacturing site is one of the most diverse plants. If you ask our employees what they value about our Green Bay site you will hear about our employee appreciation days, employee service awards, and employee giveaways.

General Mills encourages growth for our employees. If you want to be part of a team that will learn and grow, develop leadership skills, drive results quickly, work within a safety-first mindset, and expand your technical capabilities, then GMI is a great place to start!

Our Products: Pizza Crust

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.
  • Maintain a safe and clean working
  • Follow all company safety rules, regulations and Ensure that team is in full compliance and training is up to date and documented.
  • Responsible for following company policies/procedures written or verbal
  • Clean all equipment in accordance with the SOPs.
  • Maintain control of all equipment and tools.
  • Palletize product and layers stack up to five feet, place cover on and shrink wrap.
  • Ability to maneuver products within freezer and cooler to fill the space to its capacity.
  • Must understand flour and oil system and assist in unloading these supplies.
  • Must be able to perform work in an unsupervised environment.
  • Ability to load and unload semi-trailers in a safe and efficient manner.
  • Ability to use a handheld scanner and complete shipping and receiving paperwork.
  • Assist in training new employees
  • Other duties as assigned.

What you have to offer:

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
• Proficient in English.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• 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
• Must be able to read and understand the HU system and complete tote, case and pallet
• Must have or be able to have or receive forklift and electric pallet jack
• 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.