Fill Plant Operator

Be rewarded for your plant operation and manufacturing experience with this exciting opportunity to capitalize on your potential. Join a stable company that promotes from within while gaining the in-demand skills and experience you need to advance your career with a leader in specialized gases. 

Don’t miss out on this full-time opportunity offering competitive pay, a great benefits package, and the opportunity to grow your skillset in a highly in-demand industry! 

Buckeye Welding Supply, a local leader in welding products and services, is seeking a Fill Plant Operator to join our team in Henderson, CO 

If you have a high school diploma or equivalent, and experience working in a plant environment, Buckeye Welding Supply wants to hear from you! Experience in a fill plant is preferred, but not required. Buckeye Welding Supply is happy to train you! 

Why you should join the Buckeye Welding Supply team: 

• Competitive pay: $19-23/hr 
• Unbeatable benefits package including medical, dental, paid time off, 401k, and more! 
• Gain knowledge of a large, stable and recession-resistant industry! You will learn the ins and outs of the world of industrial gases. Our gases will always be needed and in high demand. This is valuable knowledge that will help you to grow your skillset and enhance your career!   
• Opportunities for advancement: Buckeye Welding Supply is always looking for key players to professionally develop and move into higher level roles.   
• Experience the best of both worlds working for a local business with large-company backing! 

Job Summary: Performs a variety of duties related to the loading, preparation, filling, and shipping of cylinders, including high pressure cylinders containing flammable liquids and gases. This is a safety sensitive position. The performance of this position directly affects your safety as well as the safety of others as the employee is responsible for safely handling and filling cylinders. 

Minimum qualifications: 

• High School diploma or equivalent  
• We will provide training but prefer at least one year of experience in a fill plant  
• Forklift experience  
• Ability to read Safety Data Sheets  
• Solid math skills; add, subtract, multiply, divide and computes ratios and percentages. 
• Ability to manipulate cylinders weighing up to 100 lbs. 

Essential duties/responsibilities: 

• Fills cylinders including high pressure cylinders, according to Standard Operating Procedures  
• Prepares cylinders for filling by confirming in test date, replaces shoulder labels and performs ring and odor tests. Determines whether retesting and/or repairs are required.  
• Completes and maintains quality control documentation as per DOT, FDA, OSHA and Mitchell standards.  
• Put away stock.  
• Cylinder repair, paint and re-valving of cylinders, 
• Fills Liquid Propane Cylinders as needed.  
• Utilize forklift to move cylinders, pallets, and other large materials. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

About the Company: Since 1979, Buckeye Welding Supply Company has provided welding products and services from the Greeley, Colorado location. The family-operated company has since expanded to offer three store locations to cover the Colorado Front Range and Mountains, Eastern Colorado, Western Nebraska and Western Kansas with a complete fleet of delivery trucks to serve customers and resellers all over these regions. We are dedicated to serving our customers with quality products, excellent service, and convenient delivery. 

Buckeye Welding Supply is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual’s race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.