PLANT MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN - 3RD SHIFT
Posted on: 16 Dec 2022
Golden Valley, MN
Job Description
OVERVIEW
This position is responsible for providing electrical, controls, instrumentation, and basic mechanical support for food processing equipment at the General Mills James Ford Bell (JFB) Technical Center located in Golden Valley, Minnesota. This person works effectively and collaboratively across teams to ensure human safety, food safety, and equipment reliability expectations are met. Work will consist mainly of corrective and preventative maintenance while providing electrical troubleshooting support for R&D tests and production runs.
Work hours are 3rd shift, 10pm Sunday night – 6am Friday morning with occasional overtime support during the week and on weekends.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Troubleshoot, repair, and improve process electrical equipment across several pilot plants and lab spaces
Troubleshoot and repair motor control circuits including Variable Frequency Drives and Servo motor controls
Troubleshoot and calibrate process control instrumentation, including but not limited to pressure, flow, temperature, humidity, torque, current and voltage elements and transmitters
Troubleshoot and program Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers
Perform electrical preventative and predictive maintenance procedures
Perform mechanical tasks including troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance procedures
Comply with all OSHA required electrical safety training and practices
Perform daily safety risk assessments, equipment safety audits, and actively promote a safe work environment
Collaborate and communicate effectively with all levels of team members including operators, managers, engineers, and R&D personnel across various platforms
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Either a two-year trade school certificate in an accredited electrical program or a minimum of two years of related work experience
State of Minnesota Masters, Journeyman or Maintenance Electrician License preferred
Must be able to work flexible hours as needed and work occasional overtime including coverage on weekends
Must be able to lift and manipulate 55 pounds
Understand, practice, and promote electrical safety standards including NFPA 70E and NEC
Must have experience installing and maintaining process electrical components
Read and interpret complex electrical wiring diagrams and schematics
Basic knowledge and experience working with mechanical drive components, fasteners, and lubrication is desired
Ability to apply root cause analysis to resolve systemic or reoccurring electrical problems
Ability to manage and adjust to multiple priorities in high activity production environments
Effective communication skills with peers and with customers
General Mills
Minneapolis, MN
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates in five segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores & Foodservice; Europe & Australia; Asia & Latin America; and Pet. It offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, grain, fruit, and savory snacks, as well as organic products, including refrigerated yogurt, nutrition bars, meal kits, salty snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, and grain snacks. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the North American foodservice and commercial baking industries; and manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food.
The company markets its products under the Annie’s, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, BLUE Basics, BLUE Freedom, BLUE Wilderness, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto’s, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jeno’s, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, La Salteña, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino’s, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Yoki, and Yoplait trademarks.
General Mills sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. It operates 507 leased and 372 franchise branded ice cream parlors. The company was founded in 1866 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees40, 000
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