Airgas Incorporated

Plant Engineer

Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Chemical preferred)
  • 1-5 years of engineering experience in an industrial setting
  • Understanding of process improvement techniques
  • Familiarity with project management processes
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support to operational teams for process improvements
  • Assist in plant start-up and optimization
  • Implement planning and control techniques
  • Identify and recommend changes to enhance safety and efficiency
  • Lead local plant projects and support major projects

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Tuition assistance for continued education
  • Benefits commencement after just 1 day of employment
Full Job Description

Location
El Segundo, CA - HYCO

Air Liquide is Hiring for a Plant Engineer in El Segundo, CA!

We are looking for you!
  • Pay: $110,000/yr.
  • Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
  • Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
  • Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
  • Early Access: Your benefits start after just 1 day of employment.


The primary objective and goal of the Plant Engineer is to provide technical support to operational teams by suggesting opportunities for process improvement as well as refurbishment projects in production plants, while ensuring safety, reliability and efficiency of equipment. The incumbent ensures that projects are properly executed to meet production objectives, while promoting ALC's quality and safety objectives.

Provides technical and process support to production units:
  • Partners with teams to resolve operating challenges.
  • Assists in plant start-up and optimization.
  • Implements planning and control techniques.
  • Helps identify production opportunities, develop specifications for production procedures and revise existing procedures.
  • Guides and supports team members on company procedures and policies.


Optimizes and innovates plant processes and systems:
  • Anticipates production needs and identifies, recommends and implements changes in plant processes, equipment and systems to advance plant safety, reliability and efficiency.
  • Analyzes new equipment.
  • Coordinates resources effectively.
  • Nurtures and develops individual contributions and new working methods.


Monitors activity:
  • Evaluates industrial performance.
  • Proposes objectives based on production priorities and direction.
  • Fosters the success of the project and the sustainability of the results obtained.
  • Evaluates and advances performance in the following areas: safety, environment, production quality, profitability, equipment reliability, production capacity and process improvement.


Plans and leads plant projects:
  • Leads local plant projects while collaborating as a key partner for major projects managed by the project team.
  • Navigates projects seamlessly from planning to commissioning, using project management processes.
  • Ensures that change management processes (MOC) and documentation control are properly executed.


Process improvement:
  • Collaborates closely with their team and cross-functional teams to continuously improve work processes.
  • Analyzes the operation of the business, identifies the causes of malfunctions and proposes appropriate corrective measures.


Quality / Safety:
  • Contributes to the definition and implementation of recommendations and procedures.
  • Shares best practices and fosters risk management awareness.
  • Conducts collaborative safety reviews and preventive actions to improve safety/quality.
  • Identifies potentially risky situations and implements the necessary corrective actions.
  • Ensures regulatory requirements and deadlines are met.
  • Includes prevention of future risks at the design stage.
  • Ensures plant site safety and quality.


Are you a MATCH?

Required Qualifications:
  • This position requires a Bachelor of Engineering degree (preferably in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering).


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 1-5 years of engineering experience (preferably in an industrial plant setting).


The annual base salary range for this position in California is $110,000.00. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Air Liquide considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

About Airgas Incorporated

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Airgas was founded in 1982, and acquired by Air Liquide in 2016. The company operates through two segments: Distribution and Production. The Distribution segment offers a wide range of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products, to customers in various industries, including manufacturing and health care. The Production segment offers nitrogen, oxygen, and argon gases for use in steelmaking, welding, and other industries.
Learn more about Airgas Incorporated
Size
18,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1982

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