Plant Operator - Pasadena, United States - Airgas

Airgas

Verified Company

Pasadena, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

R Plant Operator (Cylinder Prep Tech) (Open)

Location:

Pasadena, TX (ASG) - Industrial spec gas

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Plant Operator 2 processes previous service gas cylinders in preparation for new gas production.

The Technician operates various types of equipment within the cylinder preparation area in accordance with Airgas standard work procedures to properly empty previous contents and prepare gas cylinders.

Responsible for safety, product quality, and productivity during the work shift.

Sorts cylinders according to cylinder size and service, scrapes and paints cylinders, maintains organization in the cylinder yard, moves cylinders by forklift and handcart within the facility.

Inspects and prepares high and low pressure cylinders for the filling process, performs required maintenance on cylinders.

Load and unload common carrier trucks and Airgas shuttle trucks.- Sort and evaluate incoming gas cylinders.- Move cylinders to designated processing areas.- Scrape labels from cylinders. Perform visual Inspection of gas cylinders.- Install new cylinder valves in both low and high pressure cylinders.- Operate vacuum pumps, cylinder driers, cylinder bake out system, high pressure manifolds and associated equipment.- Maintain prepped cylinder inventory ready for production, allocates cylinders to customer orders.- Maintain the cylinder yard in a clean and orderly manner.

Stores cylinders in designated locations by service, cylinder size and valve type.- Perform valve and cylinder inventory.- Qualify to operate forklift and perform forklift inspection- Loading compressed gas cylinders onto and off of cylinder pallets.- Operate caustic scrubber to dispose of toxic gases.- Load and unload common carrier trucks and Airgas shuttles.- Perform maintenance on cylinder prep equipment.- Keep a clean and orderly work area.- Support Management team with regard to maintenance of Health and Safety and ISO Quality programs.- Other duties as assigned.

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Are you a MATCH?

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Comprehension of basic math skills.-
Ability to clearly write and fill out a report in English.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, safety data sheets and procedure manuals using the English language.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to read pressure and temperature indicators.
Ability to connect and disconnect filling lines.
Ability to move gas cylinders.
Work in a team environment, make decisions, and solve problems.

Physical Abilities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is required to meet the following physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; use hands and arms; and talk or hear.

The associate must lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to focus.
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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.

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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 EEO Know Your Rights poster and
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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.

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