Senior OES Process Engineer

Linde plc; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde plc in Deer Park, TX, seeks an experienced Senior Process Engineer to provide optimization and operational engineering support across multiple ASU sites. You will monitor plant data, develop models, analyze historical data, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to safety, reliability, and performance improvements, including turnaround support and shutdowns.

The role requires 10+ years in ASU, an engineering degree, and willingness to travel up to 25% in the US; strong communication and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of ASU industry experience.
• Experience with air separation plant operations, startups, thaw, cooldown, restart.
• Experience using process simulation software preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and customer-service skills and ability to work with internal/external customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide process optimization and operational engineering support for multiple ASU facilities.
• Monitor and analyze daily plant operating data to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation.
• Utilize process models, historical data, statistical analysis tools, and simulation software to optimize plant performance.
• Troubleshoot operational issues and provide engineering recommendations for resolution.
• Ensure facility documentation complies with ASU process safety standards and requirements.
• Support plant turnarounds, startups, shutdowns, and thaw activities.
• Participate in RCA investigations and corrective actions; drive productivity improvements.

Skills

ASU operations

plant startups & cooldowns

data analysis

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Tools

Process simulation software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Deer Park, TX, The Woodlands, TX, Tonawanda, NY, United States | req31874

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will support multiple ASU facilities by providing process optimization and operational engineering support.
• Monitor and analyze daily plant operating data to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation.
• Utilize process models, historical operating data, statistical analysis tools, and simulation software to optimize plant performance.
• Troubleshoot operational issues and provide engineering recommendations for resolution.
• Further, you will ensure facility documentation complies with ASU process safety standards, policies, and requirements.
• Validate operational data for monthly KPI reporting and performance measurement.
• Provide engineering support for plant turnarounds, startups, shutdowns, and thaw activities.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and corrective action development.
• And you will identify, evaluate, and implement productivity improvement, cost reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance plant safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance.
• Provide remote and on-site support to facilities experiencing operational challenges.
• Collaborate with operations technicians, plant management, regional operations teams, logistics planners, and support personnel.
• Serve as a technical resource for process engineering and operational excellence activities.

What makes you great

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent required.
• 10+ years of experience in the Air Separation Unit (ASU) industry required.
• Proven experience with air separation plant operations, including plant startups, thaw (derime), cooldown, and restart activities.
• Experience using process simulation software preferred.
• You have strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills, with the ability to effectively support and manage relationships with internal and external customers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including spreadsheets and data analysis tools.
• Proven ability to take ownership, work independently, and drive results.
• Ability to travel up to 25% within the United States.
• Availability to provide weekend, evening, and on-call support as needed.
• You have ability to carry a company-provided cell phone and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Must be willing and able to climb cold boxes, including structures exceeding 200 feet in height.
  

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.
Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.
Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!
Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range $108,225 - $158,730.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.
Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.