Veterans Preferred - Plant Operator

Company: Airgas
Location: Louisville
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10063774 Plant Operator (Open)

Location:
Louisville, KY - Crittenden - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Discover an exciting Career with AIRGAS!!
We have immediate openings and we want you to join our team!
PLANT OPERATOR
APPLY NOW!!
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Schedule: Monday - Friday 7am-330pm
Airgas offers a full benefits package that includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance, Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance and much more! Benefits Start after 30 days of employment.

We hire Plant Operators who can benefit from a STABLE COMPANY, GREAT WORK SCHEDULE, COMPETITIVE PAY, and A GREAT TEAM ATMOSPHERE!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Identifies, sorts, and prioritizes cylinders based on a daily production plan.
- Safely loads / unloads compressed gas and liquid cylinders to and from shuttle vehicles.
- Completes prefill inspection for daily production plans in accordance with Med Gas Manuals 1-5.
- Reports any cylinder shortages or inventory discrepancies to supervisor.
- Preforms daily housekeeping and contributes as directed to end of day shutdown procedures.
- Removes labels, lot stickers, washes, paints, and preforms basic maintenance on cylinders as required.
- Complies with all state and federal laws, regulations, and safety procedures.
Other duties may be assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one year related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience. LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other associates of the organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate 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 associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The associate must regularly move more than 125 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision. Airgas is a drug-free workplace EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, is the leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hard goods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than 1 million customers, Airgas safely and reliably provides products, services, and expertise through its more than 18,000 associates, over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform, and Airgas Total Access - telesales channel. As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology, and services for Industry and Health, Airgas offers customers an unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology and innovations. Airgas' customer base includes but is not limited to: manufacturing, health care, construction, energy, hospitality, food service, and many more.

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Are you a MATCH?

Fill and pick cylinders. Lift 20lbs. Multitask. Drive forklift

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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 us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .

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