Director Industrial Data and Data Processes

R10075563 Director Industrial Data and Data Processes (Ouverte)

Location

Houston, TX (HO) - Support functions - LI Corporate

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.

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Industrial Data and Data Processes at Air Liquide

The Industrial Data and Data Processes Team is responsible for the data and associated centralized control room compliance of the Industrial data platforms, including the availability and accuracy of data. This scope includes Operational Technology (OT) and business data required to effectively plan and execute the necessary Primary Production actions to support safe, compliant, and efficient supply of industrial gases and other utilities (water, steam, power, etc.) to Air Liquide's customers. The Industrial data platforms specifically include Air Liquide's SCADA (GeoSCADA) and Enterprise Historian (AVEVA PI) .

The Director Industrial Data and Data Processes is a member of Air Liquide Large Industries and reports to the VP of Energy and Operations Management. This individual is responsible for management of the level 1 and level 2 business resources who are responsible for ensuring data continuity between field industrial devices and the Industrial Data systems, in addition to ensuring data continuity between the multiple Industrial Data systems and associated applications (BVDM, LIBS, NEXUS, etc). The position is located in Houston, TX.

• Strategic Direction & Program Management : Define, develop, and execute the strategy for ensuring continuous data continuity and consistency between industrial systems and central business platforms. Oversee the entire OT data continuity program, aligning it with organizational business objectives and operational technology roadmaps.
• Governance and Policy Establishment : Establish and enforce robust governance frameworks, policies, and procedures for data acquisition, transfer, and validation from all OT systems. Ensure that data continuity practices are compliant with industry standards and internal security and operational policies.
• Incident and Crisis Management : Direct and manage the organization's response to all OT data continuity incidents impacting centralized industrial data platforms. This includes leading crisis-level transversal issue resolution, overseeing root cause analysis, and implementing long-term solutions to prevent recurrence and minimize operational impact.
• Performance and Quality Assurance : Define, track, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and service-level agreements (SLAs) related to data availability, latency, and quality. Implement a continuous improvement program to enhance system reliability and meet or exceed all established metrics.
• Cross-Functional Leadership and Collaboration : Serve as the primary senior liaison between OT field operations, central IT departments, and business units. Drive a culture of proactive collaboration to address data flow challenges, secure necessary resources, and ensure all stakeholders are aligned on priorities and solutions.
• Risk and Vulnerability Management : Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to data loss and communication failures within the OT environment. Develop and champion strategic initiatives to strengthen data resilience and reduce organizational exposure to operational and financial risk.

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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.