Maintenance Technician; NIGHT

Maintenance Technician (NIGHT)
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Star, MS
- Filling industrial
- Dry-icetime type:
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RR Maintenance Technician (NIGHT) (Open)

Location:

Star, MS
- Filling industrial
- Dry-ice## 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 Maintenance Technician in Star, MS!# #
* We are looking for you!*
* ** Comprehensive Family Benefits:
** Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
* ** Support for Parents:
** We offer a 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.
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* Work Schedule:

** Start time 6:30 pm Airgas is seeking a Maintenance Technician for one of our Dry Ice facilities. The Maintenance Technician will assist with tasks such as performing equipment repairs and preventive maintenance on production equipment. At least one day available to work on weekends is needed for team coverage.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Contributes to repairs and installations on all plant production equipment.
* Ensures completion of preventive maintenance as assigned.
* Performs equipment inspections to support proper operation and safety.
* Collaborates on repair functions with production supervisors.
* Highlights and shares safety hazards and quality deficiencies with maintenance management.
* Operates a forklift and/or pallet jack as needed to perform job functions.
* Enters data into maintenance and inventory software systems.
* Understands and upholds 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.

MENTAL CAPACITYFunction safely in a noisy environment with safe, but elevated, levels of CO2 vapor present in the facility. Able to think clearly and resolve challenges cooperatively during time-sensitive outages.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Ideally, you are comfortable with the routine lifting of items weighing at least 50 pounds. Using hand tools safely and effectively. Ability to safely climb ladders and work overhead.

WORK ENVIRONMENTUnconditioned work space (i.e. warm in summer, cool in winter). Safety considerations require the use of personal protective equipment (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety shoes). Wet, oily floors create areas requiring extra care to prevent slipping. Dry ice is extremely cold, and therefore requires that gloves be worn when directly handling dry ice. On-call and shift work required.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this job function. They are not an exhaustive list of all duties and other reasonably related duties could be assigned.## ________________________## ## Are you a MATCH?
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* Required Qualifications:

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* * High School or equivalent (GED)*
* * Must be 21 years of age*
* * Three (3) years experience in a production/manufacturing environment working in a maintenance capacity.*
* * High degree of technical aptitude and skill to learn the function and repair of plant production equipment.*
* * Formal training in one or more of the following:
General Industrial Maintenance, Hydraulics, Industrial Electrical Systems, PLC Programming, Industrial Refrigeration, Compressors, Pneumatics.
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* Preferred Qualifications:

*** Forklift Certification________________________
** Benefits
* * 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, 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 and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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