Location
Freeport, TX - Victoria St (HYCO) - HYCOAir 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.
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?The primary objective and goal of this position 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: Solves operating problems. Assists in plant start-up and optimization. Implements planning and control techniques. Helps identify production problems, develop specifications for production procedures and revise existing procedures. Informs employees of 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 improve plant safety, reliability and efficiency. Analyzes new equipment. Optimizes resources to be used. Improves and develops individual contributions and new working methods.
- Monitors activity: evaluates industrial performance. Proposes objectives based on production priorities and direction. Ensures the success of the project and the sustainability of the results obtained. Evaluates and improves performance in the following areas: safety, environment, production quality, profitability, equipment reliability, production capacity and process improvement.
- Plans and manages plant projects: Responsible for local plant projects and acts as facilitator for major projects managed by the project team. Follows up projects from planning to commissioning, using project management processes. Ensure that change management processes (MOC) and documentation control are properly executed.
- Process improvement: Works in cooperation with his/her 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. Teaches others about risk management. Carries out audits 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.
- This position requires a Bachelor of Engineering degree (preferably in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering).
- 1-5 years of engineering experience (preferably in an industrial plant setting).
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Engineering degree, preferably in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
- 1-5 years of engineering experience
- Experience in an industrial plant setting
Air Liquide Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Air Liquide and has not been reviewed or approved by Air Liquide.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance and life coverage are broadly provided under a global common care baseline that includes inpatient and outpatient healthcare. Dental and vision coverage are present in many locations, and short-term disability provisions have been enhanced.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies provide at least 14 weeks of fully paid maternity leave globally and paid parental leave for non-birthing parents in the U.S. Childcare benefits are available in some countries as part of the package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Annual incentive bonuses, performance bonuses for exceeding goals, and profit-sharing are integrated into the total rewards structure. Feedback suggests additional earning avenues like overtime can further augment pay in eligible roles.
Air Liquide Insights
What We Do
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 75 countries with approximately 66,400 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
