Plant Operator
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Waukesha WI Acetylene production & fillingHow will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW
Position Title: Plant OperatorLocation: Waukesha WI
Shift: Monday Friday / 4:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
The Plant Operator is responsible for safely operating equipment for the handling and production of packaged gas cylinders both for high pressure and liquefied gases.
Loads and unloads gas cylinders and/or other products onto and off of route trucks and trailers moving cylinders with proper carts only.
Sorts empty cylinders by type.
Rolls cylinders and operates a forklift truck for the movement of cylinders on pallets.
Understands hazards of various gases; size and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the colorcoding of tanks. Accurately labels cylinders.
Handles highpressure medical and liquid cylinders. Prepares high pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling. Attaches to manifold evacuates cylinders to eliminate all possible contaminants.
Performs basic cylinder maintenance such as painting cylinders labeling cylinders and cleaning of work area.
Inspects cylinders prior to filling following standard procedures as required by government Airgas and distributor standards. Conducts a variety of Safety checks per procedures such as odor tests checking caps and valves. Fills cylinders by pressure and weight per regulations and standards.
Checks for cylinder quantities styles and product and/or assists with inventory
Manages paperwork to DOT FDA OSHA and Airgas standards. Completes quality control sheets as required.
Complies with all government and company standards relating to the safe handling of hazardous materials/cylinder gases.
Are you a MATCH
To perform this position successfully an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Required Education:
HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.
Required Length & Type of Experience:
Minimum of one year of prior experience in a manufacturing operation filling or loading experience preferred.
Strong background in gas welding and safety supply industry or chemical industry preferred.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to read and comprehend material safety data sheets.
Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines.
Strong level of attention to detail.
Ability to add subtracts multiply and divides in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.
Ability to compute rate ratio and percentages.
Ability to safely operate a forklift.
Physical Demands:
The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Able to talk walk sit; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop kneel crawl or crouch.
Specific vision abilities to include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to focus objects.
Regularly required to stand bend stoop crouch reach grasp feel and talk or hear.
Able to smell and hear leaking gas from cylinders.
Occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger handle feel or use a calculator or computer; and reach with hands and arms
Regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds and move up to 800 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.
Work Environment:
The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Minimal travel required.
Work space is one that contains moving mechanical parts and risk of electric shock.
Requires both indoor & outdoor environments in various seasonal weather conditions. Must be able to work in temperatures ranging from 10 to over 100 degrees.
Work environment may contain loud noises and odors that may last for long periods of time or on a continual basis.
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision plans vacation sick time floating holidays and paid holidays for fulltime employees.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
Additionally we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds tuition reimbursement discounted college tuition for employees dependents and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Your differences enhance our performance
At Airgas we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their race gender sexual orientation religion disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Companys written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
Airgas an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process please contact us by email at .
Employment Type
Full-Time
