Plant Maintenance Technician

R Plant Maintenance Technician I (Open)

Location:

Anchorage, AK - Arctic Spur - ASU

Airgas is Hiring for a Plant Maintenance Technician I in Anchorage, AK!

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The Plant Maintenance Technician position is responsible for assisting the Air Separation Unit (ASU) with all plant start, shutdowns, and outage repair work. The position will ensure all preventative maintenance for the Anchorage Fill Plant, Palmer Facility, and ASU are done in compliance with company policies and timelines. This role will also include assisting the Field Service Technicians with larger scaled projects that include Airgas facilities, and customer sites.

• Monitors and maintains the safe operation of an Air Separation Facility which produces cryogenic products.

• May be responsible for monitoring the remote Vacuum Pressure Swing Absorption (VPSA) plants on a rotating basis while on call.

• Assist in the service, inspection, use, and maintenance of shop tools/equipment in accordance with manufacturers' recommended procedures.

• May share on-call responsibilities with other operators to facilitate uninterrupted plant operations.

• Performs quality control functions associated with products to maintain quality assurance.

• Prepares and maintains accurate records in accordance with all safety, quality, regulatory and production requirements, such as plant readings, and plant maintenance, etc.

• Determines if immediate maintenance action is required and acts appropriately by informing the direct manager.

• Takes initiative to improve facilities (i.e. operations, reliability, and costs) while staying within budget and communicating with Plant Manager.

• Performs administrative functions, i.e. requisitioning, purchasing, production accounting, and (closure of PO's and receiving / time inputting) as needed.

• Interacts with both internal and external customers in a professional manner. Works as a team player with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds ensuring the job is completed satisfactorily.

• Prioritizes workload to maximize time spent working on equipment at internal or external customer locations.

• Installs, extracts, inspects, troubleshoots and repairs bulk tanks, valves and cryogenic pumps and performs operational tests after installation.

• Operates and safely maintains equipment for pumping or repackaging gasses into cylinders.

• Regularly inspects and maintains pumping apparatus, tanks, and valves and associated monitoring devices for the facility equipment and buildings.

• Answers technical questions from internal or external sources.

• Regular and predictable attendance is essential in this role. May be required to work long hours based on the needs of the customer and service requirements. Participates and follows requirements of the on-call program.

• Maintains plant appearance with housekeeping responsibilities within the workspace.

• Airgas associates are expected to act with care, adapt to our environment and engage to trust and grow - core tenets within the Be, Act, Engage framework of employee performance.

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

• High School Diploma, GED required and equivalent six months relatable experience and education. College or technical degree is preferred.

• Desired minimum of one to three years of diagnostic and/or repair experience in some or all of the following is required: cryogenics, high pressure piping, brazing, programmable controls, pumping systems, mechanical aptitude and/or process instrumentation preferred.

• Demonstrates basic (piping, valves) understanding of Process Instrumentation Drawings and Process Flow Diagrams.
• Ability to read and follow company standard operating procedures.
• Strong mechanical aptitude with experience in the HVAC or plumbing industry and hands on welding/brazing skills.
• Able to understand piping and tank detail from manuals and mechanical drawings and/or P&IDs.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable standards for good…