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R10045734 Plant Operator 1 - Cylinder Maintenance (Open)

Location:

Palmer, AK (ALALP) - Acetylene production and filling

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Production Operator 1 - Cylinder Maintenance - Palmer, AK - Monday through Thursday, 7:00 am to 5:30 pm - All PPE, including boots, are provided! - $22 per hour; up to $625 per month in performance based bonus! - Airgas Suite of Benefits and Programs Offered: - Healthcare Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision options - Healthcare and Dependent Care Pre-tax Savings Options (FSA, HSA) - Basic life and ADandD with the option to purchase additional coverage for yourself and your dependents - Short and long-term disability coverage with optional buy-up - 401(k) retirement plan with company match effective upon hire - Vacation accrual of up to 80 hours per year, which increases up to 120 hours after your third anniversary - Seven (7) Company observed paid holidays per calendar year and hours count towards the calculation of overtime! - Up to three (3) paid floating holidays per calendar year, amount determined by hire date - Paid parental leave after 12 months of employment - Tuition assistance and CDL scholarship options after 6 months of employment - Career Development Opportunities - See more at: http://www.airgas.com/company/careers/employee-benefits - This position is safety sensitive and requires a pre-employment drug screening including cannabis -

As Production Operator I, you are responsible for safely handling and the maintenance of high pressure cylinders according to compliance with federal, state, local regulations, and the standard operating procedures of Airgas. You will assist with loading and unloading trucks and will operate a forklift and other equipment. You will be trained to identify cylinders by size, label, and color and will be responsible for sorting cylinders by valve type/gas service and size, visually assessing (visual inspection) cylinders, and preparing cylinders for testing for testing.

In particular, you will:

• Perform preventative maintenance on the cylinder stamping and paint systems.
• Inspect cylinders following standard procedures as required by government, Airgas, and distributor standards. Conduct a variety of Safety checks per procedures, such as checking for visual defects, examining valves, safeties, and caps.
• Prepare high pressure cylinders for testing by other associates at the maintenance plant. Provide backup assistance with the production team moving cylinders for staging, loading, unloading, and painting cylinders.
• Assist with the loading and unloading of cylinders on and off pallets, trucks, and tractor trailers. Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment. Handle high-pressure industrial, medical and specialty gas cylinders. Sort and organize pallets of hazardous materials on a daily basis.
• Attend all training, including: Safety, DOT, Basic cylinder handling, AGU, UE and Hydrotesting.
• Perform Valving and de-valving tasks.
• Operate cylinder shot blasting equipment and paint cylinders; operate cylinder inverter and dryer.
• Perform daily general housekeeping responsibilities and secure all equipment, tools, and supplies at the end of each work day.

__Are you a MATCH?

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• We will train you if you are not forklift certified!
• Ability to work independently and in team environments.
• Must be able to work in a drug free workplace.

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 pr tected 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.

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to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's 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 /span>us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com

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