Plant Manager

R10076985 Plant Manager (Open)

Location:

Jacksonville, FL (Plant) - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Airgas is Hiring for a Plant Manager in Jacksonville, FL!

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 are looking for you!

The Plant Manager supervises and coordinates activities of Plant Operators engaged in producing and repackaging compressed and liquid gases into cylinders.

Essential Functions:  

• Operate and safely maintain the high pressure gas repackaging plant while ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local and company policies, procedures, regulations and laws.

• Manage and lead subordinate supervisors to provide leadership to Plant Operators.

• Conduct periodic checks of the plant for safe and efficient operation.

• Assigns job tasks to plant operators according to customer needs, current stock levels, and workers’ expertise.  

• Analyze production schedules and estimates man-hour requirements for completion of job assignment.  

• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations.  

• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules, using knowledge of capacities of machines and equipment.  

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

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

• Resolve problems associated with plant operation.

• Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed and safety training is regularly scheduled, conducted and documented.

• Provide coaching and corrective action promptly, to ensure that poor performers are identified, documented and improved to acceptable performance, or released.

• Approve overtime when essential, while keeping overtime at acceptable levels.

• Ensure employee complaints, grievances, etc. are effectively handled.

• Ensure pre-employment documentation and physical examinations are completed in a timely manner.

• Corrects unsafe acts or conditions without delay.

• Analyze and resolve work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.  Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.  

• Initiates personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures.  

• Train new workers and cross trains employees to continue production during personnel shortages.

• Maintain time and production records

• Maintain neat, clean and orderly plant appearance.

• Operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.

• Other duties and projects as assigned.

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Are you a MATCH?

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).  Bachelor’s degree in a related field is a plus.

• 5+ years of production experience, preferably in our industry or a manufacturing or distribution environment.

• 3+ years of experience supervising, motivating and leading associates.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Analytic ability demonstrated by working knowledge of gas chromatography using FID, TCD, PID detectors, nondispersive infrared and component-specific analyzers for analysis of gaseous samples.

• Thorough knowledge of manometric and gravimetric gas blending procedures, and working knowledge of laws of Partial Pressure.

• Working knowledge of planning and blending mixtures containing fuel gases and oxidizers as well as other non-compatible gases.

• Working knowledge of OSHA, DOT, and FDA regulations as they apply to the compressed gas industry.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent organization, documentatio