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Building Maintenance Technician

General Mills and Careers
Rapids, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026
Job Description:
General Mills, Inc. manufactures some of the most beloved foods in the world, including Cheerios and Lucky Charms, Nature Valley granola bars and Totino's pizza rolls. 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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Building Maintenance Technician – Cedar Rapids, IA

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
    • 1st Shift: 7am to 3 pm
  • Ability and willingness to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and emergency events
  • Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days per week
Pay:
  • $28.09 per hour
    • Shift differential Additional $0.24 per hour when working 2nd shift
    • Shift differential Additional $0.31 per hour when working 3rd shift
    • Time worked after 40 hours of work is paid at 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
    • Time worked on a holiday is paid at 3 times regular rate of pay (if eligible for holiday pay and holiday is worked)


Benefits:
  • 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid holidays
  • Opportunity to earn 12 additional Paid Days Off
  • Great paid time off benefits
  • 401(k) match
  • Health Insurance- Including medical, vision, dental and life
  • And much more!


About our Location:

The Cedar Rapids plant offers numerous growth and promotion opportunities, often promoting from within for salaried positions. The plant provides competitive pay and benefits, making it one of the highest-rated employers in the area. The plant organizes holiday dinners, family days, bring your child to work day, a summer bash with families and community involvement, and a quarter-century club celebration for employees with 25 or more years of service. Fun facts include Ashton Kutcher's previous employment at the plant and his father's 35-year tenure in the fruit department. The plant is also the sole domestic producer of Betty Crocker frosting.


Our Products:
Cereals, Desserts, Gushers, Fruit by the foot, Fruit Rollups and more!

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
    • Identifying and troubleshooting mechanical issues
    • Perform simple building maintenance on light fixtures, ceiling tile, doors, lockers, floor, etc.
    • Basic painting
    • Perform minor plumbing repairs (toilets, sinks, faucets)
    • Performing both uptime and down time preventative maintenance
    • Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
    • Support inventory management
    • Assist in training new employees
What you have to offer:
  • Minimum of a high school education or GED
  • Minimum of a high school education or GED
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in industrial maintenance or related industry experience
  • Basic understanding of mechanical components and the ability to system troubleshoot
  • Basic understanding/knowledge of plumbing, perform basic sanitation tasks, and building maintenance
  • Troubleshooting and resolving Building Maintenance issues to completion
  • Basic computer skills
  • Organization and planning skills that allow for the creation, completion, and tracking of work orders
  • Experience in an industrial manufacturing/production environment preferred
  • Ability to become powered vehicle Qualified

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
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 other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

Salary : $28

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