Plant Manager

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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.

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The Plant Manager is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of all plant operations including but not limited to the safe and compliant leadership of associate activities in producing and repackaging of compressed and liquid gases into cylinders and assigning job tasks to associates in accordance with customer orders and fulfillment requirements.

• Operate and safely maintain the plant for pumping or repackaging of gases into cylinders while ensuring compliance with all federal state local and company policies procedures regulations and laws.

• Safely leads operates and maintains the plant for pumping or repackaging of gases into cylinders while ensuring compliance with all federal state local and company policies procedures regulations and laws. Maintains a neat clean and orderly plant appearance.

• Analyses production schedules and determines associate-hour requirements for completion of job assignments. Establishes and/or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.

• Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational manufacturing and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.

• Implements measures to improve production methods equipment performance and product quality. Modifies working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of associate labor.

• Inspect machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.

• Ensures all safety rules are strictly observed and safety training is regularly scheduled conducted and documented. Interpret company policies to workers and enforce safety regulations.

• Ensures all injuries and accidents are properly investigated and reported within 24 hours.

• Analyzes resolves and assists associates in solving work related issues or roadblocks

• Partners with HRBP to collaborate on associate actions such as promotions transfers discharges and disciplinary measures. Ensures associate issues grievances etc. are effectively handled to optimize associate engagement.

• Leads subordinate supervisors to provide support and development to ensure all associates are achieving established goals. Provides coaching and corrective action promptly to ensure that poor performers are identified documented and corrective measures are put in place.

• Train new associates and provide cross training to continue production during times of personnel shortages.

• Maintains time and production records and approves overtime when essential while ensuring overtime is managed appropriately.

• Accurately completes and submits paperwork (e.g. shippers cylinder audits month-end reports etc.) in a timely manner.

• Utilize plant dashboards and financial reports to drive improvements in operational efficiencies and costs.

• Additional duties and projects as assigned.

Are you a MATCH

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and three to five years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of associates of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate ratio and percent and to interpret bar graphs.

CERTIFICATES LICENSES REGISTRATIONS

Must possess valid drivers license and ability to obtain a valid forklift operators license

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and smell. The associate frequently is required to sit. The associate must regularly move more than 125 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision and color vision.

Benefits

We care about and support all Airgas associates. 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 full-time 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.

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.

Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE

At Airgas we are committed to building a 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.

About Airgas

Airgas an Air Liquide company is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial medical and specialty gases as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18000 associates Airgas fosters a culture of safety customer success sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas take initiative and make decisions.

Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide a world leader in gases technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66500 employees Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.

Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team you play an important role in the success of your team making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and turn youll find a welcoming workplace where youre valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career whatever path you choose.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Airgas 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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