Cylinder Filler

Airgas•Miamiville, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cylinder Filler supports the team by safely operating equipment for handling and producing packaged gas cylinders, including high-pressure and liquefied gases. The role includes moving, sorting, preparing, inspecting, filling, and maintaining cylinders, as well as completing required safety, quality-control, inventory, and regulatory documentation. The position is based at Airgas’s acetylene production and filling operation in Miamiville, Ohio.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read and comprehend material safety data sheets.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to collaborate with people from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
Customer service skills.
Self-motivation and ability to contribute in a fast-paced environment to meet shared deadlines.
Attention to detail and precision.
Ability to perform basic calculations using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to safely operate a forklift; training may be provided.
Physical ability to walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach, stoop, kneel, or crouch as needed.
Vision abilities including close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.
Ability to stand, bend, stoop, reach, and grasp regularly, and to communicate and hear effectively within the facility.
Sensory awareness to detect environmental cues, such as smelling or hearing gas.
Ability to occasionally move through the facility, perform fine motor tasks or computer entry, and reach with hands and arms.
Ability to regularly lift or move up to 60 pounds and move up to 800 pounds with material-handling equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a manufacturing operation; filling or loading experience is a plus.
Familiarity with the gas, welding, and safety supply industry or chemical industry.

Responsibilities

Safely operate equipment used to handle and produce packaged gas cylinders.
Load and unload gas cylinders or other products onto and off route trucks and trailers, using proper carts.
Sort empty cylinders by type.
Roll cylinders and operate a forklift to move cylinders on pallets.
Identify gas hazards and cylinder sizes and contents by interpreting labels and tank color-coding; label cylinders accurately.
Care for high-pressure, medical, and liquid cylinders; prepare high-pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling, attach them to manifolds, and evacuate them to eliminate contaminants.
Perform basic cylinder maintenance, including painting and labeling cylinders, and cleaning the work area.
Inspect cylinders before filling according to government, Airgas, and distributor standards; perform safety checks such as odor tests and checking caps and valves.
Fill cylinders by pressure and weight in accordance with regulations and standards.
Check cylinder quantities, styles, and products, and/or assist with inventory.
Coordinate documentation to DOT, FDA, OSHA, and Airgas standards and complete required quality-control sheets.
Follow government and company standards for the safe handling of hazardous materials and cylinder gases.