Plant Engineer

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What's Possible

We are seeking a skilled and innovative Plant Engineer to oversee and optimize the daily operations of our New Orleans, LA facility. The successful candidate will play a critical role in maintaining equipment, improving production processes, and ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our plant operations.

This position requires a strong technical background, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to driving continuous improvements. If you have a passion for engineering and are ready to contribute to the success of a dynamic production environment, come grow with us as we continue to build a sustainable tomorrow together!

The incumbent will work closely with the Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Logistics, Project, and Business teams, on productivity, efficiency, and reliability initiatives to ensure the supply of our products.

The New Orleans facility consist of 2 liquid hydrogen plants, a nitrogen liquefier, and a steam methane reformer. These plants serve customers via pipeline and cryogenic liquid transportation. It is vital to the supply of liquid hydrogen and gaseous hydrogen through an integrated 400+ miles of pipeline and national distribution network.

What's 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

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Desire to make a measurable positive impact to safety, plant performance, and profitability.
• Microsoft Office Proficiency
• Desire to obtain hands-on experience in an operating plant environment. This includes troubleshooting production problems and gathering data in the field.
• Ability to work with a team of plant operators and engineers and provide the communication bridge for technical recommendations between operations and plant management.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and ensure time-sensitive projects are completed punctually.
• Be flexible with work hours during plant upsets and turnarounds.
• Ability to understand and gather data and troubleshoot matters related to water quality and analytical equipment.
• Ability to develop technical recommendations by applying reasonable assumptions to available data.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Support for plant environmental, health, and safety programs, through strict adherence to management of change procedures, execution of project hazards reviews, and regular participation in site safety meetings.
• Ensuring that each plant's process control systems are operating the plants at optimum efficiency, peak performance, and maximum reliability.
• Develop and support projects for the plant that aid in increasing production, decreasing costs, and improving reliability. This includes working closely with operations, maintenance, project teams, the regional controls support team, and the plant process engineer to see projects to completion.
• The plant engineer is often called upon to assist in the resolution of long-term reliability and maintenance issues involving life extension of an asset, unusual failure modes, fouling of heat transfer surfaces, breakdown of insulation, and resolution of issues related to rotating and reciprocating equipment.

Minimum Hiring Requirements:

• Minimum of BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with experience in an operating plant environment.
• Experience working with P&IDs and plant equipment (compressors, heat exchangers, expanders).
• Strong thermodynamic background with ability to perform heat and material balances.

Join Air Products, where we proudly value the skills, dedication, and leadership that veterans bring to the table. As a veteran-friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the unique strengths and experiences that veterans contribute, and we foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.

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We are the world's largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).  You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at talent@airproducts.com. General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you'll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.