Senior Process Engineer, HyCO Technology

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.

In the domain of Hydrogen-Carbon Monoxide (HyCO) Technology process engineering, support plant operations, within the perimeter of the CTE (Center for Technical Expertise) in LI - Large Industries in the USA and Canada, plus additional support to Air Liquide operations worldwide. Technologies to be supported include Steam Methane Reforming, Hydrogen purification, CO Cold Box, Amine systems, Pressure Swing Adsorption, Partial Oxidation, Electrolysis, and Hydrogen Liquefaction processes all related to Hydrogen/Syngas production.

Safety and Environment:

• Interpret regulatory requirements, industry codes, Group Industrial Policy, and Industrial Management System (IMS) documents in order to implement and maintain compliant operations. Support the preparation of CTE Guidance Documents for selected Group documents

• Understanding of typical operating permit requirements and methods utilized to ensure compliance

• Review selected Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports for both Process Safety and Reliability incidents. Lead and/or participate in selected incident investigations

• Provide leadership and guidance to drive continuous improvement for HyCO process safety

• Support the development of selected risk assessments for new and existing assets and in the implementation of subsequent action plans

• Support selected entity and Group level LI IMS audits in the Americas Hub as technical auditor for HyCO technology area. Provide technical assistance to resolve IMS audit findings

• Participate in the Air Liquide Group level working groups developing group standards in the HyCO technology area

Design:

• Support organization for the execution of new capital projects. Act as owner's representative for the design reviews as required

• Provide HyCO process engineering and technical support for Plant Projects. Serve as design authority as required.

• Review and provide risk assessment for proposed changes to existing HyCO facilities via Management of Change (MOC) process

• In cooperation with Air Liquide Engineering and Construction (E&C), develop standard equipment specification and engineering practices for HyCO equipment

• Ensure subsidiary compliance with directives from AL Group related to HyCO technology

Operations:

• Provide operations support to HyCO facilities, including commissioning of new projects and/or plants.

• Respond to urgent HyCO process problems

• Applies process understanding and control systems strategies in order to improve reliability and/or efficiency and through support of CTEs Process Control Technology department.

• Recommend process and cost savings improvement opportunities. As required, support the design and implementation of these cost saving ideas

• Perform HyCO efficiency assessments per established procedure

• Issue advisories to spread Best Practices and prevent recurrence of incidents

• Work closely with entity Engineering disciplines to assure latest technology is identified and deployed

• When requested, review plant level Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for scope, technical accuracy and best practice identification

• Be aware of Group initiatives for HyCO technology domain as these are provided from Group level organizations. Provide interpretation to entities for implementation and participate in the development of such programs

• Provide support for Group programs for HyCO technology including developing the implementation plan together with the entities and monitoring compliance status

• Participate strongly in Americas HyCO Technology Community of Practices (CoP) and if assigned, participate in Worldwide HyCO Technology CoP.

Training

• Build a documented knowledge base of HyCO technology operational expertise

• Provide technical content and training for HyCO technology

• Mentor and support developing employees to expand knowledge sharing; disseminate rather than protect information. Act as coach for proteges (assigned or otherwise)

Business Development

• Attend and contribute to selected project development meetings

• Provide technical support to Capital Implementation group during the development and execution of new HyCO capital projects

• Lead and/or participate in HyCO due diligence assessments

Requirement

• BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering required; Professional Engineer registration desirable

• 20+ years engineering and plant operations / support experience required

• Ability to communicate and document HyCO technology domain knowledge

• Solution-oriented, with excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Technical expertise in operation and maintenance of HyCO plant and equipment

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to perform under stress and time constraints

• Comfortable in both corporate and plant environments

• Ability to effectively work within a diverse, international organization

• Can be consulted by Plant Managers and Maintenance personnel outside of the working hours

• Able to wear FRC clothing and other PPE

• Advanced skills with Google suite of tools (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, etc.)

• Excellent organization skills and attention to detail

• Ability to understand, perform, and retain various job-related operational and safety trainings

• Up to 25% North America travel

• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship .

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

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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.