Operations Trainee (Mid South) - Full-time / Part-time

AIRGAS OPERATIONS TRAINEE

COMPANY & POSITION OVERVIEW:

Airgas is one of the nation's leading suppliers of industrial, medical and specialty gases, and hardgoods, such as welding equipment and related products. Airgas is a leading U.S. producer of atmospheric gases with 16 air separation plants, a leading producer of carbon dioxide, dry ice, and nitrous oxide, one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products, and a leading U.S. supplier of refrigerants, ammonia products, and process chemicals. We have more than 17,000 associates working in approximately 1,100 locations nationwide. Airgas is a company of hard-working men and women dedicated to helping our customers succeed. When a challenge arises, we provide the right solutions, leveraging our many years of industry process expertise and our extensive gases, welding, and safety products offering.

As a qualification for this position, the Operations Trainee will be placed in, and must successfully complete, a comprehensive training program that will give them a working knowledge of our industry, our customers and our organization. Upon completion of the program, the Trainee will be required to meet and exceed both corporate and regional objectives for streamlining logistics, optimization of resources, managing human capital, and above all, managing safety standards of an Airgas plant.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES :

Operate and safely maintain generation plant for packaging gases into cylinders while ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local regulations, and company policies and procedures

Schedule and direct safety meetings

Coordinate testing and maintenance needs to production demands, working in conjunction with Production and Distribution managers

Assign cylinder warehousing

Maintain quality control and other required records (DOT, FDA, EPA, Airgas, etc.)

Assign training for all cylinder testers and cylinder maintenance personnel

Capture testing and maintenance data using corporate approved spreadsheet

Develop plans for an effective preventative maintenance program for all testing and maintenance equipment

Develop tracking system for all cylinders received from and shipped to other locations

Prepare budgets for staffing, equipment, and facility improvement needs

Maintain a safe and clean work place

Ensure all injuries and accidents are properly investigated and reported within 24 hours

Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed and safety training is regularly scheduled, conducted and documented.

Provide coaching and corrective action promptly, to ensure that poor performers are identified, documented and improved to acceptable performance, or released

Approve overtime when essential, while keeping overtime at acceptable levels

Ensure employee complaints, safety concerns, grievances, etc., are effectively handled

Supervises cylinder re-testing and certification

Reports any equipment or facility defects to Operations Management

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE :

Bachelor's degree preferred, combination of college training and experience will be considered

Proficient computer skills, especially in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently

Ability to lead and function within team environments

Ability to work independently

Professional communication skills (verbal and written)

Basic product knowledge of welding, safety, gases and supplies is preferred

Professional phone skills

Forklift experience is preferred

Proficiency in time management and organization skills

Strong leadership skills

Astute problem solving skills and administrative accuracy

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Ability to occasionally lift 25 to 75 lb.

Occasional bending, stooping, crouching, reaching, grasping, feeling and repetitive motion required.

Ability to perform work doing occasional climbing, balancing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, and finger activities.

Must be able to occasionally work outdoors in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 100 degrees.

Talk to and hear customers/co-workers as well as smell/hear leaking gas from cylinders.

(The above job functions are illustrative of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position and are not intended to be all inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.)

Airgas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate by reason of race, color, religion, sex/gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship status, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.