Plant Operator (Night

R Plant Operator (Night) (Open)

Location:

Hopkinsville, KY
- Pembroke
- Dry-ice logistics

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative. At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity. Airgas is Hiring for a Plant Operator in Hopkinsville, KY!

We are looking for you!

Schedule:

7pm- 7am

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• AD&D
• Disability Insurance
• Support for Parents: 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time
• Early Access:
  Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment

We are seeking a reliable and hardworking Plant Operator to join our production team. The primary objective of this role is to ensure the safe and efficient loading and packaging of dry ice products in strict adherence to quality control standards. Additionally, this position is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the facility to ensure a safe working environment.

• Perform the daily loading, weighing, and packaging of dry ice products into various containers (blocks, pellets, slices) based on customer orders.

• Inspect all finished products to ensure they meet the company’s strict quality standards regarding weight, density, and packaging integrity.

• Operate production machinery and material handling equipment (such as forklifts or pallet jacks) safely and efficiently.

• Accurate logging of production numbers, shipping manifests, and inventory usage.

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• 85% in the production area (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).
• Dry ice is extremely cold, and therefore requires that gloves be worn when directly handling dry ice.
• 15% office work to provide data entry.

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) preferred.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, commissions, proportions, and percent.

• One (1) year experience in a production/manufacturing environment

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit
• Parental leave
• Vacation
• Sick time
• Floating holidays
• Jury duty leave
• Funeral/bereavement leave
• Paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees
• 401k plan with company matching funds
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children

At Airgas, we are committed to building a 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.

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and…