Cylinder Filler (Medical Gases)

Maine Oxy•Auburn, ME

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Maine Oxy is seeking a full-time, year-round Cylinder Filler for their Auburn, ME location. This position offers a great opportunity for growth within the industry. The role involves inspecting, preparing, and filling cylinders with medical gases, ensuring compliance with government, company, and distributor standards. The successful candidate will perform safety checks, accurately label cylinders, complete daily fill sheets, and learn about gas hazards. Training will be provided for specific regulations and equipment operation, including forklift use and external visual inspection. The company emphasizes safety and making a real difference in the community.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read and comprehend material safety data sheets.
Complies with company and DOT guidelines and procedures relating to loading methods, loading for safety, availability of cylinders, and weight distribution.
Ability to safely operate a forklift (as required) (Will be trained).
Must comply with safety/site work rules and regulations and housekeeping standards.
Must demonstrate the capability of the testing equipment to perform the required tests to the degree of accuracy required by the regulations.
Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

Inspect cylinders prior to filling, following standard procedures as required by government, Maine Oxy, and distributor standards.
Prepares pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling: Attaches to manifold, evacuates cylinders to eliminate all possible contaminants.
Fills cylinders by pressure and weight, per regulations and standards.
Manually sets calibrations to analyze selected cylinders for purity, dew point, and other required qualities.
Conducts a variety of Safety checks per procedures, such as odor tests, checking caps and valves.
Accurately labels cylinders.
Completes daily fill sheets for every type of gas, as required by DOT, FDA, and Maine Oxy.
Learns the hazards of various gases; size and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the color-coding of tanks.
Unload/load trucks.
Compiles with all government and company standards relating to the safe handling of hazardous materials/cylinder gases.
Will be trained in regards to 49CFR173.34 and CGA pamphlets C-5, C-6, C-6.1, C-6.2, C-6.3, C-13, S-1.1.
Must demonstrate the capability of external visual inspection according to CGA pamphlet C-6.

Benefits

Yearly pants & boots reimbursement
Company Paid Short-Term Disability
Choice of Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability
HSA match of up to $50 biweekly
6 Weeks of Parental Leave
6-8 Weeks of Maternity Leave after using Parental Leave
401-K with a 50% match up to 6%
$1,000 sign-on bonus (paid in increments)
$1 shift differential for hours worked after 4:30pm weekdays (and any rare weekend work also gets the $1 shift diff for hours worked any time Saturdays and Sundays)
Additional $1 Winter differential if a qualifying Winter storm impacts our location in Auburn