Location:
Hopewell, VA - Filling industrial - Dry-iceHow will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?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.What experience and skills must I possess?
- Associates degree preferred. (High School diploma considered in conjunction with extensive, relevant experience).
- Three (3) years of experience in a supervisory role of more than 10 production personnel in an industrial environment.
- Self-starter, able to effectively supervise work teams to meet the production demands.
- Decision making to execute company policies and plant procedures.
- Organizational skills to facilitate inventory management, personnel files, and time management.
- Discipline associates in a fair and professional manner.
- Very good written and verbal skills and the ability to complete basic reports.
- Higher level math skills (beyond add, subtract, multiply, divide) to provide input for budgets, cost control, and inventory.
- Comfortable with computer systems and software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and e-mail.
- Knowledgeable in operating ice plant equipment (block press, saws, packaging, pelletizers, valves, etc.).
- Function safely in a noisy environment with safe, but elevated, levels of CO2 vapor present in the facility. Supervise a floor production staff of 10 people in the same environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Essential job function requires occasional lifting and manipulation of dry ice blocks ranging in weight from 5 a" 50 pounds each.
Qualifications
- Associates degree preferred. (High School diploma considered in conjunction with extensive, relevant experience).
- Three (3) years' experience in a supervisory role of more than 10 production personnel in an industrial environment.
- Self-starter, able to effectively supervise work teams to meet the production demands.
- Decision making to execute company policies and plant procedures.
- Organizational skills to facilitate inventory management, personnel files, and time management.
- Discipline associates in a fair and professional manner.
- Very good written and verbal skills and the ability to complete basic reports.
- Higher level math skills (beyond add, subtract, multiply, divide) to provide input for budgets, cost control, and inventory.
- Comfortable with computer systems and software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and e-mail.
- Knowledgeable in operating ice plant equipment (block press, saws, packaging, pelletizers, valves, etc.).
- Function safely in a noisy environment with safe, but elevated, levels of CO2 vapor present in the facility. Supervise a floor production staff of 10 people in the same environment.
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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 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
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Your differences enhance our performance
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive 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.
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We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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