Industrial Electrician

General Mills; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Industrial Electrician to join their Cincinnati manufacturing team. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in ensuring production efficiency by troubleshooting and repairing automated equipment while adhering to safety protocols. You'll work in a dynamic environment that values learning and collaboration, surrounded by experienced operators eager to share their knowledge. This position offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and a chance to grow your career in a supportive, family-oriented culture. If you're ready to take on challenges and make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Paid Time Off

401K Match

Health Insurance

Pension

Employee Appreciation Events

Volunteering Activities

Flexible Shift Hours

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of industrial electrical experience required.
• Must possess knowledge of ControlLogix PLCs and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Support production operations through troubleshooting and repairing equipment.
• Participate in preventative maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Industrial Electrical Experience

Knowledge of ControlLogix PLCs

Troubleshooting Skills

Ability to Read Electrical Schematics

Safety Awareness

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Electrical Test Equipment

Variable Frequency Drives

Job description

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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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 shift 7 days a week
• CURRENTLY HIRING FOR 2ND AND 3RD SHIFTS
• 1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm
• 2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm
• 3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am

Currently hiring for 2nd and 3rd shifts. 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:

• $36.22 after 6 months
• $33.43 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:

• Great paid time off benefits:
• 10 days of PTO effective January 1 of calendar year following an employee’s hire date
• 3 Personal Holidays
• 3 Paid Emergency Days
• 2 unpaid Emergency Days
• 10 plant Holidays
• Pension
• 401K 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 site 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.

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

Working safely while resolving equipment issues, troubleshooting and repairing automated equipment and control systems, design and layout of circuits, installing fixtures, wiring motors and other electrical equipment/components, troubleshooting various electrical equipment (AC/DC drives, motors and controls) using standard test equipment, maintaining and updating electrical documentation (redlines, print books, manuals), identifying mechanical issues, providing technical support for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications, participating in Root Cause Analysis to help prevent recurrence of equipment failures, performing both uptime and downtime preventative maintenance, participating in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase equipment performance, and assisting in training new employees.

What you have to offer:

• Minimum of a high school education or GED
• 3-5 years of related industrial electrical experience
• Knowledge of the ControlLogix PLCs
• Ability keep yourself and others safe around 480VAC
• Variable Frequency Drives and how they are used in a control system
• Ability to install conduit, wiring, and electrical components
• Ability to build and install an electrical cabinet and associate components
• Ability to read and interpret electrical prints and schematics
• Must possess the ability to use various electrical test equipment for troubleshooting purposes
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
• Must possess the ability to understand and effectively communicate with co-workers, supervisors and others in the workplace regarding work matters (our business is generally conducted in English).

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
• Need to be able to work in a tobacco-free environment