Plant Operator

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Company Profile

Airgas (Air Liquide company) is a leading supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, hard goods/related products, safety products, ammonia products, and process chemicals.

Job Profile

The company is seeking a Plant Operator who will be responsible for safely operating equipment for handling and producing packaged gas cylinders, both for high-pressure and liquefied gases.

Education Level

• High School Diploma or equivalent (preferred)

Work Experience

• Minimum 1 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)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Checks for cylinder quantities, styles, and products, or assists with inventory
• Complies with all government and company standards relating to safely handling hazardous materials/cylinder gases.
• Handles high-pressure, medical, and liquid cylinders. Prepares high-pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling. Attaches to manifold, and evacuates cylinders to eliminate all possible contaminants.
• Inspects cylinders before 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. Fills cylinders by pressure and weight, per regulations and standards.
• Loads and unloads gas cylinders or other products onto and off of route trucks and trailers moving cylinders with proper carts only.
• Manages paperwork to DOT, FDA, OSHA, and Airgas standards. Completes quality control sheets as required.
• Performs basic cylinder maintenance such as painting cylinders, labeling cylinders, and cleaning of work area.
• Rolls cylinders and operates a forklift truck for the movement of cylinders on pallets.
• Sorts empty cylinders by type.
• Understands hazards of various gases; sizes, and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the color-coding of tanks. Accurately labels cylinders.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• 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 percentages.
• Ability to read and comprehend material safety data sheets.
• Ability to safely operate a forklift.
• Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds.
• Strong level of attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Work Environment

• Minimal travel required.
• Requires both indoor and outdoor environments in various seasonal weather conditions. Must be able to work in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 100 degrees.
• The work environment may contain loud noises and odors that may last for long periods or continually.
• Workspace contains moving mechanical parts and risk of electric shock.

Physical Demands

• Able to smell and hear leaking gas from cylinders.
• 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.
• Occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel, or use a calculator or computer; and reach with hands and arms
• Regularly lift or move up to 60 pounds and move up to 800 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.
• Regularly required to stand, bend, stoop, crouch, reach, grasp, feel and talk or hear.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus objects.

Benefits/Perks

• The company offers a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term Disability Insurance, Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, and much more.

Employer’s Statement

Airgas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.