Instrumentation Reliability Engineer

Location

Air 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 2000 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 89000 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

• Ensures safe efficient and reliable asset operations as relates to self and others during operational maintenance optimization and troubleshooting activities

• Implements continuous improvement programs and strategies for instrumentation critical valves and control systems

• Leads the trip abatement program for all our sites working closely with experts and operations to define improvement strategies secure funding and implement improvements.

• Follows all AL Policies and Standard Operating and Maintenance Procedures.

• Ability to work towards the role as a Technical Expert in instrumentation & critical valve reliability and maintenance

• Follows governmental rules and engineering standards: (API ASME ANSI NBIC NFPA etc)

• Ability to read and interpret company industrial/quality standards and local documents

• Keeps abreast of industrial standards and automation trends for applicability

• Utilizes and understands Enterprise Asset Management system (Maximo) in reference to instrumentation and critical valves

• Responsible for identifying instrumentation reliability threats and driving improvements to improve plant reliability and asset up time.

• Ownership of the instrumentation reliability programs to improve performance of LI-NAM plant operations

• Ensures instrumentation reliability programs and technologies and maintenance are applied uniformly throughout the facilities and zone level.

• Collects Organizes Analyzes Interprets and prioritizes instrumentation & critical valve preventive and/or predictive maintenance data as relates to asset performance. Identifies opportunities and develops programs to improve instrumentation reliability.

• Conducts reliability data analysis examples include but are not limited to: statistical Process Control Reliability modeling and prediction Data mining Fault Tree Analysis Mean Time To Repair Mean Time Between Failure Overall Equipment Effectiveness related to instrumentation and valve performance.

• Reviews and analyzes instrumentation reliability incidents. Identifies trends and proposes long-term solutions supports execution of solutions at the facility level.

• Collaborates with Maintenance & Operations Teams

• Solves complex problems: takes a broad perspective to identify innovative instrumentation solutions.

• Works independently with guidance in only the most complex situations

• Implements continuous improvement strategies

• Works closely with other experts and the training department to develop and implement training program enhancements to improve reliability

• Identifies and recommends solutions and processes that are sustainable

Skills:

• Possess expertise to interface with plant operations to address instrumentation operability as well as instrumentation reliability improvement programs.

• Strong knowledge of applicable instrumentation communication protocols and hardware improvements. Understands the direction of technology trends

• Instrumentation and valve troubleshooting experience within a typical petrochemical plant equipment

Accountabilities:

• Attend monthly safety meetings

• 100 % compliant with Air Liquide Business Entity Safety Standards

• Owns the instrumentation reliability program performance for Department of Reliability

• Detailed knowledge of Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices

• Excellent project management skills

• Excellent planning and organizational skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent practical and the theoretical Mechanical skills (Primary Discipline)

• Cross-Functional Discipline Experience a plus (Operations Rotating Equipment Electrical (HV MV LV) and /or Instrumentation)

• Practical understanding of instrument and critical valve asset management systems

• Experience in Google MS and other software applications

• Possess the following competencies: Initiative Impact and Influence Conflict Management/Teamwork Development of Self and other Strategic Thinking Organizational skills.

• Accountabilities:

• Attend monthly safety meetings

• 100 % compliant with Air Liquide Business Entity Safety Standards

• Owns the instrumentation reliability program performance for Department of Reliability

• Complies with all Air Liquide Business Entity Maintenance Strategy Guidelines and follows Industry Best Practices

• Complies with all government Health and Safety regulatory agencies (OSHA MSHA FDA EPA etc)

• Monitors and generates reports on Instrumentation program performance standards and activities

Physical Requirements:

• Physical range of motion required to climb/descend ladders work off elevated platforms/surfaces at heights above 50 feet; inspect equipment in high elevation areas (cooling tower fans gearboxes Fin Fans compressor decks etc)

• Has full range of motion; ability to lift 50 lbs

• Ability to travel as needed and on short notice if necessary

• Can be consulted 24/7 by Operations and Industrial Direction Departments

Are you a MATCH

• Bachelors degree (BS) in Electrical Mechanical Process Control & Automation Chemical Engineering or Equivalent field experience with 10 years of related reliability engineering or maintenance & reliability activities

• Extensive working knowledge of machinery process equipment and associated reliability or maintenance practices

• Ability to work self directed and make sound decisions

• Able to travel as required

• Provide 24/7 production support as needed during turnaround periods.

• Assists in coaching mentoring others within the production team on instrumentation reliability engineering and reliability culture for improvement.

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.