Gas & Chemical Engineer — Solar Manufacturing Systems

Canadian Solar; Jeffersonville (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Medical/dental/life/disability program

PTO and sick days

Job summary

CS Powertech in Jeffersonville, Indiana, seeks a Gas & Chemical Engineer to own engineering, reliability, and maintenance of bulk and process gas systems supporting PV cell manufacturing. You will collaborate with Facility Operations, Production, and EHS to ensure safe, reliable operation and continuous improvement.

The role covers system design, preventive maintenance, risk assessment, and CAPA, with emphasis on safety compliance and field troubleshooting in a high-tech manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls/Automation, or related discipline.
• 2+ years of relevant engineering experience preferred; semiconductor, solar cell, electronics, battery, chemical, industrial gas, or other high-tech manufacturing experience is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of industrial gas and chemical delivery systems.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, equipment drawings, specifications, control diagrams.
• Experience with gas detection, PLC/control systems, BMS/FMCS/TGMS, or industrial automation is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and project coordination skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Production, EHS, Engineering, Maintenance, contractors, and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical ownership and engineering support for bulk gas, specialty gas, and chemical supply and distribution systems.
• Support bulk gas systems including nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), argon (Ar), and hydrogen (H2).
• Support specialty/process gases used by PV cell manufacturing, including SiH4, NF3, N2O, PH3/H2, B2H6/H2, Ar/H2 and other gases from manufacturing.
• Support chemical storage, delivery, pumping, distribution, and point-of-use systems associated with PV cell manufacturing.
• Review system operating parameters including pressure, flow, temperature, supply capacity, consumption, exhaust condition, and equipment status.
• Evaluate system capacity and reliability against current production demand and future manufacturing expansion.
• Identify single points of failure and recommend redundancy, backup supply, instrumentation, and reliability improvements.
• Provide technical support for gas detection and monitoring systems including TGMS, BSGS, gas cabinets, VMBs, production equipment gas boxes, and ambient gas detection.
• Review and maintain alarm, warning, shutdown, and evacuation logic for hazardous gas systems.
• Support integration of gas detection systems with FMCS, fire alarm, emergency shutdown, exhaust, and production equipment where applicable.
• Verify critical safety interlocks, permissives, alarm setpoints, emergency shutoff functions, and fail-safe conditions.
• Participate in risk assessments, HAZOP/JHA reviews, MOC activities, incident investigations, and CAPA related to Gas & Chemical systems.
• Work closely with EHS to ensure hazardous gas and chemical systems are operated and maintained in accordance with site safety requirements.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Project coordination

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Read P&IDs

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls/Automation Engineering, or related engineering discipline

Tools

AutoCAD/ P&ID drawings

CMMS/FMCS/TGMS systems

Job description

CS Powertech in Jeffersonville, Indiana, seeks a Gas & Chemical Engineer to own engineering, reliability, and maintenance of bulk and process gas systems supporting PV cell manufacturing. You will collaborate with Facility Operations, Production, and EHS to ensure safe, reliable operation and continuous improvement.

The role covers system design, preventive maintenance, risk assessment, and CAPA, with emphasis on safety compliance and field troubleshooting in a high-tech manufacturing