Assistant Plant Manager

Location:

* Operate the facility in compliance with all governmental regulations and Air Liquide, Airgas and Airgas Therapeutics policies.

* Maintain necessary licenses and permits.

* Provide regulatory training and maintain documentation.

* Report and investigate incidents and ensure corrective actions are complete.

* Ensure that all performance evaluations, hiring, promotions and assignments are free of any form of discrimination.

* Meet or exceed company safety standards.

* Make plant and process decisions and perform process troubleshooting. Establish clear delegation of authority to trained subordinates.

* Foster positive customer relationships.

* Deliver the quality and quantity of product required by the business.

* Set and maintain housekeeping standards to exemplify the company image.

* Keep plant hazard analysis current and display thorough knowledge of possible hazards and associated safeguards.

* Adhere to Management of Change procedure.

* Model exemplary safety behavior, lead by personal example.

* Work to achieve "Zero Accidents" by taking a leadership role in safety.

* Conduct an annual performance review with direct reports.

* Implement individual development plans for direct reports annually and provide training and coaching to improve performance.

* Provide candid constructive input to management decisions and actively support those decisions.

* Maintain adherence to administrative and operational policies and procedures.

* Understand, monitor and optimize operating costs within authorized budget.

* Identify and implement opportunities to reduce costs within delegated authorization.

* Control overtime within established limits.

* Continuously improve efficiency and availability indicators.

* Utilize national purchasing agreements and frame agreements.

* Assist Product/Process Development with the design, creation and implementation of manufacturing process improvements

* Meet or exceed customer supply chain requirement

* Complete defined Airgas Safecor inspection items.

* Maintain a clean, organized and safe environment.

* Complete all training activities successfully and on time.

Skill Set/Knowledge/Expertise:

* Technical and working understanding of the specialty gas plant process

* Familiarity with regulatory requirements for operating plants, including Process Safety Management, OSHA regulations, EPA regulations, EEOC guidelines, FDA regulations (where applicable), state and local requirements.

* Participate in root cause analysis investigations.

* Computer literacy

* Able to deliver and explain training material to operating personnel.

* Extremely organized and effective at time management - able to establish and maintain a plant filing system and control of engineering documents. Ability to read and red-line key operating documents.

* Display mechanical and electrical aptitude for equipment operation and troubleshooting.

* Excellent communication and team leadership skills.

* General understanding of accounting principles and working knowledge of plant operating budget.

* Associates or Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
* Must have good organizational skills and be able to prioritize multiple projects at one time.
* Ability to work independently with little supervision.
* Strong computer skills required.
* Experience in an industrial setting preferred.
* Willingness to travel occasionally.

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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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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

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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