Packing Mechanic – Cereal

About the role

Cereal Packing Mechanic

Responsibilities

• Installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of industrial packaging machinery and equipment
• Tracing and troubleshooting mechanical issues
• Leading repairs and modifications
• Performing preventative maintenance
• Participating in continuous improvement initiatives
• Assisting in employee training

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school education or GED
• 5 years of industrial maintenance experience or equivalent in a related field
• Ability to read machine prints, troubleshoot, and work on mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
• Ability to perform welding and fabrication tasks (plus)
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
• Previous high speed packaging equipment maintenance and/or operation preferred
• Controls and/or electrical experience (plus)
• Basic computer skills

Qualifications

• Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs
• Ability 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
• Ability to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
• Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty environmental working conditions
• Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
• Ability to work in a tobacco-free environment

Skills

• Knowledge of industrial maintenance and repair
• Ability to troubleshoot and work on mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
• Experience in high-speed packaging equipment maintenance and/or operation
• Basic computer skills
• Willingness to learn and apply new skills

Benefits

• Vacation and holiday pay
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) with match
• Health Insurance (including medical, dental, and life)
• Additional $.34 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 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)

Pay

• $37.78 per hour
• Additional $.34 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift
• Additional $.41 per hour for hours worked on 3rd shift

Schedule

• Shift Hours: 8-hour night shift
• 3rd shift, 10:30pm - 6:30am
• Ability and willingness to work any shift - days, afternoons, nights, as well as most weekends, holidays, and overtime
• Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days per week

About our Location

The Buffalo, NY plant is located on the waterfront, providing convenient access to Canada and major cities like Toronto and New York City. It offers employees opportunities to progress in their careers through seniority-based bidding and apprenticeship programs. The plant organizes events such as a summer barbecue, a family picnic at a local amusement park during downtime, and a holiday dinner for all three shifts served by the leadership team. There's a strong sense of community and pride among employees, with many having family ties to the company. Interesting facts include the plant's former name, Cheeri-Oats, the transportation of grain by boat, and a fire that occurred a day before its opening in 1940.

Our Products

• Cheerios
• Lucky Charms
• Honey Nut Cheerios
• Honey Nut Chex
• Corn Chex
• Gold Medal Flour

What Your Day Will Look Like

• Create high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
• Use TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
• Work with HIGH-LEVEL tradespeople on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers
• Willing and able to LEARN and get paid doing it
• CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT
• Install, maintain, repair, and replace industrial packaging machinery, work tools and equipment
• Identify and troubleshoot mechanical issues
• Use your knowledge and skills to lead repairs and modifications to machinery and equipment
• Perform both uptime and downtime preventative maintenance
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• Assist in training new employees

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