Assistant Plant Manager

Location:

• All duties and responsibilities shall be performed as set forth in established policies and procedures.

• Adhere to and assure compliance with the Code of Conduct/Handbook, policies and procedures and all applicable rules, regulations and standards promulgated by Federal, State and other applicable agencies or regulating bodies.

• Must lead within the Airgas culture - putting safety first.

• Operate and safely maintain a processing plant for performing repackaging of high pressure cylinders as well as liquid containers while ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local and company policies and procedures and laws and regulations.

• Ensure complete routing for all distribution functions for the facility, ensuring routes are created within the TRIPS platform with route optimization.

• Manage and lead production operators and drivers, providing leadership to complete assigned tasks and job functions within the facility.

• Develop, implement and monitor periodic inspections of the plant to ensure safe and efficient operation.

• Utilize SAP for all cylinders received and shipped to other locations

• Ensure production planning tools are utilized to capture demand to allow the cylinder processing to feed the needs of the production facilities around the region.

• Implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality and changes working conditions and use of equipment as needed to increase efficiency of the work crew.

• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving problems.

• Suggests or initiates plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals; recommends and/or initiates personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, discharges and reviews all disciplinary measures.

• Ensure all vehicle accidents or personal injuries are properly investigated and reported within 24 hours.

• Provide technical support to all departments requiring compressed gas technology, product costing, gas distribution and product packaging.

• Maintains safety program that promotes safety awareness of employees while creating a mechanism in which the supervisors are actively participating and held accountable.

• Other duties as assigned. All employees are expected to perform any reasonable work request that falls within the qualifications but not specifically described.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• 5 + years of experience in industrial gas/packaged gas industry plant environment, petrochemical, or related industries in operations and/or engineering or related activities.

• Minimum 1 year in supervisory role.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSA's):

• Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines.

• Ability to collect, analyze information, problem solve, make decisions and ultimately drive process improvements.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Must be customer service oriented and able to interact with the public in a professional manner.

• Must be able to work flexible hours to meet customer needs and management expectations.

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.

• Possess conceptual understanding of industrial gas products, production, distribution applications and equipment

• Knowledge of federal, state, local regulatory procedures (DOT, CGMP, OSHA, FDA, etc.) as they apply to the daily plant operations.

• Must be able to operate in a drug-free workplace.

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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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