Plant Operator

Plant Operator (Open)

Location: Waukesha, WI - Acetylene production & filling

How Will You Contribute and Grow?

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative.

Are You a Match?

Required Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideally, you bring experience in a manufacturing operation; filling or loading experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with the gas, welding, and safety supply industry or chemical industry is valued.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure team alignment.
• Ability to read and comprehend material safety data sheets to maintain a secure environment.
• Enjoys collaborating with a wide variety of people with different perspectives and backgrounds.
• Supportive customer service skills.
• Self-motivated and able to contribute effectively in a fast-paced environment to meet shared deadlines.
• High level of attention to detail and precision.
• Comfortable with basic calculations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing) 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 (training may be provided).
• Physical dexterity to navigate the plant floor: includes walking, sitting, and using hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching as needed.
• Specific vision abilities to ensure safety: including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus on objects.
• Regularly utilizes physical coordination to stand, bend, stoop, reach, and grasp; ability to communicate and hear effectively within the facility.
• Sensory awareness to detect environmental cues, such as smelling or hearing gas to ensure site safety.
• Occasionally required to move through the facility, use hands for fine motor tasks or computer entry, and reach with hands and arms.
• Capacity to regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds and move up to 800 pounds with the assistance of material handling equipment.

Your differences enhance our performance. At Airgas, we are committed to building a 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.