Maintenance Systems Engineer

airproducts; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance (day

401(k) with immediate vesting

Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

FSAs

HSA

Life Insurance

Job summary

Air Products is seeking a Maintenance Systems Engineer at its Corporate Headquarters in Allentown, PA. The role focuses on managing and advancing maintenance management systems and digital tools to improve asset reliability and operational excellence.

You will bridge maintenance, PDO engineering, operations, IT, and business process owners to ensure system effectiveness, standardization, and data‑driven decisions. Benefits and veterans’ support are highlighted in the posting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Reliability, or related field) or equivalent experience.
• Experience in industrial maintenance settings and maintenance management platforms (SAP PM or equivalent).
• Solid grasp of maintenance and reliability concepts, including PM, PdM, RCA, and asset criticality.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve maintenance systems (SAP PM), ensuring precise asset data, maintenance plans, workflows, and system functionality.
• Act as the maintenance systems expert and provide support for digital tools, dashboards, mobile applications, and reliability platforms.
• Establish and maintain maintenance standards, including preventive/predictive maintenance strategies, work order processes, failure coding, and master data governance.
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and usability of maintenance and reliability information.
• Support reliability initiatives through system configuration, maintenance optimization, criticality analysis, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Develop and maintain important metrics, reporting, dashboards, and analytics to support data‑driven decision‑making and asset performance.
• Lead system enhancements, updates, user training, and ongoing improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, IT, Digital/Data teams, and Engineering to resolve system issues and drive operational excellence.

Skills

Maintenance systems

Data analytics

Reliability concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

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

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. seeks a Maintenance Systems Engineer to become part of its team at its Corporate Headquarters in Allentown, PA.

The Maintenance Systems Engineer is responsible for managing, improving, and consistently advancing maintenance management systems and digital tools that facilitate maintenance execution, asset reliability, and operational excellence. This role functions as the technical bridge between maintenance, PDO engineering, operations, IT/digital platforms, and business process owners to ensure maintenance systems are effective, standardized, and data‑driven.

What's In It for You:

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD

Responsibilities:

• Manage and improve maintenance systems (SAP PM), ensuring precise asset data, maintenance plans, workflows, and system functionality.
• Act as the maintenance systems expert and provide support for digital tools, dashboards, mobile applications, and reliability platforms.
• Establish and maintain maintenance standards, including preventive/predictive maintenance strategies, work order processes, failure coding, and master data governance.
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and usability of maintenance and reliability information.
• Support reliability initiatives through system configuration, maintenance optimization, criticality analysis, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Develop and maintain important metrics, reporting, dashboards, and analytics to support data‑driven decision‑making and asset performance.
• Lead system enhancements, updates, user training, and ongoing improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, IT, Digital/Data teams, and Engineering to resolve system issues and drive operational excellence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Reliability, or related field) or equivalent experience.
• Experience in industrial maintenance settings and maintenance management platforms (SAP PM or equivalent).
• Solid grasp of maintenance and reliability concepts, including PM, PdM, RCA, and asset criticality.
• Preferred experience with multi‑site maintenance systems, shutdowns/turnarounds, asset lifecycle management, data analytics, reporting on critical metrics, and digital maintenance transformation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in maintenance systems, data governance, process standardization, collaborating with partners, and continuous improvement.

Key Deliverables:

• Standardized maintenance system governance and processes.
• Maintenance data of high quality that aids in decisions regarding reliability and asset performance.
• Improved preventive maintenance efficiency and work execution performance.
• Scalable, repeatable maintenance processes across multiple sites.

Air Products proudly values the skills, dedication, and leadership that veterans offer. As a veteran‑friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the outstanding strengths and experiences that veterans give and develop a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.

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.

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 [e-mail]. 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.