Quality Advance Process Control Program Manager

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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 2000 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 89000 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

Requisition Number: R

Job Title: Quality Advance Process Control Program Manager

City & State/Province/Country: Houston TX USA

Job Description: Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP seeks Quality Advance Process Control Program Manager to complete the job duties below. Must put job code R on resume and cover letter.

• Manage and drive the multi-year plan for quality APC program.

• This includes prioritizing projects for maximum impact and reporting on the resulting efficiencies and savings.

• Collaborate with global teams to develop new tools and share best practices.

• Implement and maintain PACE and feed forward logic designed for Air Separation and Steam Methane Reforming units.

• Work with advanced process controls for ASU (Air Separation Unit) and HyCO processes.

• Continuously develop new skills and maintain a high level of technical proficiency in a minimum of two technical areas including loop tuning instrumentation and computer networking.

• Experience with implementing feed forward logic in Delta V Foxboro and Yokogawa controls systems.

• Work closely with the Industrial Direction Process Control team and other global organizations to align on standards share lessons from quality assessments and influence the creation of new tools and processes.

• Serve as the technical lead for APC coaching and mentoring team members in the SIOC (Smart Innovative Operations Center) and operations departments.

• Provide technical support and advanced troubleshooting for low-performing APC systems.

• Manage a team of APC engineers that support over 25 assets.

• Proactively identify and resolve plant efficiency gaps. Use digital tools and data models to analyze system performance and advise teams on actions to improve economic performance.

• Build stakeholder acceptance and understanding of APC applications by training and communicating with operations plant management and other key stakeholders.

• Maintain project documentation including scope descriptions and control narratives.

• Utilize various digital tools data models and communication protocols (DOE OPC Suitelink) to perform job duties.

Are you a MATCH

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in Chemical Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Minimum Experience:24 monthsof Advanced Process Controls Experience and Air Separation Process Technology; experience inprogrammablecontrolsystem specification configuration networking commissioning and technical support with a mix of control systems and DCSsystems;experiencewith installing andmaintainingAdvance Process Controls programs specifically PACE and feed forward logic desired; proven use with Delta VYokogawaand Foxboro DCS systems; experience managing controls engineeringpersonneland project management experience.

Special requirements: Available 24/7 as needed by OCC with ability to be on call and can be consulted outside of normal working hours by OCC operations plant operations and Management.

Travel requirements: 30% of domestic travel.

Worksite: 9811 Katy Freeway Houston Texas 77024

PLEASE NOTE: Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP will not accept resumes from third party vendors. Any resumes received from an agency through this website will be considered free of any fees or changes.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Everyone will be considered for employment promotions transfers and other conditions of employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin physical or mental disabilities age Vietnam era veteran status disabled veteran status separated veterans Armed Forces service medal veterans other protected veterans marital status sexual orientation political affiliation or any other basis prohibited by state or federal law.

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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.