Production Associate (Cylinder Filler)

Airgas; Export (PA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Production Associate to join their team in Export, PA. This role involves the safe handling and filling of gas products into cylinders while adhering to strict regulations. You will conduct safety inspections, operate forklifts, and manage documentation to ensure compliance with industry standards. This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where safety and quality are paramount. If you are detail-oriented and have a passion for ensuring the highest safety standards, this role is a perfect fit for you. Join a company that values diversity and offers a comprehensive benefits package to support your growth.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k Plan with Company Matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Floating Holidays

Sick Time

Parental Leave

Airgas Scholarship Program

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred with one year of manufacturing experience.
• Strong background in gas or chemical industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Safely handle and fill gas products into cylinders per regulations.
• Conduct safety checks and manage paperwork to compliance standards.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Mathematical Skills

Forklift Operation

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Pallet Jack

Job description

R10064396 Production Associate (Cylinder Filler) (Open)

Location:

Export, PA - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Cylinder Filler will be responsible for safely handling 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.

In particular, you will:

• Inspect cylinders prior to filling, following standard procedures as required by government, Airgas, and distributor standards. Conduct a variety of safety checks per procedures, such as odor tests, checking caps and valves. Analyze products for purity and correct mixtures.

• Handle high-pressure, medical and liquid cylinders. Prepare high pressure cylinders and cryogenic vessels for filling. Attach to manifold, evacuate cylinders to eliminate all possible contaminants. Fill cylinders by pressure and weight, per regulations and standards.

• Assist with the loading & unloading of cylinders on & off pallets and tractor trailers. Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.

• Manage paperwork to DOT, FDA, OSHA, and Airgas standards. Complete quality control sheets as required.

• Understand hazards of various gases; size and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the color-coding of tanks. Accurately label cylinders.

• Comply with all government and company standards relating to the safe handling of hazardous materials/cylinder gases.

• Maintain a neat, clean and orderly plant appearance.

• Other duties as assigned.

Are you a MATCH?

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.

• 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.

• 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, subtract, multiply, and divide 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.

• Minimal travel required.

• Work space is one that contains moving mechanical parts and risk of electric shock.

• Requires both indoor & outdoor environments in various seasonal weather conditions. Must be able to work in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 100 degrees.

• Work environment may contain loud noises and odors that may last for long periods of time or on a continual basis.

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 childbirth 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.

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.

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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