Production Associate (Cylinder Loader)

Airgas; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in chemical manufacturing is seeking a Production Associate (Cylinder Loader) in La Porte, TX. Responsibilities include loading and unloading high-pressure cylinders, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and handling heavy materials. Ideal candidates should be capable of physical labor and possess forklift certification. Competitive benefits package offered including health plans, parental leave, and a 401k with company matching.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Vacation and paid holidays

401k plan with company matching

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• Ability to lift 25 to 150 lbs with assistance.
• Must be able to be forklift certified.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload high-pressure and liquid cylinders.
• Inspect cylinders before filling and prepare shipments.
• Safely operate forklift and material-handling equipment.

Skills

Ability to perform heavy work

Ability to read Material Safety Data Sheets

Forklift operation

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R10069565 Production Associate (Cylinder Loader) (Open)

Location:

La Porte, TX - Miller Cut-Off Rd - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Production Associate (Cylinder Loader) will be responsible for loading and unloading high-pressure and liquid cylinders on/off trucks to comply with federal, state, and local regulations. The Loader will also be responsible for meeting all safety standards in the loading and unloading cylinder gasses per Airgas procedures.

• Inspects cylinders before filling, and prepares shipments for delivery trucks following standard procedures required by the government, Airgas, and distributor standards.
• Understands the hazards of various gasses, sizes, and contents of cylinders by reading and interpreting cylinder labels and the color-coding of tanks.
• Safely operates a forklift, pallet jack, and other warehouse/material-handling equipment.
• Loads cylinders on/off vehicles, using hand truck or chain hoist and records type and quantity of cylinders.
• Verifies truck inventory, inspects and replaces straps on cylinder pallets, adding information to reports on daily status of shipments.
  
  
  

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Are you a MATCH?

• Ability to perform heavy work routinely lifts 25 to 75 lbs., and lifts 76 to greater than 150 lbs., with the assistance of lifting equipment.
• Ability to perform work during prolonged standing up to 10 hours; frequent bending, stooping, crouching, reaching, grasping, and feeling also required.
• Ability to read and comprehend Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Must be able to be forklift certified.
  
  
  

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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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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Chemical Manufacturing

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