Maintenance Technician (NIGHT) at US11345-AIRGAS Airgas USA, LLC — Star, MS

R10096216 Maintenance Technician (NIGHT) (Open)

Location:

Star, MS - Filling industrial - Dry-ice

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Airgas is Hiring for a Maintenance Technician in Star, MS!

We are looking for you!

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
• Work Schedule: Start time 6:30 pm

Airgas is seeking a Maintenance Technician for one of our Dry Ice facilities. The Maintenance Technician will assist with tasks such as performing equipment repairs and preventive maintenance on production equipment. At least one day available to work on weekends is needed for team coverage.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contributes to repairs and installations on all plant production equipment.
• Ensures completion of preventive maintenance as assigned.
• Performs equipment inspections to support proper operation and safety.
• Collaborates on repair functions with production supervisors.
• Highlights and shares safety hazards and quality deficiencies with maintenance management.
• Operates a forklift and/or pallet jack as needed to perform job functions.
• Enters data into maintenance and inventory software systems.
• Understands and upholds all safety and quality policies and procedures.
• Clean-up as required including, but not limited to, sweeping, washing, painting, trash removal and pick-up.
• Occasional assistance with production needs.

MENTAL CAPACITY

Function safely in a noisy environment with safe, but elevated, levels of CO2 vapor present in the facility. Able to think clearly and resolve challenges cooperatively during time-sensitive outages.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Ideally, you are comfortable with the routine lifting of items weighing at least 50 pounds. Using hand tools safely and effectively. Ability to safely climb ladders and work overhead.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Unconditioned work space (i.e. warm in summer, cool in winter). Safety considerations require the use of personal protective equipment (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety shoes). Wet, oily floors create areas requiring extra care to prevent slipping. Dry ice is extremely cold, and therefore requires that gloves be worn when directly handling dry ice. On-call and shift work required.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this job function. They are not an exhaustive list of all duties and other reasonably related duties could be assigned.

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Are you a MATCH?

Required Qualifications:

• High School or equivalent (GED)
• Must be 21 years of age
• Three (3) years experience in a production/manufacturing environment working in a maintenance capacity.
• High degree of technical aptitude and skill to learn the function and repair of plant production equipment.
• Formal training in one or more of the following: General Industrial Maintenance, Hydraulics, Industrial Electrical Systems, PLC Programming, Industrial Refrigeration, Compressors, Pneumatics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Forklift Certification

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