General Mills · 10 hours ago
Sr. Building Engineer - 2nd Shift - Golden Valley, MN
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$65K/yr - $89K/yr
7+ years expGeneral Mills is seeking a Senior Building Engineer responsible for the maintenance, repair, and operation of HVACR and MEP equipment. The role involves troubleshooting, managing contractors, and mentoring other engineers while ensuring optimal efficiency in building operations.
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Responsibilities
Lead troubleshooting for HVAC and related equipment to maintain established comfort zones within the guidelines set forth by the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Lead or designee
Proficient in performing essential maintenance and troubleshooting, including root cause analysis, on standard HVACR equipment, including but not limited to chillers, boilers, AHUs, reach-in/walk-in refrigeration, exhaust systems, and cooling towers
Competent in basic plumbing tasks such as flush valves, drains, soldering, sinks, and mixing valves
Have a comprehensive understanding of fire alarm, fire suppression, and generator systems. Able to support challenging technical issues and provide input on solutions/improvements
Leverage building automation systems to schedule, operate, troubleshoot, and run trend analysis on building systems. Able to interpret data to optimize building systems
Train and mentor other team members to solve repetitive problems, gain additional technical competencies, and complete planned and predictive maintenance programs
Successfully partner and oversee the daily work of contractors and vendors. Provide feedback on vendor performance to the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Lead to support vendor selection and contract activities
Maintain, without flaw or exception, plant logs and files
Fluent use of ticketing tool for planned and reactive work, comfortable providing input on ticket resolution challenges and improvement opportunities. Able to leverage reports for enhanced decision making and the development of preventive maintenance programs
Manage small-scale projects from initiation to completion
Maintain superior appearance and working condition of all equipment assigned to the facilities department
Respond to customer requests in a professional manner, including the ability to explain situations for basic understanding
Willingness to learn and actively share knowledge to develop others, including cross-functional teams, vendors, and apprentices
Qualification
Required
Completion of HVACR or Facilities Maintenance/Operation program from an accredited institution and 7+ years in a hands-on maintenance role
Universal CFC Certification
2nd Class C Minnesota State Boiler License or similar
Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
Physical: Lift 50 + pounds; move 600-pound barrel with the aid of a barrel dolly; use full range of body movements (standing, squatting, sitting, walking, bending, etc.); climb stairs and ladders; manipulate small objects (thermostat calibration tools, small repair parts). Distinguish different colors (e.g., yellow alarm lights require a different response than red alarm lights, wire colors, etc)
Willingness to work a rotational on-call schedule of roughly once every other month with the ability to work more, if desired
Preferred
Maintenance Electrician License
Experience working in a food manufacturing facility
Experience with brazing and soldering
Benefits
Health benefits
Retirement and financial wellbeing
Time off programs
Wellbeing support and perks
Annual incentive program
Company
General Mills
General Mills is a food company that manufactures and markets branded consumer foods.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$2.7B2024-10-15Post Ipo Debt· $2.7B
1928-11-30IPO
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Chief Growth Officer
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