Production Associate (Cylinder Handler)

Airgas•Oakwood Village, OH

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Airgas is hiring for a Cylinder Handler in Oakwood Village, OH. The Cylinder Handler will be responsible for safely handling, loading/unloading, 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. The role involves preparing cylinders for filling, performing basic maintenance, conducting safety checks, filling cylinders by pressure and weight, managing paperwork to DOT, FDA, OSHA, and Airgas standards, and maintaining a neat, clean, and orderly plant appearance. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to read and comprehend material safety data sheets.
Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines.
Strong level of attention to detail.
Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentages.
Ability to safely operate a forklift.
Able to talk, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crawl or crouch.
Specific vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus objects.
Regularly required to stand, bend, stoop, crouch, reach, grasp, feel and talk or hear.
Able to smell and hear leaking gas from cylinders.
Occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel or use a calculator or computer; and reach with hands and arms.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds and move up to 800 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of one year of prior experience in a manufacturing operation, filling or loading experience preferred.
Strong background in gas, welding and safety supply industry or chemical industry preferred.

Responsibilities

Loads and unloads gas cylinders and/or other products onto and off of route trucks and trailers moving cylinders with proper carts only.
Sorts empty cylinders by type.
Rolls cylinders and operates a forklift truck for the movement of cylinders on pallets.
Understands hazards of various gases; size and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the color-coding of tanks.
Accurately labels cylinders.
Handles high-pressure, medical and liquid cylinders.
Prepares high pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling.
Attaches to manifold, evacuates cylinders to eliminate all possible contaminants.
Performs basic cylinder maintenance such as painting cylinders, labeling cylinders, and cleaning of work area.
Inspects cylinders prior to filling, following standard procedures as required by government, Airgas, and distributor standards.
Conducts a variety of Safety checks per procedures, such as odor tests, checking caps and valves.
Fills cylinders by pressure and weight, per regulations and standards.
Checks for cylinder quantities, styles and product, and/or assists with inventory.
Manages paperwork to DOT, FDA, OSHA, and Airgas standards.
Completes quality control sheets as required.
Complies with all government and company standards relating to the safe handling of hazardous materials/cylinder gases.
Maintains a neat, clean and orderly plant appearance.
Other duties as assigned.