Plant Engineer

Airgas•El Segundo, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor of Engineering degree (preferably in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering).

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.