Production Operator and Backup Driver Trainee

Location: Salt Lake City, UT – Filling industrial

About the role

We are seeking a versatile Production Operator and Backup Driver to join our team. This role is designed for a professional who thrives in a technical, hands-on production environment but enjoys the variety of getting behind the wheel when needed. Most of your time will be dedicated to plant and high-pressure cylinder production. This is an ideal position for someone who prefers being home daily the vast majority of the time while building a specialized, high-value skill set in gas production.

If you do not currently hold a Commercial Driver's License (CDL), we will train you! We offer comprehensive driver training classes to help qualified candidates earn their CDL.

Responsibilities

• Precision Cylinder Filling: Safely fill industrial, medical, and mixed gas cylinders using specialized compression, temperature, and pressure methods.
• Technical Compliance & Safety: Execute all production duties in strict accordance with DOT, OSHA, and SAFECOR policies. Consistently utilize required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for handling high-pressure and cryogenic gases.
• Quality Control & Audits: Monitor gauges, scales, and testing equipment to ensure all cylinders meet strict purity and safety standards. Perform customer tank audits and hardware inspections.
• Warehouse Flow & Inventory: Manage cylinder inventory, organize materials, and safely load/unload delivery trucks using forklifts and pallet jacks to maintain a safe, efficient workspace.
• Logistics & Driving Operations:
  • Local Routes: Deliver compressed gas cylinders, liquid cylinders, and hard goods to regional branches and customer sites on scheduled daily routes—ensuring you are home every night.
  • Customer Service: Pick up empty cylinders from customer sites, record precise delivery and pickup logs, and maintain positive customer relationships.
  • Vehicle Maintenance & Compliance: Perform thorough pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections and keep accurate driver logbooks in accordance with DOT rules.

Requirements

• CDL License / Trainee Status: Must possess a valid CDL (Class A or B) OR be willing and eligible to complete company-provided driver training to obtain a CDL. Note: Driver Trainees must sign a training reimbursement agreement upon enrollment.
• Driving Record: Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record and prior experience operating delivery vehicles (even non-CDL commercial vehicles) is preferred.
• Technical & Physical Ability: Comfortable working with high-pressure and cryogenic gases, reading technical gauges, and repeatedly lifting heavy cylinders and equipment.
• Forklift Experience: Ability to safely operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and material handling tools (certification provided on-site if needed).
• Safety First Mindset: Strong commitment to personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance and strict adherence to workplace safety guidelines.
• Either 1 year of CMV experience within the past 5 years or recent graduate within the past year.

Pay

Pay begins at $26/hour without CDL. After CDL has been obtained, an additional $2 increase to your hourly wage. Pay begins at $28/hr with an active CDL.

Schedule

Monday through Friday. Full-time consistent scheduling.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: Up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• 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.
• Referral Bonus and Quarterly Bonus.
• Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit.
• Parental leave, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave.
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.