Reliability Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Identifies and resolves risks to Air Liquide's production and business operations.
• Coaches site personnel on equipment best practices and analyzes maintenance data to enhance plant availability and asset uptime.
• Ensures successful solution implementation and collaborates with the Reliability team, Subject Matter Experts, and Plant Management to develop strategies that minimize reliability incidents and their associated costs.
• Implements continuous improvement strategies and provides constructive feedback on the Air Liquide programs and initiatives.
• Fulfills responsibilities as a Technical Expert in reliability and maintenance.
• Follows governmental rules and engineering standards (API, ASME, ANSI, NBIC, NFPA, etc).
• Reads and interprets company industrial/quality standards and local documents.
• Leads and/or participates in RCA (Root Cause Analysis) investigations.
• Utilizes and understands Enterprise Asset Management system (Maximo).
• Identifies reliability threats and drives improvements for the top 10 threats to production.
• Owns the reliability performance of the facility that they are supporting.
• Ensures equipment technologies and maintenance strategies are applied uniformly throughout the facility.
• Reviews and optimizes predictive and preventive Work Orders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering with 5 years of related reliability engineering, operations or maintenance & reliability activities required.
• Extensive working knowledge of machinery, process equipment and associated reliability or maintenance practices.
• Able to work self-directed and make sound decisions.
• Able to travel as required.
• Provides 24/7 production support as needed during turnaround periods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior industrial gas experience.
• Maintenance Engineering experience with typical petrochemical plant equipment.
• Detailed knowledge of Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent Practical And Theoretical Mechanical Skills (Primary Discipline).
• Cross-Functional Discipline Experience a plus (Operations, Rotating Equipment, Electrical (HV, MV, LV) and /or Instrumentation).
• Experience In Google, MS And Other Software Applications.

Physical Requirements

• Physical range of motion required to climb/descend ladders, work off elevated platforms/surfaces at heights above 50 feet; inspect equipment in high elevation areas (cooling tower fans, gearboxes, Fin Fans, compressor decks, etc).
• Has full range of motion; ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Able to enter confined spaces for inspection/testing while wearing fall restraint and respirators.
• Able to travel as needed and on short notice if necessary.
• Can be consulted 24/7 by Operations and Industrial Direction Departments.