Turnaround Engineer

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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 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.

At Air Liquide we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.

Air Liquide is hiring for a Turnaround Engineer in Houston, TX.

We are looking for you!
 

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.
Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
Early Access: Your benefits start on the first day of employment.

Recruiter: Brittany | [email protected]

Support the effective utilization of the Turnaround Process (TAR SOP) by all related entities and personnel.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accountable for safety, environmental and regulatory compliance at LI NAM sites.

• Model safety behavior, enforce safety rules, establish and enhance safety culture. 

• Support the effective utilization of the Turnaround Process (TAR SOP) by all related entities and personnel.

• Ensures that the TAR process can be viewed, understood, and reported from a project management standpoint, using tools to easily recognize vulnerabilities, missing information, and devising strategies to fill gaps and deficiencies, often in real time. 

• Key role player in TAR scope verification and job plan development.

• Reviews specific job plan steps to ensure work orders are defined and executed properly in adherence to defined maintenance strategies.

• Review maintenance strategies to ensure effectiveness thereof.

• Drive engagement; ensure alignment of the team with TAR objectives

• Ensure complete and timely integration of any Capital, Controls, Engineering or Operations projects scope within the requirements of the TAR SOP, reporting on its progress throughout the TAR process.

• Lead development of detailed plans/strategies for TAR execution, including close working relations with contracted service providers to ensure prefabrication etc is in place and accurate.

• Ensure all pre-TAR work is completed and materials are received prior to outage. 

• Drive material management and QA/QC process throughout the TAR process per the TAR SOP.

• Drive optimization of the TAR schedule by supporting the TAR manager.

• Recommend and manage appropriate TAR activities to deliver scope, schedule and cost requirements.

• Promptly support the TAR manager with change orders, developing or changing job plans, and support in securing resources in discovery situations.

• Support in completing work orders in Maximo with sufficiently detailed observations, reports, and findings.

• Ensure follow up work orders are entered into Maximo in a timely manner.

• Manage the scope change process before, during, and after the TAR.

• Communicate to management in a timely manner on TAR status, issues and concerns; provide solutions for open issues.

• Assure issues are resolved in a timely manner to minimize impacts to TAR cost and schedule.

• Provide accurate and timely reporting on cost and schedule performance during the TARs.

Required Qualifications: ​

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering required.

• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship.

• ​10+ years of TAR management, plant engineering support or project engineering experience.

• Proficiency in the use of the Google suite - Sheets, Docs, Slides, Looker, etc.

• Extensive experience of the CMMS (Maximo).

• Proficiency in interpreting and advising the use of P6 scheduling tools.

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; demonstrated interpersonal skills.

• Basic knowledge or understanding of API 510 (for pressure equipment like vessels and exchangers), API 570 (for piping), and API 653 (for storage vessels) and a strong understanding of welding procedures.

• Familiarity with API 579 FFS, ASME PCC-2, and NBIC is strongly preferred.

• Knowledge of ASME BPVC Sections VIII and IX, and ASME B31.1 and B31.3 is required.

• Familiarity with equivalent international codes (PED, EN standards) or willingness to learn them.

• Demonstrate proficiency in areas of procurement, evaluation and selection of contractors, contracts and negotiation.

• Ability to work with all levels of personnel.

• Comfortable in both corporate and field environments.

• Ability to multitask, prioritize in periods of peak work volume.

• Ability to work self directed, make sound decisions.

• Knowledge of implementing and participating in continuous improvement procedures.

• Provide engineering support for TAR projects varying between $250K to $30M.

• Willingness/ability to travel up to 50% of the time to fulfill responsibilities and must be able to travel on short notice (2 to 10 days).

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

• Able to climb ladders, work off elevated platforms/surfaces.

• Able to enter confined spaces for inspection/testing, while wearing fall restraint and respirators.

• Physical range of motion required to climb and descend ladders, work at heights above 50 feet.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industrial gas experience

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.