Plant Engineer

Location

Air Liquide Large Industries provides our customers with industrial gas and energy solutions that are vital to their own industrial production. We own and operate over 2,000 miles of industrial gas pipelines in the U.S. supplying mainly oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and syngas in large quantities from multiple production sources to major customers in the chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and steel industries. Our pipeline operations and industrial gas production facilities are closely monitored 24/7 within our leading-edge operations control center located in Houston, Texas. Our operations control group monitors over 89,000 data points and assists with product supply and coordination. We are constantly optimizing our supply network to provide high reliability and energy efficiencies allowing Air Liquide to adjust supply needs more quickly and effectively enabling growth to our customers.

• Perform process troubleshooting. Identify and recommend process changes and plant projects to improve plant HSE, reliability and efficiency

• Support the operations with engineering support ranging including MOC creation, small project management, and action item completion.

• Provide regulatory training and maintain required regulatory documentation (ISO documentation, RMP, MOC, etc)

• Guide and maintain Key Operating Documents. Maintain updated red-lines at all times. Display detailed understanding of content and significance of each document

• Ensure GT's are understood and followed by the plant staff

• Ensure operating procedures are followed and updated as needed

• Partner with the Reliability Center to execute predictive and preventive maintenance to safeguard plant continuity and eliminate unplanned maintenance

• Partner with the Reliability Team to execute planned maintenance and unexpected events.

• Coordinates, schedules, and delivers certain maintenance activities for the site.

• Foster and maintain high housekeeping standards

• Assist in developing plant budget needs

• Develop cost and economic justification for capital projects

• Develop and execute capital project scope, cost, and schedule as assigned within time and budget requirements

• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce costs within delegated authorization

• Utilize national purchasing agreements and frame agreements

• Assist with training new technicians

• Provide thoughtful, constructive input to management decisions and actively support those decisions.

• Promote and ensure adherence to administrative and operational policies and procedures.

• Complete Personal Development System goals as defined in annual review

• On call nights, weekends and holidays as required

• Occasional travel – typically 1 to 4 trips per year

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering required

• Must be able to wear personal safety equipment, including hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and flame resistant clothing

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• 2+ years of experience in an industrial production facility in the role of plant engineer or other similar plant operations role; utilities, air gas, chemical, or refinery production experience preferred

• Advanced project management and interpersonal skills to create cross-functional alignment.

• Exceptional communication skills, specifically in developing action plans to ensure accountability and follow-through.

• Strong project management abilities and the ability to manage plant personnel

• Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting engineering issues within a plant operations environment

• Trainable on Distributed Process Control (DCS) operation/troubleshooting

• Able to deliver/explain training material to operating personnel

• Familiarity with google Office products, Smartsolve, Maximo®, Oracle Cost Reporting, Oracle Purchasing is a plus

• Able to maintain a plant filing system and control of engineering documents

• Ability to read/red-line key operating documentsDisplay mechanical and electrical aptitude for equipment operation/troubleshooting

• General understanding of accounting principles; ability to learn plant operating budget

• Organized, effective at time management; ability to work with minimal supervision

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, team leadership skills

• Ability to interact effectively with all levels in an organization

• Ability to work extended hours/shift work as business needs dictate

• On call nights, weekends and holidays as required; occasional travel

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build 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 background. 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.