Nitrous Technician I

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• Operate plant equipment in accordance with established operating procedures and good manufacturing practices. Includes startup of equipment by opening feed and discharge valves, monitoring level gauges, temperature indicators and pressure indicators.

• Performs preventative maintenance activities. Includes minor repairs such as changing oil, tighten belts and major repairs such as compressor overhauls. Most maintenance activity is minor repairs.

• Repairs equipment throughout the facility.

• Documents maintenance activities and repairs

• Monitors equipment during operation and maintains operating logs and records. Includes walking through the plant and recording instrument readings.

• Unload raw material from bulk tank trucks. Trucks are unloaded by connecting unloading and air hoses to truck and opening valves on truck and storage tank.

• Load product into bulk trucks. This is accomplished by connecting hoses to truck and loading valves and opening valves. A pump is used for transfer of material.

• Replenish chemicals in polishing towers. The tower is drained with a pump of spent solution and cleaned chemically by circulating cleaning solution with a pump. The bottom hand hole is removed to allow residue to be taken out. The tower is filled with water and chemicals. Chemicals are added manually.

• Fill cylinders for use in electronic industry. Cylinders are emptied of residual by opening valve and then vacuumed with a vacuum pump (12 at a time). Once vacuumed the fill process includes connecting pigtail to cylinder, purging the pigtail three times and opening cylinder valve. A pump is used for filling.

• Analyze product for conformance with detector tubes, GC and oxygen analyzer. The cylinder is connected to the sample line. The sample line is purge by opening and closing cylinder valve 8- 10 times. The test take approximately ten minutes

• Unload and load cylinders onto trucks. Cylinder carts and forklift are provided for this task

• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Mechanical / Maintenance Experience preferred

• Computer literate is a plus.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

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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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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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