Operations Support Engineer

Job Overview:

The Operations Support Engineer (also known as Technical Support Engineer internally) is a key member of a small team providing technical operations support for Linde Gas US Small Onsite standard plants. The team has responsibility for support over 100 plants including multiple product lines of cryogenic and non-cryogenic nitrogen and oxygen generators.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Troubleshooting plant operations.
• Developing and executing projects to optimize the reliability and efficiency of production facilities.
• Continuously improving plant operations.
• Safe, timely, and successful start-up of new production facilities
• Training operations personnel
• Maintaining standards, issuing alerts, and communicating best practices.
• Utilize the EAM (Enterprise Asset Management system) to determine critical spares and to optimize plant availability/reliability.
• Provide feedback to the design/installation engineering team to improve the production facilities designs.
• Support the business team for new and existing sales opportunities.

Qualifications:
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline (or 3 years of industrial gas plant operations experience in place of degree).
• Minimum 5 years of experience; including operations, engineering, maintenance and reliability, and project management.
• Able to read engineering drawings (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams and Schematic Wiring Diagrams)

Preferred

• 5+ years of operations experience in industrial gases, chemicals, or oil & gas
• Working knowledge of engineering standards
• Knowledgeable with rotating/fixed mechanical equipment, industrial gases processes, electrical distribution systems, instrumentation, and control systems maintenance/troubleshooting procedures in a process plant environment
• PMP Certification

Additional Requirements

• Candidate should be a highly organized self-starter with good oral and written communication skills and a strong attention to detail. Must be able to resolve conflicts within the organization while establishing synergies with all involved parties.
• Travel up to 30%. Occasionally there are phone calls during off hours. Will carry a company provided cellphone.