Instrumentation And Electrical Lead

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.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Support all company safety, health, environmental, and quality programs and policies, and be accountable for the performance of these programs in the plant, I/E department and the maintenance department.

Instrumentation and Electrical Lead and Specialist Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Support all company safety, health, environmental, and quality programs and policies, and be accountable for the performance of these programs in the plant, I/E department and the maintenance department.

• Works with planners to develop a daily and weekly work schedule to secure adequate resources to complete preventative, predictive, and planned maintenance focusing on I/E but working collaboratively with the mechanical planner and operations to ensure smooth execution of maintenance activities

• Audit assignments and resources to ensure repair schedules and performance expectations are met.

• Develops and maintains KPI's for maintenance activities to show compliance rates and mean time between failures

• Works with appropriate personnel to improve job plans and PM's.

• Supports all activities associated with planned plant outages with direction from plant maintenance management team.

• Operations and plant startup assistance/coverage

• Instills safety in others by being safety minded; models good safety practices.

• Participates in operational/routine maintenance tasks within the facility work group without interruption of customer product deliveries.

• Leads open communication amongst all facility technicians in relation to best practices, operational/facility needs, safety issues/concerns, conflicts of interest between shifts/other departments, sharing operational knowledge/expertise.

• Assists/works closely with operations or Plant Manager with daily facility needs.

• Completes or assists with operational work orders, and completes in MAXIMO.

• Conducts acceptance PSSR reviews with operations and maintenance.

• Identifies potential needs, enters them into MAXIMO.

• Keeps accurate records; diligent in documentation, record retention policies/procedures. Determines if immediate maintenance action is required; documents it; reports to appropriate personnel.

• Studying/maintaining site-specific standard operating procedures, P&IDs, PFDs, electrical one lines, DCS interlocks all other technical documentation as relates to operational/equipment processes.

• Escorting on-site contractors, vendors, guests, or visitors throughout the facility as needed; ensures their compliance with national safety policies/procedures.

• Participation in facility safety meetings, inspections.

• Be able to perform basic troubleshooting of motors, switchgear, instrumentation, and DCS

• Communicates directly with Purchasing and National Warehouse regarding parts required and inventory levels needed to complete all scheduled Work Orders and PM Orders.

• Maintains high level of service and work performance, and also supports and promotes a positive and cooperative team environment which fosters creative problem solving and shared learning.

• Ensures all labor hours, materials, and necessary notes or job plan changes associated with the work are accurately recorded within CMMS, and work is closed in a timely manner.

• Follows policies/procedures on proper notification for vacation scheduling, floating holidays, personal days off.

• Identify critical spares and use the ISR system to secure parts

• Manages a team of I/E technicians.

Are you a MATCH?

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent

• 8+ years experience in plant maintenance and I/E activities

• Ability to learn/follow national/local standard operating procedures; follow through on instructions; work with minimal supervision; read/interpret blueprints, flow charts, process piping ISOs, simple schematics, P and IDs, electrical schematics.

• Perform basic math operations.

• Experience with CMMS; ability to use required software computer applications.

• Must be able to wear required PPE safety equipment including, hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes/boots, FRC clothing.

• Must be able to lift 50lbs.

• Thorough understanding of safety requirements when working around plant equipment

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to foster teamwork and navigate matrix organizations.

• Ability to operate forklift and overhead crane

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Air Separation, Steam Turbines, Gas Turbines, Compressors, Boilers, Clarifiers, and de-ionized Water a plus

• Maximo experience

• General knowledge of both I&E and Mechanical maintenance

• 2 year Associates Degree in Instrumentation

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.