Operations Management Trainee Program

Operations Management Trainee - New Grad Program

Competitive Pay & Benefits – Structured Training Program - Consistent Hours – Stability - Internal Growth Opportunities

Airgas offers a paid salary and full benefits package which includes: Medical,

Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance,

Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match,

Tuition Assistance and much more!

Discover an exciting Career with Airgas! Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, is

the nation’s leading single-source supplier of gases, welding, and safety products.

Known locally nationwide, our distribution network serves more than one million

customers of all sizes with a broad offering of top-quality products and unmatched

expertise. Airgas’ customer base includes but is not limited to: manufacturing, health care, construction, energy, hospitality, food service, and so on...

As a qualification for this position, the Operations Trainee will be placed in a local fill plant and

must successfully complete a comprehensive training program that will give them a working

knowledge of our industry, our customers and our organization. In addition, this program is

designed around plant oriented and professional development training to ensure that, once

completed; the Trainee will be able to meet the demanding challenges of this position. Upon

completion of the program, the Trainee will be required to meet and exceed both divisional and

regional objectives for streamlining logistics, optimization of resources, managing human

capital, and above all, managing safety standards of an Airgas plant.

In particular, you will:

Attend and successfully complete all training modules provided by Airgas in the development

role to include:

● Operate and safely maintain a generation plant for packaging gases into cylinders while

ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local regulations, and company policies and

procedures.

● Schedule and direct safety meetings.

● Coordinate testing and maintenance needs to production demands, working in

conjunction with Production and Distribution managers.

● Assign cylinder warehousing.

● Maintain quality control and other required records (DOT, FDA, EPA, Airgas, etc.)

● Assign training for all cylinder testers and cylinder maintenance personnel.

● Capture testing and maintenance data using corporate approved spreadsheet.

● Develop plans for an effective preventative maintenance program for all testing and

maintenance equipment.

● Develop a tracking system for all cylinders received from and shipped to other locations.

● Prepare budgets for staffing, equipment, and facility improvement needs.

● Maintain a safe and clean workplace.

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

● 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, safety concerns, grievances, etc., are effectively handled.

● Supervises cylinder re-testing and certification.

● Reports any equipment or facility defects to Operations Management.

● Bachelor’s degree preferred, combination of college training and experience will be

considered.

● Proficient computer skills, especially in Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Mail)

● Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently

● Ability to lead and function within team environments

● Ability to work independently

● Professional communication skills (verbal and written)

● Basic product knowledge of welding, safety, gases and supplies is preferred

● Proficiency in time management and organization skills

● Strong leadership skills

● Astute problem solving skills and administrative accuracy

● Must be able to work outdoors in varied temperatures ranging from 20°F to +105°F.

● Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The characteristics listed below are representative of the work

environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this

position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to

perform the essential duties.

● Frequent local travel (25% of work time).

● Minimal overnight travel.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and

fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The

employee frequently is required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required

to walk; sit; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,

peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

● Ability to occasionally lift 25 to 75 lb.

● Occasional bending, stooping, crouching, reaching, grasping, feeling and repetitive

motion required.

● Ability to perform work doing occasional climbing, balancing, kneeling, pushing, pulling,

and finger activities.

● Talk to and hear customers/co-workers as well as smell/hear leaking gas from cylinders.

Airgas is a drug-free workplace

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color,

religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or

disability.

Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, is the leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical, and

specialty gases, as well as hard goods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of

safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals.

Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than 1 million customers, Airgas safely and

reliably provides products, services, and expertise through its more than 18,000 associates,

over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform, and Airgas Total Access® telesales channel.

As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology, and services for Industry and

Health, Airgas offers customers an unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology

and innovations. Airgas’ customer base includes but is not limited to: manufacturing, health

care, construction, energy, hospitality, food service, and many more.