Welding/Cutting Specialist

Welding/Cutting Specialist Job Highlights

Company Profile

Airgas, an 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 searching for a Welding/Cutting Specialist who will work with Sales Associates to assist in gaining and retaining core business for the region through cost savings engineering; shielding gas selection for the welding process; weld training; product demonstrations; technical information; and automation selection.

Educational Qualification

• The applicants should have a High School Diploma or GED

Work Experience

• The candidates should have a minimum of 2 years of related experience.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Coordinate and participate in installation and service robotic, plasma, laser, and fixed automation projects.
• Evaluate customers’ welding and cutting processes and provide needed training for improvement.
• Provide branch and sales associate support to facilitate sales of robotic, plasma, laser, and fixed automation projects.
• Provide customers with the engineering, technical support, training, and service for all your robotics and automation needs.

Additional Duties-

• Willingness travel about 25-30% of the time
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to effectively present information to customers, top management, or public groups and prepare effective sales proposals.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to set priorities and work independently to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Excellent telephone and communication skills.
• Good organizational skills with the ability to follow through until completion.
• Must be able to operate in a drug-free workplace.
• Must be able to touch-type using a standard computer keyboard
• Must be able to work overtime as required.
• Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds.
• Must be detail-oriented with strong customer focus

Other Requirements

• Computer proficiency and working knowledge of MS Office programs, especially Word and Excel
• Experience in the welding industry, preferred; and knowledge of welding processes
• Working knowledge of CNC, robotics controls and tooling, positioning equipment, laser cutting, and welding, shielding gas and filler metals, and plasma applications

Physical Demands

• Able to talk, hear, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Employer’s Statement

Airgas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability.