Process Engineer, Hydrogen/Syngas

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.

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.
• Understanding of typical operating permit requirements and methods utilized to ensure compliance.
• Review selected Root Cause Analysis reports for both Process Safety and Reliability incidents. Participate in selected incident investigations and aid in troubleshooting for process upsets.
• 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
• Provide technical assistance to resolve findings from IMS, HSE, and regulatory agency audits.

Design:

• Provide HyCO process engineering and technical support for development and implementation of capital and opex projects
• Provide development and implementation support for changes to existing HyCO facilities via the Management of Change (MOC) process
• Act as a MOC reviewer to perform MOC evaluations as part of the risk management and approval process
• Provide technical assistance to production facilities for compliance with directives from AL Group related to HyCO technology

Operations:

• Provide operations support to HyCO facilities
• Respond to urgent HyCO process problems
• Utilizes efficiency and availability indicators and apply process understanding in order to optimize plant performance
• Recommend process and cost savings improvement opportunities, and lead the design and implementation of these cost saving ideas
• Assist Experts in completion of HyCO efficiency assessments
• Work closely with entity Engineering disciplines to assure latest technology is identified and deployed
• When requested, review plant level operating procedures (SOP) for scope, technical accuracy and best practice identification
• Desire to participate strongly in the Americas HyCO technical community

Project Management:

• Understands, monitors and optimizes operating costs for HYCO facilities
• Identifies and implements opportunities to reduce project costs and deliver results within authorized project budget
• Develops familiarity with common accounting practices and tools
• Develops potential projects and writes the Value Creation Form and Authorization for Capital Expenditure
• Develops familiarity with national purchasing agreements and frame agreements and other procurement policies
  

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

• 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.

• 5+ years engineering and HyCO plant operations / support experience required

• Solution-oriented, with excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• 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 24/7 by Plant Managers and Maintenance personnel

• Able to wear FRC clothing and other PPE

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

• Intermediate skills with HYSYS, AspenPlus, or other comparable process simulation software

• Excellent organization skills and attention to detail

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

• Up to 25% domestic travel

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.