Production Technician

Location

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.

At Air Liquide, 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.

• Annual Bonus + Benefits

• Travel: 0 - 5% based on business needs

• Work schedule: 8 Hours Shift Mon - Fri (On-call)

• 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.

• Early Access: Your benefits start on the first day of employment.

Recruiter: Tina Kratochwill / tina.kratochwill@airliquide.com

The core contribution of a Production Technician is the safe stewardship and sustaining of a large Airgas Merchant Gas Air Separation Production facility. The Production Technician is dedicated to sustaining plant production, operating efficiency, regulatory compliance, and safety.

Job responsibilities

• Cultivates and shares basic skills for the process plant. Works in partnership with more senior technicians while completing training tasks.

• Participate in Time-Out investigations, document incidents, retrieve Airgas and site-specific operating procedures, incident/injury reporting, etc in the document management software, Intelex, familiarizing oneself with the work order process and participating in essential support tasks.

• Acquire knowledge and abilities in all plant operations including processes and equipment and becoming familiar with site-specific action plans.

• Support and confirm on-site contractors, vendors, guests, or visitors site-specific training requirements are met and documented, and perform administrative coordination responsibilities as delegated by the Plant Manager.

• Exhibit the understanding of and perform job duties in compliance with all local and federal governmental regulations (Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), etc.), and all company policies and procedures including Management of Change (MOC's), Pre-Startup Safety Review (PPSR's), etc.

• Collaborate with national and local product scheduling to meet customer requirements and ensure customer product delivery requirements, pertinent documentation and affiliated reporting requirements are completed on time and with exceptional accuracy.

• Dedicated commitment to company policies, safety guidelines, and procedural standards, as well as championing safety within the team by being safety minded and modeling good safety practices as well as compliance to Qualification and Training program in company electronic training systems.

• Completion of the Airgas Safety Pledge and being familiar with the requirements as well as completing introductory Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) training.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.

• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule, which includes 12-hour rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call rotation.

• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-5 years experience working in an industrial facility

• Experience dealing with cryogenics

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.