Operator - Production II (2nd Shift)

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How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

• Performing various duties in the plant including monitoring equipment to fill industrial gas mixes cryogenic gases and medical gas products and performing both level 1 & 2 duties.

• 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 and checking caps and valves.

• Analyzes products for purity and correct mixtures.

• Handles highpressure medical and liquid cylinders. Prepares highpressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling. Attaches to the manifold and evacuates cylinders to eliminate all possible contaminants.

• Fills cylinders by pressure and weight per regulations and standards.

• Assists with the loading and unloading of cylinders on and off pallets and tractor trailers. Operates a forklift pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.

• Manages paperwork to DOT FDA OSHA and Airgas standards. Completes quality control sheets as required.

• Understands hazards of various gases sizes and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the colorcoding of tanks. Accurately labels cylinders.

• Compliance with all government and company standards for safely handling hazardous materials/cylinder gases. Maintains a neat clean and orderly plant appearance. All employees are expected to perform any reasonable work request that falls within the qualifications but not specifically described.

Are you a MATCH

To perform this position successfully an associate 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 associates with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Required Education:

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of prior experience in related manufacturing operation; filling or loading experience preferred
• Strong background in gas welding and safety supply industry or chemical industry preferred
• Ability to complete training and achieve certifications for filling all cryogenic liquids and pure industrial gases.
• Ability to complete FDA Food Grade and CGMP Training and achieve certifications
• Must be able to operate forklift and maintain appropriate forklift certifications.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

• 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.

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 .

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