Airgas

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products. Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 associates globally.

Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.

Airgas Merchant Gases, LLC produces and distributes industrial equipment. The Company offers welders, filler metal, cutting tools, industrial brushes, abrasive, and welding support equipment. Airgas Merchant Gases serves customers in the United States.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Project Engineer is expected to improve work process on IMS projects. The Project Engineer will also develop and execute projects to close IMS action items and conduct gap analysis for IMS convergence.

The IMS Project Engineer, reporting to the AMG Operations Support Process Engineering Manager, is responsible for leading the IMS (industrial management system) convergence process for Airgas Merchant Gases Production facilities through:

• Improving the work processes and project management systems used to develop and execute projects to bring Airgas facilities into compliance with the Air Liquide Industrial Management System
• Developing tools and systems to track project spending against budget across all IMS projects to ensure on budget and on schedule project execution
• Conducting gap assessments of AMG facilities to identify areas of noncompliance with IMS guidance documents.
• Developing solutions to close identified gaps through capital projects implementation. This includes adding equipment and instrumentation, replacing non-compliant systems, and instituting new control routines. This is done working with AMG experts in I/E, Controls, Process and Electrical Engineering
• Participating in the creation, update and review of P&IDs, MOCs and SOPs.
• Ensuring information and KPIs related to the IMS process performance are collected, analyzed and evaluated, and reviewed during management review meetings to track and communicate the progress made towards IMS convergence .
• Supporting operating facilities at TARs and Derimes as necessary. IMS engineers are often used as additional engineering resources during busy turnaround times.

Manage projects in collaboration with Zone and site teams(upgrades and retrofits) at existing locations for IMS gap closure.

• Develop designs, cost estimates, and economic justifications to facilitate the decision-making process at the plant and zone levels for IMS gap closure.
• Generate Authorization for Capital Expenditure (CAR) requests and follow-up on the approval process.
• Oversee project execution with the Plant Manager so that the end result meets the original requirements, in a timely manner and within budget.

Group IMS documents aim at maintaining organizational knowledge of the Air Liquide Group in order to achieve safe, environmentally compliant and reliable operation of its industrial processes.

Group Standards are IMS documents that provide the minimum technical requirements for safe, environmentally compliant and reliable operations. The IMS Project Engineer will own the implementation of the Group Standards for the Airgas Merchant Gases Facilities, and will develop work processes and systems to be used to more effectively and efficiently move towards compliance. Group Standards include and are limited to:

• Group Technical Standards (GTs).
• Group Design Rules (GDs), applicable to the design of new Facilities or installations by an Air Liquide Engineering & Construction entity, a Subsidiary engineering organization or a third party engineering contractor (through a confidentiality agreement). They are also applicable to the design of a modification to an existing Facility or installation.
• Group Emergency Instructions (GEs), specifically prepared in response to significant safety incidents in order to instruct Subsidiaries to quickly implement applicable mitigation measures, while a more detailed investigation is conducted and Group Technical Standards are prepared or revised.

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Are you a MATCH?

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering required
• 3 Years of experience as process/chemical engineer
• 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.
• Travel: 25-35%
• Knowledge of specification and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, pumps, exchangers, distillation, valves, instruments
• Project Management Systems Implementation Experience
• Solution-oriented, with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Technical experience in operation and maintenance of Air Separation Units.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable in both Corporate and Field environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cryogenic Air Separation operational experience and knowledge is desirable
• Previous industrial gas experience a plus

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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building 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 race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. 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.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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