Lead Engineer Electrical

At Air Products we reimagine whats possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter we create solutions that launch people into space support lifesaving care in hospitals and enable the construction of groundbreaking world scale production facilities.

Reimagine Whats Possible

In this role youll improve the reliability and safe operation of high-voltage electrical distribution equipment rotating machinery and power system protection across our North America facilities.

Youll lead fixing and root-cause efforts turn analysis into practical maintenance and engineered solutions and help standardize guidelines that reduce repeat failures and unplanned downtime.

Your primary work location is our Texas City plant with periodic travel (approximately 1520%) to support other North America sites as needed.

At Air Products we develop a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally we offer competitive pay and phenomenal benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation holidays sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products) Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

• Provide technical support to field teams for high-voltage distribution equipment and high-voltage motors/generators.
• Solve electrical equipment issues and coordinate technical response across Air Products facilities.
• Supervise vendor shop repairs of high-voltage motors and equipment to verify quality and workmanship.
• Document critical work with repair reports to support traceability and long-term equipment history.
• Develop engineered solutions to eliminate recurring electrical issues.
• Improve plant reliability by trending performance data and updating maintenance procedures.
• Lead and participate in root-cause analyses (RCA) and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Develop and complete predictive and preventive maintenance strategies for critical electrical assets.
• Apply internal and national standards when specifying maintaining and repairing electrical equipment.
• Review and approve engineering documents for plant upgrades and reliability projects.
• Train coach and mentor technicians and operations staff on safe operation and preventive maintenance of electrical systems.
• Ensure all work aligns with Safety and Environmental standards and supports a strong safety culture.
• Maintain company electrical safe work practice standards aligned with industry standards and recommended procedures.
• Perform power system studies including motor starting/voltage drop short-circuit arc-flash and load-flow analyses.
• Program protective relays using settings developed from system studies and validate performance through event analysis.

• Deliver all objectives safely and achieve 100% compliance with Air Products safety requirements.
• Minimum 10 years of electrical engineering experience including operations and maintenance in large industrial plants.
• Experience handling an electrical safety program including detailed knowledge of NFPA 70E.
• In-depth experience with SKM PowerTools for Windows engineering software.
• In-depth experience with SEL and Multilin protective relays including programming and event analysis.
• Experience specifying and supporting HV substations and associated equipment (transformers; HV/LV motors and generators; motor control circuits; VFDs; station batteries; and UPS systems).
• Experience in the operation and maintenance of synchronous generators and the associated control and protection systems
• Experience with NERC standards and compliance for a generating facility.
• Ability to travel in North America (1520%).

• Active Texas PE license.
• Safety training certification such as NFPA CESCP
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs for large complex processes.
• Working knowledge of industrial process control systems such as PLCs DCS systems and associated instrumentation.

Join Air Products where we proudly value the skills dedication and leadership that veterans bring to the table. As a veteran-friendly organization we actively encourage and welcome veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the unique strengths and experiences that veterans contribute and we foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.

#LI-LA1

#INDCOR

Founded in 1940 Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation operational excellence with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine whats possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers our communities and the world.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin age citizenship gender marital status pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity and expression disability or veteran status.

Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application please e-mail us at General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather youll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.