Production Assistant - Blue Buffalo

Summary: Blue Buffalo, part of General Mills, is a company that prioritizes being a force for good and expanding learning. The Production Assistant role involves supporting production operations, ensuring high-quality food production, and participating in equipment management and continuous improvement initiatives. Responsibilities: - Supporting production packaging and processing operations - Sanitation and participation in startup, changeover and shutdown of operating equipment - 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 - Troubleshoot problems with machinery and partner with maintenance staff to resolve issues - Calibrate processing and packaging systems daily to meet required specifications - Participate in startup, changeover, and shut down of operating equipment - Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance - Assist in training new employees Required Qualifications: - Minimum of a high school diploma or GED - Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred - Basic computer skills, including the ability to interact with digital systems used in daily tasks - 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 - Ability to work in a tobacco free environment Important Skills: Manufacturing experience, Basic computer skills Nice-to-Have Skills: Willingness to learn Benefits: Up to 10 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid company holidays, Great paid time off benefits, 401(k) match, Health Insurance - includes medical, dental, vision and life, Pet Parent Perks - includes pet insurance and pet adoption reimbursement, And much more!