Air Products

Req No.

49371BR

Job Description and Qualifications

Plant Production Engineer - Northern Continent

At Air Products, we've been helping our customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable for more than 80 years. With approximately 23,000 employees and operations in 50 countries, we serve customers across a wide range of industries from food and beverage to medical, energy and transportation. We supply a unique portfolio of atmospheric and process gases, equipment and services.

Our Northern Continent operations engineering team provides technical support to our operating industrial gas plants within the Benelux, France and Germany. A wide range of technologies, including air separation, hydrogen generation, CO2, and liquid hydrogen are supported, ranging in size from small standalone plants to world scale facilities. 

To meet increasing workload both to grow and sustain our operations, we are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Plant Process Engineer, based at our Gent, Belgium facility to expand the process engineering expertise within our Northern Continent engineering team. This opportunity will suit a talented achiever looking to showcase their skills within a high performing team. 

What you’ll be doing

The Plant Production Engineer will be based at the Gent production site. The area of work will be the site’s Air Separation Units (ASU’s) and their pipeline network, as well as the 3 satellite plants located in Belgium. 

As part of the Gent operations team, you will be responsible for the daily operations of the satellite plants, and provide assistance to the Gent operations with operational support in troubleshooting, optimization and project commission and start-up. 

Specifically, the successful candidate will be expected to: 

• Assume day-to-day responsibility for safe, efficient and reliable operations of the Gent satellite plants.
• Provide production support to the Gent site, through evaluation of plant productivity improvements, either theoretically or through plant testing and development/implementation of the solution. You will work with the ops team and engineering disciplines to troubleshoot and resolve critical plant issues.
• Support identification of plant underperformance and drive resolution to ensure on target operation.
• Support the ops team and plant process engineer in design, review and execution of changes to the plants, including Operational Readiness Inspections and commissioning.
• Support specialist onsite process and non-standard activities including defrosts and cooldowns. 
• Provide process support to maintenance activities, energy isolation and plant shutdowns.

A high standard of engineering practice, technical governance and operational discipline must be upheld throughout all these activities.

What we’ll be looking for

• A high level of technical expertise ideally suited to someone with a Chemical Engineering or related degree with 4+ years relevant experience.
• Practical, onsite plant experience with a ‘hands-on’ approach.
• Discipline to work to a schedule and manage competing priorities.
• Self-motivation with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work productively, both unsupervised and as part of multi-discipline technical teams.
• Provide guidance to the satellite plant technicians.
• Although based in Gent, flexibility to travel to satellite plants on regular basis. As part of the development and gain relevant experience, participation in operational process engineering support during shutdown work at other plants in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany or France. Limited to short multiple day assignments, based on priorities and opportunities.
• Local language capability (Dutch) and English is required at minimum, French is a plus. You will be part of the Gent site team, but working within the European engineering community. 

What we offer you

As a strong global business, Air Products affords employees the opportunity and freedom to move between roles, countries, and specialisms to find the right career path for them. 

• Flexibility - we understand everyone has commitments outside of work and offer flexible work arrangements to help you manage all those commitments. Depending on your job or location, several options are available. 
• Learning and development opportunities – providing resources and tools to help you realize your full potential. 
• A competitive salary – that recognizes the experience, skills, and abilities you bring to the company. 
• A committed approach to sustainability – giving you peace of mind that you are working for a business that cares deeply about the environment and has set related performance goals. 
• A positive experience – from recruitment to onboarding, development, and retirement. You will know you belong and matter at every stage. 

At Air Products, we work in an environment where diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. 

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d like to hear from you. Hit the ‘APPLY’ button and let’s start a conversation.

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Job Title

Plant Production Engineer

Employment Status

Full Time

Location

EU-BE-Gent

Country

Belgium

Region

Europe

Organization

Global Industrial Gases

Business Sector / Division

Industrial Gases EMEA