Maintenance Engineer Instrumentation

Air Products; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products is seeking a Maintenance Engineer Instrumentation to ensure reliability, availability, and safety of instrumentation across Rotterdam facilities. You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to optimize plant performance and drive continuous improvement.

The role requires a degree in instrumentation/electrical engineering or control systems, experience in process industries, and proficiency in RCA/RCM methods.

Qualifications

• Degree in instrumentation, electrical engineering, or control systems.
• Experience with industrial instrumentation and maintenance engineering in a process industry.
• Knowledge of RCA/RCM/FMECA/RBI methodologies.
• Experience with SAP or CMMS for equipment records.

Responsibilities

• Lead preventive and corrective maintenance for instrumentation and analytical systems.
• Diagnose equipment failures and implement solutions to improve reliability.
• Drive reliability improvements using RCA, RCM, and related methodologies.
• Develop maintenance scopes and support budgeting and prioritisation.
• Provide instrumentation expertise during plant modifications and commissioning.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and management of change requirements.
• Maintain accurate equipment records and documentation in SAP.
• Act as technical advisor to operations and maintenance teams.

Skills

Industrial instrumentation

Control systems

Maintenance engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Instrumentation or Electrical Engineering or Control Systems

Tools

SAP

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.

Reimagine What’s Possible

Maintenance Engineer Instrumentation

At Air Products, we are looking for a Maintenance Engineer Instrumentation to ensure the reliability, availability, and safety of critical instrumentation and analytical systems across our Rotterdam facilities. In this role, you will collaborate closely with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to optimize plant performance and drive continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and support preventive and corrective maintenance activities for instrumentation and analytical systems.
• Diagnose equipment failures, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and implement sustainable solutions to improve plant reliability.
• Identify recurring equipment issues and drive reliability improvement initiatives using methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• Develop maintenance scopes, support budgeting activities, and help prioritize maintenance work based on business and operational risks.
• Provide instrumentation expertise during plant modification projects, equipment upgrades, and commissioning activities.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with Air Products' safety standards, industry regulations, and Management of Change (eMOC) requirements.
• Maintain accurate equipment records and technical documentation in SAP to support effective maintenance planning and asset management.
• Act as a technical advisor to operations, maintenance technicians, and project teams.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Instrumentation, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with industrial instrumentation, control systems, and maintenance engineering within a process industry environment.
• Knowledge of reliability improvement methodologies such as RCA, RCM, FMECA, or RBI.
• Experience with SAP or other computerized maintenance management systems.