Plant Operator Lead

Airgas; Hingham (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Plant Operator Lead to oversee their 2nd shift operations in Hingham, MA. In this role, you will lead a team of production associates, ensuring compliance with safety protocols while optimizing production methods. Your leadership will foster a culture of safety and efficiency, while your organizational skills will help manage inventory and personnel effectively. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a supportive environment that values diversity and offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and a robust 401(k) plan. Join a company that prioritizes your professional development and well-being.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

401(k) Plan with Company Matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Floating Holidays

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Parental Leave Package

Airgas Scholarship Program

Qualifications

• Experience supervising production personnel in an industrial environment.
• Ability to train new workers and cross-train employees.
• Comfortable with computer systems and software packages.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead the 2nd shift operation team.
• Implement measures to improve production methods and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

Skills

Supervisory Skills

Organizational Skills

Customer Service Skills

Attention to Detail

Decision Making

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Pallet Jack

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

R10068033 Plant Operator Lead (Open)

Location:

Hingham, MA Plant - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Working lead supervisor to provide direct supervision and hands on with our 2nd shift operation team.

• Position Title: Production Associate - 2nd Shift Lead Plant Operator
  
  - Hingham, MA
  - 2nd Shift - 1pm - 9:30pm (Some overtime is required)
  - Monday - Friday (Some Saturdays are required)
• Identifies and facilitates the correction of all safety hazards and quality deficiencies.
• Leads, and trains, production associates to ensure compliance with Airgas policies and procedures.
• Communicates operational status on a continual basis to the Plant
• Supervises the safe start-up, shutdown, of our 2nd shift loaders and the rest of the production team.

• Partners with other Plant Supervisors to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.

• Promotes a strong safety and compliance culture correcting unsafe acts or conditions without delay.

• Implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, quality of product, and changes working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of work crew. Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.

• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.

• Trains new workers and cross trains employees to continue production during personnel shortages.

• Operates a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
• Loads cylinders on/off vehicles, using hand truck or chain hoist, and records type and quantity of cylinders.
• Loads/unloads cylinders on/off pallets; ensuring they are strapped in.
• - Rolls cylinders to designated work area using appropriate, safe work method or equipment
  - Segregates out of test cylinders and any defective cylinders.
  - Removes old labels, cleans cylinders.
  - Performs other duties as assigned.

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Are you a MATCH?

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in a supervisory role of more than 5 production personnel in an industrial environment.
• Self-starter, able to effectively supervise work teams to meet the production demands.
• Decision making to execute company policies and plant procedures.
• Organizational skills to facilitate inventory management, personnel files, and time management.
• Very good written and verbal skills and the ability to complete basic reports.
• Comfortable with computer systems and software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and e-mail.
• 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.

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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 [e-mail] .

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