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The Plant Maintenance Technician ensures our plants produce with as little downtime as possible, repairing and maintaining facilities, machinery, and equipment used in compressing and liquefying gases. You will partner with internal and extremal customers to answer technical questions regarding Airgas equipment, and keep the plant in compliance with all FDA, Safecor, and DOT regulations. Our ideal Plant Maintenance Tech will thrive in a positive work environment that they not just enjoy, but contribute to; we share in successes and overcome challenges together.

In particular, you will:

• Install, extract, inspect, troubleshoot and repair bulk tanks, valves and cryogenic pumps and perform operational tests after installation.
• Operate and safely maintain equipment for pumping or repackaging gases into cylinders.
• Regularly inspect and maintain pumping apparatus, tanks, and valves and associated monitoring devices.
• Answer technical questions from internal or external sources.
• Conduct periodic checks of the Plant for safe and efficient operations.
• Operate a vehicle to travel to customer sites to work on equipment as needed.
• Repair and maintain equipment in the plant such as compressors, scrubbers, instrument panels, and electrical equipment, following blueprints, schematics, and maintenance manuals, using hand tools, welding equipment, and testing instruments.
• Weld, braze, burn and solders parts. May operate metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• Repair and replace pipes and equipment, using pipefitting tools.
• Repair and adjust instrument control panels, rectifiers, motors, switches, and other electrical equipment. Repack compressors and pumps.

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience and education.
• At least one year of knowledge and experience of arc and gas welding with at least two years industry experience is preferred. Competent in plumbing, carpentry and masonry work.
• Experience working with electrical circuits, motors, compressors, pumps and drives in an industrial setting.
• Ability to perform very heavy work, routinely lift 25-50 pounds and occasionally lift 76 to greater than 100 pounds.
• Must be able to work occasional overtime to keep the plant running with limited downtime.
• Must be able to work outdoors and in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 110 degrees.
• Valid Driver's License and clean driving record (no more than 2 at fault accidents or violations within the last 3 years) required.

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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 .

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