FSQ Sanitation Tech

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 another and grow together.

Check out why General Mills Manufacturing is the place to grow a career:

FSQ & Sanitation Technician

Shift hours:

• This position is primarily a 1st shift role, but will require the ability to have a flexible schedule to work on 2nd & 3rd shift on a periodic basis to support food safety, quality and sanitation tasks as needed.
• The assignment at least 18 months

• Ability and willingness to work overtime, and weekends and holidays
• Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Pay:

• $33.43/per hour

Benefits:

• 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) match
• Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
• And much more!

About our Location:

Our Milwaukee manufacturing cite is located in a big city, with big city amenities, but with a lower cost than most. Our site was originally owned by the Gardetto family, who created Gardetto's by using any broken breadsticks leftover in their plant combined with seasonings! If you ask what some of the things that employees value most at Milwaukee, you will hear about our employee appreciation events, family events, and all employee sporting events and watch events. We have the Chex Club that puts on events once a month for employees. At General Mills, we encourage growth for our employees. At our site, you will find that we have a lot of opportunities for job growth.

Our Products:

Gardettos, Bugels, Chex Mix, Muddy Buddys

What your day will look like:

Support Sensory and Quality Grid program

• Coordinate and prepare for sensory evaluation and make appropriate decisions around any out-of-specification findings.
• Maintain sensory standards. Represent the plant with the supply chain sensory team. Develop and support sensory training for employees. Partner with R&D, plant operations, and start up team for new product trials.
• Support trials/special projects as needed and report finding

Support annual Food Safety Verifications

• Own Quality System Schedule (QSS)
• Physical contaminant program
• Checkweigher program
• Document review

Support Sanitation Verification Activities

• Support sanitation inspections, Pre-op inspections, Post sanitation inspections, unplanned sanitation inspections
• Paperwork verification and review
• Titration review
• Annual sanitation verification
• PEMP
• Support PEMP
• Support mitigation reports based on results
• Make recommendations to PEMP Lead for mitigation efforts

Lead Sanitation Improvements

• Support SOAP intiatives (Sanitation Optimization Acceleration Protocol)
• Time Studies
• Sanitation improvements (e.g., War on Water), SOAP (Sanitation Optimization Acceleration Protocol)
• Complete sanitation experiments
• Develop and update SSOP's and sanitation documents as needed
• Generate and respond to sanitation metrics and reports
• Provide technical expertise to drive root cause and preventive measures to problem areas

Complete FSQ Support Activities

• Attend and participate on assigned FSRA audits
• Meet all metrics related to FSRA for assigned areas
• Resolve findings identified on sanitation inspections, ICAT and FSRA audits
• Provide FSQ/Sanitation support for investigations
• Support Internal Audit
• Report any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality or personal safety
• Support Internal and External Audits VCOE, FSSC, WDA, MDLZ
• Support Pre and Post Inspection process
• Support art copy and schedule verification programs

Maximo

• Create and update WOs, job plans, PMs
• Assigning WOs in Maximo
• Maintaining MSS job task accuracy in Maximo
• Running reports in Maximo, plan and execute against gaps

Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS)

• Assist with managing MSS work orders
• Support and coordinate shutdown activities
• Work closely with Sanitation TL and Area QE to support sanitation program and address deficiencies and problems
• Ensure that sanitation program is met and implement corrective actions where needed

IPM

• Support IPM program
• Work closely with Pest Control Agency
• Investigate and resolve identified findings that are related to pest control and implement CA as needed
• Identify areas of opportunities, harboring areas to determine treatment type required to eliminate and prevent infestation
• Coordinate fogging and fumigation as needed

Training

• Manage food safety, quality and sanitation training material and HOD
• Complete food safety, quality and sanitation HOD
• Backup for new hire Sanitation & Chemical Handling training

Inspector Program

• Become a Level 2 Inspector and assist in Sanitation & Inspection Activities
• Support Inspector Classroom Training & HOD
• Support program execution

Equipment Used:

• Computers, printers, analytical testing equipment, weigh scales, microscopes.
• Softwares used: Microsoft Office 365, Sharepoint, Maximo, SAP, PowerBi, MQIS ....
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used: Earplugs, bump hats, safety glasses, safety shoes, and gloves.
• Sanitation Equipment/Tools used: Air hose & nozzle attachments, scrapers, mops, brooms, scissors lift, rubber gloves, boots, aprons, water hoses, floor scrubbers, shovels, and ladders.

What you have to offer:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2-4 years experience in food manufacturing or quality/analytical lab
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Good understanding of risk assessment
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities independently
• Flexible with work hours, including overtime and weekends
• Able to navigate the complexity of the plant and learn plant systems
• Passionate about human and food safety

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