Lead Plant Operator

About the role

We are looking for a dedicated Lead Plant Operator to pioneer and guide daily operations within our dynamic, high-performance production facility.

In this role, you will contribute to our safety-first manufacturing processes, ensuring excellent quality and operational flow while fostering a supportive environment for your teammates.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to safety-first manufacturing processes, ensuring excellent quality and operational flow.
• Foster a shared culture of safety by actively participating in and supporting all Airgas safety procedures and guidelines.
• Care for inventory flow of raw materials and finished dry ice products to ensure seamless daily operations.
• Advance production goals together as a team, maintaining excellent quality standards across the manufacturing line.
• Solve operational challenges with the team by identifying areas for improvement and contributing creative solutions.
• Guide and support team development, assisting with onboarding and sharing knowledge with newer operators.
• Build alignment across shifts to ensure a smooth transition of duties and clear communication of daily priorities.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age
• 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

Qualifications

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

Benefits

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

Pay & Schedule

• $26.50+/HR (Depending on Experience)
• Schedule: 7am-7:15 pm

Skills

Collaborative spirit, readiness to handle physical tasks such as lifting up to 30lbs, eagerness to learn how to safely operate a forklift with team's support.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 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
• 401k plan with company matching funds
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children

Benefits

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