Rotating Equipment Expert

Air Liquide; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Air Liquide is seeking a Rotating Equipment Expert in Houston, TX to support large industries across North America. You will lead reliability improvements for centrifugal and reciprocating machinery, coordinate with the Center for Technical Expertise, and work closely with operations and maintenance teams.

This role requires hands-on problem solving, equipment assessments, and collaboration with vendors and OEMs to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient plant operations.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Safety and Environment: Interpret regulatory requirements, industry codes, Group Industrial Policy, and IMS documents in order to implement and maintain compliant operations.
• Review RCA reports for Process Safety and Reliability incidents; lead or participate in investigations.
• Provide leadership to drive continuous improvement in reliability and efficiency of rotating equipment.
• Support risk assessments for new and existing assets and implement action plans.
• Assist audits in the Americas Hub as technical auditor for rotating machinery technology.
• Participate in group-level working groups developing GTs in rotating machinery.

Job description

R10102053 Rotating Equipment Expert (Open)

Location Houston, TX (HO) - Support functions - Industrial Direction

Air Liquide Large Industries provides our customers with industrial gas and energy solutions that are vital to their own industrial production. We own and operate over 2,000 miles of industrial gas pipelines in the U.S. supplying mainly oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and syngas in large quantities from multiple production sources to major customers in the chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and steel industries. Our pipeline operations and industrial gas production facilities are closely monitored 24/7 within our leading-edge operations control center located in Houston, Texas. Our operations control group monitors over 89,000 data points and assists with product supply and coordination. We are constantly optimizing our supply network to provide high reliability and energy efficiencies allowing Air Liquide to adjust supply needs more quickly and effectively enabling growth to our customers.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative. At Air Liquide we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.

We are looking for you!

Air Liquide is hiring for a Rotating Equipment Expert in La Porte, TX.

Comprehensive Family Benefits

Air Liquide offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.

Future Security

401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.

In the domain of Rotating Machinery (Centrifugal compressors, Cryogenic expanders, pumps, and Reciprocating compressors), support plant operations, with additional capability on process and operational troubleshooting, within the perimeter of the CTE (Center for Technical Expertise) with primary responsibilities in Large Industries USA, and Canada, and additional support to Mexico and Trinidad as well as Electronics and Airgas business lines. Responsibilities include participation in pre TAR planning, TAR supervision and execution, follow up reports and possible external shop monitoring of components to make repair recommendations and monitor quality control.

Job Responsibilities:

Safety and Environment: Interpret regulatory requirements, industry codes, Group Industrial Policy, and IMS documents in order to implement and maintain compliant operations. Support the preparation of CTE Guidance Documents for selected Group documents (GTs and GEs)

Review selected RCA reports for both Process Safety and Reliability incidents. Lead and/or participate in selected incident investigations

Provide leadership and guidance to drive continuous improvement in reliability and efficiency of rotating equipment

Support the development of selected risk assessments for new and existing assets and in the implementation of subsequent action plans

Support selected entity and Group level LI IMS audits in the Americas Hub as technical auditor as it pertains to rotating machinery technology

Participate in the Air Liquide Group level working groups developing GTs in the rotating machinery technology area

Design: Support organization for the execution of new capital projects. Act as owner's representative for the design reviews as required

Provide engineering with technical support and guidance for Plant Projects. Serve as design authority as required.

Review and provide risk assessment for proposed changes to existing rotating machinery via Management of Change (MOC) process

In cooperation with E&C, develop standard equipment specification and engineering practices for rotating machinery

Ensure subsidiary compliance with directives from AL Group related to rotating machinery

Operations: Provide operations support to all entities in regards to rotating machinery

Collaborate with Large Rotating machinery vendors and OEM's, ensuring quality control in repairs, and witness assembly and testing of equipment as required.

Respond to urgent rotating machinery issues

Applies process understanding and control systems strategies in order to improve reliability and/or efficiency and through support of CTE's Process Control Technology department.

Recommend process and cost savings improvement opportunities. As required, support the design and implementation of these cost saving ideas

Issue advisories to spread Best Practices and prevent recurrence of incidents

Work closely with entity Engineering disciplines to assure latest technology is identified and deployed

When requested, review plant level operating procedures (SOP) for scope, technical accuracy and best practice identification

Be aware of Group initiatives for rotating machinery technology domain as these are provided from Gro