Shift Engineer - Barauni

UNKNOWN; Begusarai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products Barauni plant seeks a Shift Engineer to manage the day-to-day operation of the SMR and ASU facilities. You will lead a shift team, troubleshoot process issues, and ensure safe start-ups, shutdowns, and continuous operation. Strong EH&S knowledge and experience with gas/petrochemical processes are essential.

You will coordinate with IOCL for product requirements and maintain key process parameters, ensuring reliable performance and adherence to safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Excellent communication skills to coordinate with IOCL and plant teams.
• Ability to understand and operate EH&S systems and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day 8-hour shift operations of SMR and ASU units.
• Troubleshoot process problems and supervise daily plant activities.
• Start-up/shutdown and safe-positioning of processes; escalate abnormal events.
• Coordinate with maintenance to address issues and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure 24-hour stable operation with adequate shift coverage.
• Maintain process parameters (CW, BFW, pH, conductivity) and report performance.
• Interface with IOCL customer on product requirements and communications during normal and emergency situations.

Skills

Excellent English

Education

Chemical Engineering degree (or BSc in Chemical Technology)

Tools

Siemens PCS7

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

POSITION SUMMARY Purpose

Reporting to the Plant supervisor, shift engineer is responsible for the day-to-day shift operation of the SMR, and ASU based on the Air Products Barauni Plant and ensuring shift operating team to operate the plants safely and efficiently to facilitate attainment of the company’s standards. Reporting to the Plant Supervisor, the shift engineer will ensure the smooth and reliable operation of all the operating units of the of the Air Products Barauni facility.

Nature and Scope

The Barauni Plant is Air Products first fully owned and operated plant in India; it represents a significant investment and includes “State of the Art” technology which makes it advanced Hydrogen Plant within the Corporation. The plant consists of 2 main elements:

• 1 x Large Technip Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) with Air Products PSA’s for H2 purification.
• An Air Products Air Separation Unit (ASU) Producing Nitrogen

The customer is Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), Barauni refinery and the Air Products plant is located within the customer’s site. The products from the Air Products plants go directly to the customer as part of their refinery expansion. There is a high level of integration between IOCL and Air Products with respect to feedstock’s, products and utilities. The products are critical to refinery unit operations. The plants run on continuous basis and there is a strong emphasis of high reliability and high efficiency with contractual penalties against Air Products for underperformance.

Air Products owns, operates and maintains Hydrogen Plants and ASU’s around the globe with Operations in over 50 countries, in excess of 100 hydrogen plants and 350 ASU’s. As such we have a wealth of expertise and have well established work processes in place for the reliable and efficient operation of our plants.

Prior to facility operation the individual will have a period of training before plant commissioning begins, where they will have a role and involvement in the HYCO plant commissioning.

DIMENSIONS Plant Products (Approximate): H2: 50 KTPA N2: 4,000 Nm3/h Number of Direct Reports (approximate): NIL. He shall be one of the 4 shift engineers who work in shifts of 8 hours duration.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• A high regard for the safety of self and others.
• Understand and have working knowledge of Air Products EH&S systems processes including emergency preparedness and incident management.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the plants in 8-hour shifts, including troubleshooting plant process problems, directly supervising daily plant activities and reporting to management. The Shift Engineer is required to be able to start up, shutdown or put the process into a safe position, escalating any abnormal situations to the Plant Supervisor.
• Work alongside the Operations shift team to ensure adequate continuous operating cover, and additional cover if required in case of unplanned situations, even through commissioning, start up and operation, ensuring 24-hour stable operation.
• Identifying maintenance concerns and bringing it to the notice of the Plant Management promptly and then coordinating with the maintenance team and implementing corrective / preventative measures.
• Working with other Shift Engineers and support resources to achieve productivity targets.
• Facilitate the use of, and compliance to AP EH&S standards such that EH&S performance continually improves, and performance targets are met. Issue permits, ensure logout tag out to facilitate hand over and take back equipments as per the safety protocol. Control maintenance activities associated with the process plant equipment. Understand various safe systems of work that are important to safe plant operation.
• Capability to implement emergency plans or react to abnormal situations in a measured and proactive way.
• Support the commissioning of the Barauni plants to ensure the start-up is successful; the plants are properly handed over to Operations in accordance with Air Products standards and all outstanding testing, work and punch list items identified with a path to closure.
• Report production daily and generate daily production reports and other plant related reports as is required by the plant management.
• Maintaining CW, BFW parameters as stipulated and ensure monitoring of the parameters including doing analysis of a few critical parameters like pH, conductivity etc.
• Shall coordinate with the customer IOCL regarding product requirements and ensuring communication protocols during normal and plant emergency situations.
• Ensure that the plant emissions and effluent are in accordance with the Air Products requirements and ensures proper communication with the plant management for all plant requirements.
• Issue permits related to confined space, hot work, and all areas of safety after going through proper safety training as will be provided based on the company’s training program.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. (Typically, Chemical) or a BSc graduate or diploma in chemical Technology.
• Direct experience in operation of large Steam Methane Reformers for hydrogen production or similar technologies for example ammonia, methanol etc. Experience in air separation (ASU) would be an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in gas, petrochemical, or related industries preferably from Ammonia, HYCO or methanol process industries with an engineering degree or min 10 years of experience in the Ammonia, HYCO or Methanol process with a graduate degree or diploma in chemical Technology.
• Minimum 2 years experience in shift Engineer positions typically worked as shift in charge or supervisor.
• Experience in DCS. Siemens PCS7 will be an added advantage.
• BOE/Boiler operation certificate will be an added advantage.
• Excellent Communication skills.
• Able to handle communication with customer.
• Good technical knowledge in gas operations and engineering.
• Fluent oral English and excellent written English.
• Knowledge of Hindi will be an added advantage.

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.

Employee and Applicant Rights

Behind every success and innovation that has made a difference in the world, you will find a team of passionate people who helped make it possible. At Air Products, our talented people help each other and our customers thrive. To our colleagues, we are valued and respected teammates. To our customers, we are partners in creating value. To our communities, we are caring, involved neighbors and committed stewards of the environment.

Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company with more than 85 years of experience serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets while generating a cleaner future. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating a workplace where safety comes first, diverse perspectives are valued, innovation thrives, and employees have opportunities to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.