Process Performance Engineer

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Company Profile

Airgas (Air Liquide company) is a leading supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, hard goods/related products, safety products, ammonia products, and process chemicals.

Job Profile

The company is hiring a Process Performance Engineer who will design innovative solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of the organization.

Requires a deep understanding of both the technical aspects of APC technologies and air separation operation and the practical considerations of project execution.

Conducts thorough analyses of existing processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement, ultimately crafting solutions that enhance operational performance.

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical, mechanical, or similar engineering field or equivalent work experience

Work Experience

• Minimum 4 years of process industry experience working with air separation units (work as process or controls engineer preferred)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Conduct Weekly Meetings: Organize and conduct weekly review meetings with key project team members to track progress and address any emerging challenges or opportunities.
• Coordinate with Experts: Collaborate with local and international experts to ensure that APC implementation is aligned with Quality-APC (Q-APC) expectations and standards.
• Define and Maintain Schedule: Help define and maintain project schedules and budgets, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Documentation Maintenance: Keep all documentation organized and accessible for future reference and compliance audits.
• Evaluate Impact: Analyze the potential impact of proposed APC applications on overall process performance.
• Identify Critical Activities: Identify and outline critical activities required for project success and collaborate across functions to support project requirements.
• Identify Improvement Opportunities: Utilize air separation process expertise to identify and recommend opportunities where APC applications can enhance process efficiency, operational consistency, and the performance of the base process control layer.
• Knowledge Sharing: Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices among team members and stakeholders.
• Oversee Key Activities: Monitor critical activities related to regulatory loop tuning, step testing, identification of key variables, model definition, and model implementation.
• Scope and Cost Estimation: Assist in developing detailed project scopes, cost estimates, and economic benefit analyses for APC projects.
• Seamless Closeout of Projects: Ensure a seamless closeout of open projects by maintaining accurate project documentation and ensuring it is subject to review by relevant stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with APC software and deployment desired (Yokogawa PACE is desirable)

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Knowledge of regulatory control tuning (desired)

Employer’s Statement

Airgas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.