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Reimagine Whats Possible

The Commissioning & Startup Engineer provides technical support for new plants retrofit projects and turnarounds across all Global HYCO projectsfrom early development through startup. This role ensures safe reliable and efficient construction commissioning and startup activities by coordinating efforts between engineering and operations teams at project sites.

Working with the Global HYCO Commissioning & Startup Director the engineer supports facilities that span multiple technologies including Hydrogen (SMR/POx) HYCO Gasification CO₂ Sequestration Utilities and Ammonia.

This hybrid position supports project development from the office prior to mobilizing to the field for precommissioning commissioning and startup leadership responsibilities. The role requires frequent collaboration with global regional and local engineering teams; operations; project and design engineering; safety; vendors; and technical support groups. The engineer provides commissioning guidance from bid development through detailed design helping to shape commissioning strategies and resource planning.

The position supports implementation of systems standards quality processes and maintenance practices required for Global Product Delivery. As part of the distributed team the Commissioning & Startup Engineer provides fieldengineering support solving guidance and technical leadership to ensure plant designs meet operational and partner expectations while identifying and resolving operational excellence gaps.

The role also plays a key part in developing operators during commissioning and startup. Responsibilities include training operations teams on DCS and field operations safety work permits LOTO procedures preventive maintenance and supporting corrective maintenance activities for both new and retrofit facilities.

Success in this position requires strong teamwork communication organization planning workprocess optimization leadership changemanagement capability and handson technical skills.

The engineer will help coordinate regional and global technical resources to support new and existing operations as well as new installations or modifications led by the Project Delivery Organization. This role also contributes to capturing and sharing lessons learned with global leadership to drive consistency in commissioning and startup practices across all Air Products locations worldwide.

Whats In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation holidays sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products) Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Support commissioning and startup activities across multiple technologies primarily Hydrogen processes (SMR and Gasification) Hydrogen Liquefaction Utilities and Ammonia.
• Chip in to commissioning and startup planning including developing work instructions conducting P&ID and model reviews creating commissioning schedules performing walk downs preparing equipment checklists and planning cleaning flushing and equipment run in activities.
• Lead preparation and development of commissioning procedures to ensure a safe reliable and efficient startup of plant units.
• Serve as a safety leader during construction commissioning startup and stabilization phases setting the example for safe work practices.
• Lead site teams in planning managing and preparing systems and equipment for initial startup.
• Develop strategies and work processes for field construction and commissioning of rotating equipment.
• Support the transfer of projects from Engineering to Operations including completion of project documentation P&ID updates lessons learned and project close out reports.
• Apply working knowledge of PLC and DCS controls logic PID tuning and sophisticated control systems.
• Establish strategies and provide guidance to ensure contractors and field personnel properly install and start up equipment.
• Provide operational evaluations solving support guidance and quality assurance oversight across commissioning startup maintenance repair and testing activities.
• Support construction and commissioning activities to ensure documentation is completed and submitted in the completions database; ensure equipment installation meets quality standards for alignment cleanliness integrity and performance.
• Provide commissioning support for new installations plant modifications ongoing operations and continuous improvement initiatives in the region ensuring alignment with legal requirements and Air Products safety and operational standards.
• Offer operational guidance to ensure safety reliability and maintainability of equipment utilities controls and processes.
• Participate in plant solving turnaround activities and performance optimization for existing facilities.
• Mentor operations and engineering teams to improve plant operation efficiency safety and reliability using input from Plant Management and Process Engineering and using the PIC center when needed.
• Support safe execution of MOCs OPHRs and other process safety initiatives; collaborate with process safety specialists as vital.
• Lead or support investigations and Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) ensuring sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
• Use and maintain proficiency in key software tools including:
• MS Excel Word PowerPoint
• Bluebeam
• MS Project
• Navisworks or SmartPlant Review (SP3D) preferred but not required

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering preferred; Mechanical Engineering considered with relevant operations experience.
• Equivalent industry experience may be accepted in lieu of formal education.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering or operations roles with at least 5 years in commissioning support strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience operating commissioning starting up troubleshooting and resolving issues in industrial facilitiespreferably within Industrial Gas plants.

Technical Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of the design and operation of:
• Hydrogen (SMR/POx)
• HYCO and CO production systems
• Gasification
• Utilities
• Ammonia
• Broad expertise in facility operations including:
• Machinery and rotating equipment
• Instrumentation & controls
• Electrical and mechanical systems
• Advanced control systems
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs isometrics design curves and perform field equipment function testing and validation.
• Knowledge of process safety health requirements and environmental regulations.
• Formal training in RCA Six Sigma or continuous improvement tools is a plus.

Work Environment & Travel:

• Position requires global travel exceeding 60% annually including extended onsite assignments.
• Officebased during bid development and detailed engineering phases; fieldbased during precommissioning commissioning and startup.
• Candidate must be based out of the Allentown PA or Houston TX office.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Proven leadership ability to drive internal and external teams toward high performance.
• Capable of representing the Americas Commissioning & Startup Engineering organization with stakeholders customers project teams construction and operations.
• Strong commitment to collaboration employee inclusion and diversity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across management operations maintenance and customer groups.
• Proven organizational interpersonal and digital literacy.
• Desire and ability to learn across a wide range of plant disciplines: electrical mechanical piping controls instrumentation and systems.

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