Senior Plant Engineer

Air Liquide Electronics innovative electronic materials respond to increasingly challenging customer demands for improved mobility, connectivity, computing power and energy consumption. We offer ultra pure carrier gases, a wide range of specialty gases and advanced precursor molecules, enabling equipment for safe distribution, purification and on-line purity control. On site, manufacturers rely on our expertise in providing full management of these gases, advanced molecules and equipment and in helping to continuously improve production processes.

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How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Carrier Gas Operations provides on-site air separation units producing nitrogen and oxygen gas production with best-in-class safety, reliability, flexibility and total cost of operation to our semiconductor manufacturing customers.  Also supplying cost effective high purity bulk gas.

The Plant Engineer will work in a team environment to safely operate and troubleshoot Nitrogen and Oxygen production plants which supply an on-site semiconductor manufacturer.  The Plant Engineer will help the team achieve the goal of over 99% plant uptime for our continuous production process.

• Provide operational and technical support to the plant technicians.

• Perform activities to improve the reliability and efficiency of plant operations.

• Coordinate and supervise project implementation, control project costs, monitor progress and quality of the projects.

• Maintain positive customer relations to ensure continued satisfaction.  Work closely with the customer on all gas supply issues, attend meetings and participate in improvement teams.

• Assist in the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures.

• Participate in the use of the computerized maintenance management system.

• Coordinate plant shutdowns, including coordination of plant personnel tasks, hiring contractors, and ensuring all necessary materials and equipment are obtained.

• Perform job functions to always ensure on time, in spec, delivery of gases to the customer.

• Perform job functions in a manner that meets or exceeds the company’s HS&E standards.

• Train production technicians and engineers on all aspects of plant operations.

• Manage the Gas Production Facility during any absence of the facility manager.

• Provides tracking, from planning to commissioning to execution and follow-up. Ensure management of change processes (MOC) and documentation control is properly executed. Maintains KODDs.

• Quality / Safety : Helps define and implement recommendations and procedures. Assists management with operational activities, procedures and training/qualification, audits, risk management, inspection processes, data evaluation and presentation. Works to improve safety and quality. Detects potentially risky situations and implements the necessary corrective actions. Makes sure that regulatory requirements and deadlines are met. Maintains security and cleanliness of plant site.

• Other duties as assigned or as business needs dictate

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Are you a MATCH?

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical Engineering preferred)

• 5 years of plant operations and/or plant start-up experience

• Project management experience

• Familiarity with Google workspace

• Strong technical expertise

• Able to manage multiple concurrent tasks

• Able to work in a team environment

• Cooperative and able to obtain the cooperation of others

• Willing to travel

• Flexible

• Good communication skills

• Strong emphasis on safety and safety leadership

• Strong oral and written communication and organization skills

• Must be willing to be on-call rotation schedule

• Must be willing to support 5S

• Experience with Management of Change requirements

• Approximately 25% Travel to other customer sites as required

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to wear required PPE safety equipment including, hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes/boots, and FRC clothing

• Full range of motion; ability to lift 50 lbs.

• Able to climb ladders, work off elevated platforms/surfaces

• Able to work in non-conditioned environment for extended periods

• Able to enter confined spaces for inspection, testing and work

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The pay range for this position in Texas is $120,000-$130,000

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. 

For more information you can go to Air Liquide Benefit Offerings

The candidate must have valid unrestricted employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Our Differences make our Performance

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.