R10050882 Generator Technician - RDA (Open)

Location:

Lake Charles, LA (RDA) - Welding equipment rental

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Under the direction of the Branch Manager and in conjunction with the Shop Supervisor, the incumbent repairs, refurbishes, and maintains engine driven generators and ensures a safe working environment.

• Maintains a safe working environment by following Airgas/Red-D-Arc’s health and safety guidelines. 

• Repairs, maintains, and refurbishes all Engine Driven Power Generators, with a secondary focus on engine driven welding equipment.

• Assembles diesel power generator equipment for rental.  Tests and calibrates machines to see if they are functional for rent or sale.

• Performs paint touch ups and replaces worn and missing decals to maintain general appearance of welding equipment. on generators, and welders to maintain general appearance.

• Replaces defective parts and completes preventative maintenance required.

• Identifies proper parts and their numbers needed for repairs, orders parts as required to complete those repairs through parts or Branch Coordinator.

• Inspects returned Generator equipment for proper operation and/or damage by the customer.

• Operates a forklift, pallet jack or other necessary equipment load and upload equipment from vehicles and move equipment around the branch.

• Ensures a clean and organized work environment at all times.

• Properly documents all repairs and maintenance.

• Required to service equipment and customers off-site.

• Maintains communication with all branch personnel.

• Maintaining generators, diagnosing and repairing problems, or installing and replacing components or entire systems.

• Performs related duties as required.

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Are you a MATCH?

Competency Statements

• Safety and personal ownership: Continuously improving knowledge and competency, ensuring that appropriate information is available to people who need it, and consistently applying what has been learned. 

• Continuous learning: Continuously improving knowledge and competency, ensuring that appropriate information is available to people who need it, and consistently applying what has been learned.

• Problem solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations for resolution.

• Communication: Demonstrates clear and concise oral conversations and interactions with others.  LIstens effectively; clarifies information as needed.  Write in a clear, con cise, and organized manner for the intended audience.

• Customer Focus: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers.  Delivers high-quality service; is committed to continuous improvement.

• Team Work: Demonstrates the ability to work with others toward a shared goal, participating actively, sharing responsibility and rewards, and contributing to the capability of the team.

• Cultural Competency: Ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures. [Culture meaning the values, norms and traditions that affect how a work group thinks, interacts, behaves and makes judgements] Being aware of one's own world view and developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences.

• Emotional Intelligence: Capacity to recognize our own feelings and those of others, and to manage emotions effectively in ourselves and our relationships.

• Integrity/Honesty: Continuously improving knowledge and competency, ensuring that appropriate information is available to people who need it, and. consistently applying what has been learned.

Education

• Post secondary education equivalent to a one year Technical College or equivalent in experience.

Experience

• 3+ years of related technical experience.

• Working knowledge of power generating and welding equipment, welding application and equipment, combustion engine, electrical equipment are an asset.

• Diesel engine knowledge

• PLC engine and generator controllers experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Must have a valid Driver’s License

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to anticipate and solve problems, act decisively and persist in the face of obstacles.

• Adaptable to set and prioritize work with varying exceptions.

• Communicates with clarity, verbally and in writing, in one on one or group situations, over the telephone and via email.

• Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.

• Ability to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds.

• Ability to multi-task and work independently with little supervision.

• Detailed orientated with strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Must have excellent technical knowledge as well as strong interpersonal and management skills.

• Strong “customer service” mindset with an affinity for a ‘follow-up/follow-through’ management style and proactive communicator keeping supervisors, other leaders and their respective team updated.

• Ability to effectively build relationships with both internal and external customers

• Must be able to proactively and methodically deal with conflicting goals and challenging situations

• Ability to work as a team in the conception and review stages of a project

• Ability to understand the impact of new technologies on processes and costs.

• Ability to interpret and apply appropriate laws and regulations

• Ability to use computer equipment

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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 [email protected].

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