Plant Operator

Airgas • Appleton, WI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Airgas is hiring a Plant Operator in Appleton, WI. This role is responsible for safely handling and filling gas products into liquid, medical, and high-pressure gas cylinders in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, and meeting Airgas' standard operating procedures. The Plant Operator will also be responsible for meeting all safety standards in the loading and unloading of cylinder gases per Airgas procedures. This role involves performing cylinder analyses, supporting alignment with government and company standards, calculating gas mixtures to contribute to quality standards, and documenting results. The operator will identify and coordinate cylinder and valve combinations for compatibility and compliance, operate control panels with precision, and complete all meaningful records to accurately capture production actions. The position upholds and promotes company procedures and government regulations for the safe handling of hazardous materials and safely operates a forklift, pallet jack, and other warehouse/material-handling equipment. Loading and unloading cylinders onto pallets, ensuring they are strapped in, and contributing to team success as needed are also key responsibilities.

Requirements

• High school degree or GED required.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Lives by Airgas safety programs, OSHA, and all related rules, regulations, procedures which are applicable to this position's responsibilities.
• A minimum of 1 year of related technical experience.
• In lieu of specific industry experience, may accept an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience utilizing SAP or similar ERP system preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of Google Suite or Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percent.

Responsibilities

• Safely handling and filling gas products into liquid, medical and high pressure gas cylinders in compliance with federal, state, local regulations, and meeting the standard operating procedures of Airgas.
• Meeting all safety standards in the loading and unloading of cylinder gases per Airgas procedures.
• Performing cylinder analyses & supporting alignment with government and company standards.
• Calculating gas mixtures to contribute to quality standards and documents results.
• Ensuring that a mixture can be safely made.
• Identifying and coordinating cylinder and valve combinations to ensure compatibility with the mix and compliance.
• Operating control panels, containing valves and pressure gauges, and scales with a precision-oriented approach to gas mixtures.
• Completing all meaningful records to accurately capture all production actions.
• Upholding and promoting company procedures and government regulations relating to the safe handling of hazardous materials.
• Safely operating a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse/material-handling equipment.
• Loading/unloading cylinders on/off pallets; ensuring they are strapped in.
• Contributing to team success as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• 14-week paid child birth benefit.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit.
• Parental leave.
• Floating holidays.
• Jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave.
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents.
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED