Location
Beaumont, TX - ASUAir 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 main object and purpose of this position consist in providing technical support to operational teams by suggesting opportunities for process improvement as well as refurbishment projects in production plants, while respecting 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.At Air Liquide, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.Air Liquide is Hiring for an I&E Technician in Beaumont, TX We are looking for you !Pay:
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.
Recruiter: Kailee Cooper | kailee.cooper@airliquide.com
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
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
Able to wear FRC clothing and other PPE
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.
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's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering
- Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and flame resistant clothing
- 2+ years of experience in an industrial production facility (plant engineer or similar)
- Advanced project management and interpersonal skills
- Exceptional communication skills, including developing action plans to ensure accountability and follow-through
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.
