Job Description

Overview

Airgas is hiring a Plant Maintenance Technician in Phoenix, AZ, responsible for repairing, servicing, and maintaining facility machinery and equipment used in compressing and liquefying gases, while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

  • Repairs, services, and maintains facility, machinery, buildings, and equipment.
  • Partners with customers to answer technical questions regarding Airgas equipment.
  • Supports adherence to company policies and safety standards.
  • Installs, extracts, inspects, diagnoses, and repairs bulk tanks, valves, and pumps.
  • Operates and maintains equipment for pumping or repackaging gases into cylinders.
  • Conducts periodic checks of the plant for safe and efficient operations.
  • Operates a forklift, pallet jack, and other warehouse equipment as needed.
  • Maintains a clean and orderly plant environment.
  • Travels between plants to perform maintenance and installations using an Airgas truck.
  • Tests equipment to identify root causes and solutions.
  • Disassembles equipment using hand and power tools.
  • Welds, brazes, and solders parts as needed.
  • Repairs and replaces pipes and equipment using pipefitting tools.
  • Adjusts and services instrument control panels and motors.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required; college or technical degree preferred.
  • Minimum of one to three years of diagnostic and/or repair experience in relevant fields.
  • Basic understanding of Process Instrumentation Drawings and Process Flow Diagrams.
  • Ability to read and follow company standard operating procedures.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude with experience in HVAC or plumbing.
  • Hands-on welding and brazing skills.
  • Ability to understand piping and tank details from manuals and mechanical drawings.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Phoenix, AZ - Riverview - Filling industrial
  • Benefits start after just 30 days of employment.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$39/hr across 76 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 198 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 113 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 221 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

Airgas currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Goodyear at $51/hr, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

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