Maintenance Technician (Night)

R10069438 Maintenance Technician (Night) (Open)

Location:

Augusta, GA - Laney Walker Blvd. - Filling industrial - Dry-ice

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

**NIGHT SHIFT MAINTENANCE TECH***
7PM TO 7AM
2 -2- 3 Schedule (Every other weekend)

If you're looking for dry ice, you'll find it with Airgas. As the largest supplier of dry ice, Airgas has established a series of production plants across the nation to develop a secure source supply. Distribution Branches are located in strategic locations throughout the country to provide service to key industries including universities and labs. Quality, reliability, and service are the key drivers that enable Airgas to grow with organizations who depend on dry ice and cold shipping supplies.

JOB  PURPOSE:  To perform equipment repairs and preventive maintenance on production equipment. 

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs repairs and installations on all plant production equipment. 

• Completes preventive maintenance as assigned. 

• Performs equipment inspections to ensure proper operation and safety. 

• Communicates repair functions with production supervisors. 

• Identifies and communicates safety hazards and quality deficiencies to maintenance management. 

• Operates a forklift and/or pallet jack as needed to perform job functions. 

• Enters data into maintenance and inventory software systems. 

• Knows and complies with all safety and quality policies and procedures. 

• Clean-up as required including, but not limited to, sweeping, washing, painting, trash removal and pick-up. 

• Occasional assistance with production needs.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Unconditioned work space (i.e. warm in summer, cool in winter).  Hazards require the use of personal protective equipment (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety shoes).  Wet, oily floors create slipping hazards. Dry ice is extremely cold, and therefore requires that gloves be worn when directly handling dry ice. 

• On-call and shift work required.​

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Are you a MATCH?

EXPERIENCE:

• Three (3) years of experience in a production/manufacturing environment working in a maintenance capacity. 

• Mechanical, Electrical and Ammonia experience 

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• High degree of technical aptitude and skill to learn the function and repair of plant production equipment. 

• Self-starter able to take direction, problem solves to repair and maintain plant production equipment and systems. 

• Good written and verbal skills with basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide). 

• Proficient with data entry and manipulation of maintenance software and inventory systems. 

• Able to operate a forklift safely and efficiently.

 

MENTAL DEMANDS

• Function safely in a noisy environment with safe, but elevated, levels of CO2 vapor present in the facility.  Able to think clearly and troubleshoot during time-sensitive outages.   

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Essential job function requires the routine lifting of items weighing at least 50 pounds. Turning wrenches requiring pulling strength.  Ability to safely climb ladders and work overhead.

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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