Airgas is hiring: Welding Process Specialist in Oakland

R10054447 Welding Process Specialist (Open)

Location:
Oakland, CA - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Welding Process Specialist will assist the sales department with gaining and retaining core business through Cost Savings Engineering, Shield Gas Selection, Weld Training, Technical Information, and Automation Selection by providing a high level of technical expertise and customer service.

Target Annual Salary: $85,000 - $100,000 with a 15% target bonus and car allowance. This position will be remote, traveling within the Bay Area and San Jose.

• Expand the technical offering for Airgas industrial welding gases, hard goods, consumables, welding equipment, and safety goods.
• Develop, and maintain relationships within the Airgas Northern California and Nevada region in order to understand the market for welding processes and metal fabrication.
• Support the region by providing assistance in design, installation, start-up, and safety training of metal fabrication technologies.
• Conduct and assist with product demonstrations at promotional events and exhibitions.
• Provide troubleshooting assistance, productivity, and/or quality improvement ideas to end-user customers.
• Generate new sales of cylinder gases by carrying out demonstrations of our welding products.
• Increase customer retention and satisfaction by carrying out appropriate technical stewardship of key accounts.
• Maximize account profitability by promoting our added-value products to both customers and prospects.
• Maintain Airgas' reputation and image as a quality supplier of gases by providing sound technical and safety advice to customers and prospects on all welding and cutting-related activities.
• Contribute to the development and introduction of new products for the fabrication market.
• Carry out welding training for sales representatives.
• Monitor competitor's activity in metal fabrication, utilizing seminars, trade shows, advertising, and other contacts and information sources (i.e. manufacturers' directories, professional societies, trade organizations, and distributors) to develop new prospects.

Are you a MATCH?

Required Education:

• Associate degree in Welding, Military Weld training or Bachelor's degree (Engineering), or equivalent preferred.
• Possession of AWS Certification or similar welder certifications is preferred

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• Minimum 4 years welding experience or supply to the welding and fabrication industry required.
• Minimum 3 years in technical sales or direct sales to the welding and fabrication industry preferred.
• Must possess basic knowledge and understanding of welding processes and technology and a desire to continually develop skills, technical understanding, and knowledge base of Airgas value added offers to the welding & fabrication industry.
• Must be able to apply mathematical formulas that quantify the costs associated with customer processes so that analysis and comparisons may be created.
• Experience in Total Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma implementation in a fabrication or manufacturing environment is desirable.
• Must be self-motivated and results and action-oriented.
• Must have good communication skills and confidence to interact at all levels of the customer and Airgas organization.
• Must be proficient with computer applications including but not limited to Microsoft and Google office products.

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.

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.

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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