Production Associate (Cylinder Filler)

Airgas, Inc.; Cheshire (CT); On-site; USD 27,552 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family benefits

Parental leave

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Vacation & sick time

Job summary

Airgas, Inc. is seeking a Production Associate (Cylinder Filler) in Cheshire, CT. This 2nd shift role (1pm-9:30pm, Mon-Fri) offers $23/hr and a comprehensive benefits package.

You will prepare high‑pressure cylinders for filling, verify purity, and maintain records to DOT, FDA, OSHA standards, while safely handling various gas cylinders. Responsibilities include loading/unloading, operating forklifts and pallet jacks, and ensuring accurate labeling.

Qualifications

• High school degree or GED required.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Lives by safety programs (Airgas safety, OSHA) and related rules.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and ensures cylinders prior to filling, following guidelines and safety checks; analyzes products for purity and correct mixtures.
• Prepares high‑pressure, medical and liquid cylinders for filling; attaches to manifold and evacuates cylinders to ensure quality.
• Assists with loading and unloading cylinders on/off pallets and tractor trailers; operates forklift and pallet jack.
• Maintains records to DOT, FDA, OSHA, and Airgas standards; completes quality control sheets as required.
• Reads cylinder labels and color-coding; ensures accurate labeling and knows hazards of gases.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

Production Associate (Cylinder Filler)

Location: Cheshire, CT (Plant) - Filling industrial

Shift Time: 2nd Shift (1pm-9:30pm), Monday-Friday

Pay Rate: $23/hr

Benefits

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: 14‑week paid child birth benefit.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Benefits start after 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and ensures cylinders prior to filling, following established guidelines and safety checks such as odor tests, checking caps and valves. Analyzes products for purity and correct mixtures.
• Takes care of high‑pressure, medical and liquid cylinders. Prepares high‑pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling. Attaches to manifold, evacuates cylinders to ensure excellent quality and purity. Fills cylinders by pressure and weight per regulations and standards.
• Assists with loading & unloading of cylinders on & off pallets and tractor trailers. Experienced in using forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
• Maintains accurate records to DOT, FDA, OSHA, Airgas standards. Completes quality control sheets as required.
• Knowledgeable of hazards of various gases; size and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the color‑coding of tanks. Supports accurate labeling of cylinders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High school degree or GED required.
• Mechanical aptitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
• Lives by Airgas safety programs, OSHA, and all related rules, regulations, procedures applicable to this position's responsibilities.
• A minimum of 1 year of related technical experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Airgas 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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