MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

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.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for investigating plant mechanical problems and perform routine and corrective maintenance tasks.

Also, perform major maintenance work as required during turnarounds.

• Zero personal first aid / injuries
• Understand the safe work permit practices and comply with requirements
• Participate in the Air Liquide safety programs
• Comply with all ALA policies including Responsible Care
• Investigate plant mechanical problems
• Perform routine and corrective maintenance tasks
• Perform major maintenance work as required during turnarounds
• Assists zone / national personnel with precision mechanical work as required
• Repair and overhaul pumps
• Plan mechanical jobs as directed by supervision
• Document critical measurements in the field
• Participate in the optimization of mechanical PMs
• Correct issues found through the PdM program
• Maintain equipment records in both electronic and written form
• Assist Maintenance Coordinator in maintaining equipment manuals
• Understand utilizing the maintenance center and corporate standards
• Perform routine inspections on equipment; promote equipment rounds
• Identify corrective maintenance items and write WOs
• Personal commitment to reliability improvement
• Exemplify ownership of plant and equipment with regard to housekeeping and reliability respectively
• Improve PM details and job plans following proper procedure
• Assist zone in achieving safety, availability and reliability goals
• Take precise measurements, perform precision alignment, generate necessary reports
• Participate in turnaround activities at other locations
• Contribute to team building and sharing of lessons learned
• Maintain and expect high housekeeping standard
• Manage site equipment lubrication
• Record and interpret machinery vibrations

Are you a MATCH?

• High school diploma or GED required
• 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.

• 8+ years mechanical maintenance experience
• Valid Driver's License
• Millwright experience rebuilding small pumps, changing bearings / seals, pump alignment, etc.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Can travel for extended periods of time (1 to 7 days), with little advance notice
• Able and willing to meet on-call requirements, including holidays
• Knowledgeable in safe work practices, safety procedures and other safety requirements
• Experience with maintaining compressors, pumps and other rotating equipment
• Able to interpret critical measurements and make recommendations to supervision
• Knowledge of critical hold points during assembly and disassembly for quality, inspection and documentation
• Welding experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to use Google software (Mail, Drive, Docs, Sheets)
• Knowledge in the proper methods of locking out and isolating equipment
• Qualified in operation of the forklift, manlift and overhead crane

Our Differences make our Performance

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.