Lead Production Technician

Lead Production Technician

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Job Overview:

Linde Gases US (LGUS) has an immediate opening for a position for a Lead Production Technician to support our HyCO (Hydrogen and CO) facility. Under direction of facility management, the Lead Production Technician position requires the selected individual have extensive knowledge of complex facility reformer operations. Typical candidate has 10 years of facility experience. Candidate must be capable of completing a multitude of complex facility tasks to maintain safe reliable operations meeting all safety, environmental, corporate, efficiency and production guidelines.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Complete process training with new hires. Working to improve new hire support and continual training with the entire operations team. Develop additional training information as needed to support these efforts.
• Operations liaison between the evening shift and day shift; responsible for communicating process related issues to the appropriate discipline for support and corrective action.
• Daily Review of process equipment, overlooking critical process controls using control system to maintain optimum process efficiency while meeting customer demands. contractual obligations and environmental compliance
• Facility field monitoring of process equipment to maximize reliability by identifying potential problems before they become an unscheduled shutdown.
• Maintain an open dialog with facility management about operational and efficiency deviations, along with plans to mitigate future occurrences through additional monitoring, training, and use of standard operating procedures to maintain effectiveness
• Provide support for facility maintenance activities requiring a thorough understanding of process operations creating a safe work environment for all normal and abnormal work conditions.
• Responsible for creating, implementing, and reviewing the lock out tag out procedures for process equipment. A go-to individual during process maintenance activities knowledgeable to help recognize hazards and communicate them within the organization.
• Create Standard Operating Procedures using knowledge acquired by following corporate guidelines and communicating with others to develop / modify safe accurate operating procedures. Provide training to operations staff on the use of new or revised procedures.
• Routine monitoring of facility quality assurance records meets our corporate guidelines.
• Provide continuous operations support, includes being on-call, working over and available, as needed, to maintain / support facility projects through completion.
• Shift(s) will be predominantly day turns, Monday through Friday. Training and other events will require some flexibility, to provide training, control room coverage, etc.

Qualifications:

• 5 years’ experience in an industrial production environment
• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Associate in Applied Sciences Degree or equivalent apprenticeship preferred.
• Previous experience in a continuous chemical operation environment preferred.
• Motivated, self-starter capable of effectively managing multiple tasks and priorities.
• Relevant computer and technical skills
• Must be able to work overtime, weekends and holidays, as required.

About Linde:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com.

• We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, health, dental, disability, life insurance, 401(k) (with matching), and pension benefits.
• At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Pay commensurate with experience.