Plant Maintenance Technician

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• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life including Medical Dental Vision Life AD&D and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match Tuition Assistance Paid Holidays Vacation and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment

The Plant Maintenance Technician position supports the team with all Air Separation Unit (ASU) plant starts shutdowns and outage repair work. The position will help maintain all preventative maintenance for the Anchorage Fill Plant Palmer Facility and ASU in compliance with company policies and timelines. This role will also include partnering with the Field Service Technicians on larger-scaled projects that include Airgas facilities and customer sites.

• Monitors and supports the safe operation of an Air Separation Facility which produces cryogenic products.

• May be responsible for supporting the remote Vacuum Pressure Swing Absorption (VPSA) plants on a rotating basis while on call.

• Contributes to the service inspection use and maintenance of shop tools/equipment in accordance with manufacturers recommended procedures.

• Collaborates on on-call responsibilities with other operators to facilitate uninterrupted plant operations.

• Performs quality control functions associated with products to foster quality assurance.

• Prepares and maintains accurate records in accordance with all safety quality regulatory and production requirements such as plant readings and plant maintenance etc.

• Evaluates if immediate maintenance action is required and coordinates by informing the direct manager.

• Proactively contributes to improving facilities (i.e. operations reliability and costs) while staying within budget and communicating with the Plant Manager.

• Performs administrative functions i.e. requisitioning purchasing production accounting and (closure of POs and receiving / time inputting) as needed.

• Nurtures relationships with both internal and external customers in a professional manner. Works as a collaborative teammate with a wide variety of people with different perspectives and backgrounds ensuring the job is completed successfully.

• Balances workload to effectively support equipment at internal or external customer locations.

• Installs extracts inspects troubleshoots and repairs bulk tanks valves and cryogenic pumps and performs operational tests after installation.

• Operates and safely maintains equipment for pumping or repackaging gasses into cylinders.

• Regularly inspects and maintains pumping apparatus tanks and valves and associated monitoring devices for the facility equipment and buildings.

• Shares knowledge and provides guidance on technical questions from internal or external sources.

• Consistent attendance is highly valued in this role. Based on the needs of the customer and service requirements there may be opportunities for extended hours. Participates and follows requirements of the on-call program.

• Maintains plant appearance with housekeeping responsibilities within the workspace.

• Pre-employment and random drug testing and background screen applies.

• High School Diploma GED required and equivalent six months relatable experience and education. College or technical degree is preferred.

• Desired minimum of one to three years of diagnostic and/or repair experience in some or all of the following is required: cryogenics high pressure piping brazing programmable controls pumping systems mechanical aptitude and/or process instrumentation preferred.

• Demonstrates basic (piping valves) understanding of Process Instrumentation Drawings and Process Flow Diagrams.

• Ability to read and follow company standard operating procedures.

• Strong mechanical aptitude with experience in the HVAC or plumbing industry and hands on welding/brazing skills.

• Able to understand piping and tank detail from manuals and mechanical drawings and/or P&IDs.

• Ability to understand and apply applicable standards for good manufacturing practices (GMP) set forth by the CGA NFPA NEC and other professional/regulatory bodies.

• Must be able to obtain DOT medical card

Benefits

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 short-term and long-term disability life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance Employee Assistance Program (EAP) pre-tax commuter transportation benefit parental leave vacation sick time floating holidays jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Additionally we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds tuition reimbursement discounted college tuition for eligible employees dependents and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.

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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