Airgas Incorporated

Plant Engineer

Airgas Incorporated • $80K — $100K *
Geismar, LA 70734In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
3 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering required
  • 2+ years of experience in an industrial production facility, preferably in plant engineering or similar roles
  • Knowledge of health, safety, environmental regulations, and compliance requirements
  • Strong project management and interpersonal skills
  • Familiarity with DCS operation/troubleshooting and engineering document control
  • Exceptional communication skills for developing action plans and ensuring accountability
  • Ability to manage plant personnel effectively

Responsibilities

  • Lead safety initiatives and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations
  • Support operations of production units to ensure efficient supply of products
  • Perform process troubleshooting and recommend improvements for reliability and efficiency
  • Coordinate and manage maintenance activities to minimize downtime
  • Develop and execute capital project scope, cost, and schedule
  • Assist in training and onboarding new technicians
  • Promote adherence to administrative and operational policies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive family benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • Up to 14 weeks of paid child birth benefits
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match and tuition assistance
  • Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time
  • Benefits start on day one of employment
Full Job Description

Location
Geismar, LA - 36183 LA Hwy (Utilities) - Water plant

Air Liquide is Hiring for an Plant Engineer in Geismar, LA

We are looking for you !

  • Comprehensive Family Benefits: Air Liquide 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 day 1.


The main goal for this role is to partner with operational teams by suggesting opportunities for process improvement as well as refurbishment projects in production plants, while respecting safety, reliability and efficiency of equipment. In this role, you will help ensure that projects are properly executed to meet production objectives, while promoting ALC's quality and safety objectives.

Safety & Compliance Leadership
  • Provide visible HSE leadership to site technicians and actively support and promote the Life Critical Safety system (LCS)
  • Support and maintain all aspects of Health, Safety, Environmental and Regulatory Compliance
  • Operates facility in compliance with all Air Liquide policies
  • Work to achieve our goal of "Zero Accidents" by taking a proactive, guiding role in safety.
  • Keep plant hazard analysis current and display thorough knowledge of possible hazards and associated safeguards. Compliance with EIS requirements.
  • Ensure all incidents are reported and investigated and corrective actions are completed
  • Complete assigned action items from audits
  • Approve critical work permits (hot work, confined space, etc.)
  • Key contributor to site Safe Work Permit (SWP) and Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) Programs

Operational & Engineering Support
  • Support the operations of 2 production units at the Port Neches facility producing nitrogen, oxygen and argon to ensure safe, reliable, high quality, and efficient supply of product to the customer
  • Perform process troubleshooting. Identify and recommend process changes and plant projects to improve plant HSE, reliability and efficiency
  • Support the operations with engineering support ranging including MOC creation, small project management, and action item completion.
  • Provide regulatory training and maintain required regulatory documentation (ISO documentation, RMP, MOC, etc)
  • Guide and maintain Key Operating Documents. Maintain updated red-lines at all times. Display detailed understanding of content and significance of each document
  • Ensure GT's are understood and followed by the plant staff
  • Ensure operating procedures are followed and updated as needed

Maintenance & Project Management
  • Partner with the Reliability Center to execute predictive and preventive maintenance to safeguard plant continuity and eliminate unplanned maintenance
  • Partner with the Reliability Team to execute planned maintenance and unexpected events.
  • Coordinates, schedules, and delivers certain maintenance activities for the site.
  • Foster and maintain high housekeeping standards
  • Assist in developing plant budget needs
  • Develop cost and economic justification for capital projects
  • Develop and execute capital project scope, cost, and schedule as assigned within time and budget requirements
  • Identify and implement opportunities to reduce costs within delegated authorization
  • Utilize national purchasing agreements and frame agreements

Professional Development & Administrative
  • Assist with training new technicians
  • Provide thoughtful, constructive input to management decisions and actively support those decisions.
  • Promote and ensure adherence to administrative and operational policies and procedures.
  • Complete Personal Development System goals as defined in annual review
  • On call nights, weekends and holidays as required
  • Occasional travel - typically 1 to 4 trips per year


Are you a MATCH?

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering required
  • Must be able to wear personal safety equipment, including hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and flame resistant clothing


Preferred Qualifications
  • 2+ years of experience in an industrial production facility in the role of plant engineer or other similar plant operations role; utilities, air gas, chemical, or refinery production experience preferred
  • Advanced project management and interpersonal skills to create cross-functional alignment.
  • Exceptional communication skills, specifically in developing action plans to ensure accountability and follow-through.
  • Strong project management abilities and the ability to manage plant personnel
  • Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting engineering issues within a plant operations environment
  • Trainable on Distributed Process Control (DCS) operation/troubleshooting
  • Able to deliver/explain training material to operating personnel
  • Familiarity with google Office products, Smartsolve, Maximo®, Oracle Cost Reporting, Oracle Purchasing is a plus
  • Able to maintain a plant filing system and control of engineering documents
  • Ability to read/red-line key operating documentsDisplay mechanical and electrical aptitude for equipment operation/troubleshooting
  • General understanding of accounting principles; ability to learn plant operating budget
  • Organized, effective at time management; ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, team leadership skills
  • Ability to interact effectively with all levels in an organization
  • Ability to work extended hours/shift work as business needs dictate
  • On call nights, weekends and holidays as required; occasional travel

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
Energy & Utilities
Founded
1982
* Ladders Estimates

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