Plant Engineer

Air Liquide•Freeport, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Engineer provides technical support to operational teams, identifies opportunities for process improvement and plant refurbishment, and helps ensure equipment safety, reliability, and efficiency. The role ensures projects are executed to meet production objectives while supporting Air Liquide’s quality and safety objectives. The engineer supports production units by resolving operating problems, assisting with plant start-up and optimization, implementing planning and control techniques, and helping develop or revise production procedures. The role also identifies and implements changes to plant processes, equipment, and systems; monitors industrial performance; and evaluates results across safety, environmental performance, product quality, profitability, equipment reliability, production capacity, and process improvement. The Plant Engineer manages local plant projects and facilitates major projects, following them from planning through commissioning. The role ensures appropriate change-management and documentation-control processes, works with cross-functional teams to improve work processes, and contributes to risk management, audits, preventive actions, regulatory compliance, and plant-site safety and quality.

Requirements

Bachelor of Engineering degree.
1–5 years of engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree preferred.
Experience in an industrial plant setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide technical and process support to production units and solve operating problems.
Assist with plant start-up and optimization and implement planning and control techniques.
Help identify production problems, develop specifications for production procedures, and revise existing procedures.
Inform employees about company procedures and policies.
Identify, recommend, and implement changes to plant processes, equipment, and systems to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency.
Analyze new equipment and optimize resources and working methods.
Evaluate industrial performance and propose objectives based on production priorities and direction.
Ensure project success and sustainability of results; evaluate performance in safety, environment, production quality, profitability, equipment reliability, production capacity, and process improvement.
Manage local plant projects and facilitate major projects, following work from planning through commissioning.
Ensure change-management (MOC) and documentation-control processes are properly executed.
Work with team members and cross-functional teams to continuously improve work processes.
Analyze business operations, identify causes of malfunctions, and propose corrective measures.
Contribute to defining and implementing recommendations and procedures.
Teach others about risk management; carry out audits and preventive actions to improve safety and quality.
Identify potentially risky situations and implement corrective actions.
Ensure regulatory requirements and deadlines are met, account for future risk prevention during design, and ensure plant-site safety and quality.