Hydrostatic Test Technician

The Cylinder Retest Technician will be responsible for the overall maintenance and retesting of all medical gas cylinders in a Plant environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Examines compressed gas cylinders for surface defects such as dents, cracks, and burns
  • tests elasticity of cylinder walls and roll cylinders to designated work area
• Operates, calibrates, and performs simple maintenance on ultrasonic cylinder testing equipment
• Stamps test date and company symbol on cylinder
  • Marks cylinder in the manner described in 49 CFR Section 173.34(e)(6)
• Completes all documentation and data-entry associated with inspection and repair in a timely and accurate manner
  • This includes all inspection and repair documents
• Maintains certification requirements to show the cylinders as being retested
• Receives incoming new cylinders, valves, and cylinder maintenance supplies
• Repairs cylinder neck leaks and safety leaks
• Inspects and scraps defective cylinders
• Housekeeping and light maintenance
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and analyze and interpret technical procedure or government regulations
• Write routine reports and correspondence
• Effectively present information and to respond to questions
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Gas industry and cylinder maintenance experience preferred
• Mechanically and mathematically inclined

Physical Demands:

The employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally life and/or move up to 100 pounds.