Maintenance Technician
US11345-AIRGAS Airgas USALocation:
Star, MS - Filling industrial - Dry-iceHow will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
Maintenance Tech Day Shift *** 7am to 7pmIf you're looking for dry ice, you'll find it with Airgas. As the largest supplier of dry ice, Airgas has established a series of production plants across the nation to develop a secure source supply. Distribution Branches are located in strategic locations throughout the country to provide service to key industries including universities and labs. Quality, reliability, and service are the key drivers that enable Airgas to grow with organizations who depend on dry ice and cold shipping supplies.
JOB PURPOSE: To perform equipment repairs and preventive maintenance on production equipment.
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Performs repairs and installations on all plant production equipment.
Completes preventive maintenance as assigned.
Performs equipment inspections to ensure proper operation and safety.
Communicates repair functions with production supervisors.
Identifies and communicates safety hazards and quality deficiencies to maintenance management.
Operates a forklift and/or pallet jack as needed to perform job functions.
Enters data into maintenance and inventory software systems.
Knows and complies with all safety and quality policies and procedures.
Clean-up as required including, but not limited to, sweeping, washing, painting, trash removal and pick-up.
Occasional assistance with production needs.
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Are you a MATCH?
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Unconditioned work space (i.e. warm in summer, cool in winter). Hazards require the use of personal protective equipment (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety shoes). Wet, oily floors create slipping hazards. Dry ice is extremely cold, and therefore requires that gloves be worn when directly handling dry ice.
On-call and shift work required.
EXPERIENCE:
Three (3) years of experience in a production/manufacturing environment working in a maintenance capacity.
Mechanical, Electrical and Ammonia experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES
High degree of technical aptitude and skill to learn the function and repair of plant production equipment.
Self-starter able to take direction, problem solves to repair and maintain plant production equipment and systems.
Good written and verbal skills with basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
Proficient with data entry and manipulation of maintenance software and inventory systems.
Able to operate a forklift safely and efficiently.
MENTAL DEMANDS
Function safely in a noisy environment with safe, but elevated, levels of CO2 vapor present in the facility. Able to think clearly and troubleshoot during time-sensitive outages.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Essential job function requires the routine lifting of items weighing at least 50 pounds. Turning wrenches requiring pulling strength. Ability to safely climb ladders and work overhead.
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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
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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.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing 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.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here 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.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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