Veterans Preferred - Process Performance Engineer

Company: Airgas
Location: Independence
Posted on: January 21, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10056112 Process Performance Engineer (Open)

Location:
Independence, OH - Rockside Woods Blvd - Management - AMG-Corp

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Airgas is HIRING!

Airgas is Hiring for a Process Performance Engineer in Independence, OH!

At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity. We are invested in cultivating a dynamic and inclusive culture.

We are looking for YOU!

• Onsite at: 6055 Rockside Woods Blvd N, Independence, OH 44131
  
• Schedule: Hybrid, 3 days onsite & 2 days remote
  
• Reports to: SIO Program Manager
  
• Travel: minimal, less than 10%
  
• Strong passion for fostering an environment of Diversity, Inclusion and Respect.
  
• Experience with developing, contributing, and supporting Airgas' commitment to a World Class Service, exceeding customer expectations and building brand loyalty.
  
  
  Benefits We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays.
  
  We provide a progressive parental leave package for our Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children. Birth mothers receive 14 weeks of leave at 100% pay, while other eligible associates receive up to 2 weeks of birth partner leave.
  
  Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
  
  Recruiter: Laura Brewer / laura.brewer@airgas.com / 832-954-4791
  
  How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
  
  Job Description Summary: The ASU Process Performance Engineer plays a pivotal role in the realm of Advanced Process Control (APC) by not only designing innovative solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of the organization but also overseeing their effective implementation. This multifaceted position requires a deep understanding of both the technical aspects of APC technologies and air separation operation and the practical considerations of project execution. During the design phase, the engineer conducts thorough analyses of existing processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement, ultimately crafting solutions that enhance operational performance.
  
  • 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.
    
  • Evaluate Impact: Analyze the potential impact of proposed APC applications on overall process performance.
    
  • Scope and Cost Estimation: Assist in developing detailed project scopes, cost estimates, and economic benefit analyses for APC projects.
    
  • Identify Critical Activities: Identify and outline critical activities required for project success and collaborate across functions to support project requirements.
    
  • Define and Maintain Schedule: Help define and maintain project schedules and budgets, ensuring alignment with project goals.
    
  • Oversee Key Activities: Monitor critical activities related to regulatory loop tuning, step testing, identification of key variables, model definition, and model implementation.
    
  • Coordinate with Experts: Collaborate with local and international experts to ensure that APC implementation is aligned with Quality-APC (Q-APC) expectations and standards.
    
  • Knowledge Sharing: Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices among team members and stakeholders.
    
  • Conduct Weekly Meetings: Organize and conduct weekly review meetings with key project team members to track progress and address any emerging challenges or opportunities.
    
  • 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.
    
  • Documentation Maintenance: Keep all documentation organized and accessible for future reference and compliance audits.
    
    
    ________________________
    
    Are you a MATCH?
    
    Required Qualifications
    
    
    • Bachelor's degree in chemical, mechanical, or similar engineering field or equivalent work experience
      
    • Minimum 4 years of process industry experience working with air separation units (work as process or controls engineer preferred)
      
      
      Preferred Qualifications
      
      • Experience with APC software and deployment desired (Yokogawa PACE is desirable)
        
      • Knowledge of regulatory control tuning desired
        
        
        Recruiter: Laura Brewer / laura.brewer@airgas.com / 832-954-4791
        
        ________________________
        
        We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
        
        We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
        
        Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
        
        _________________________
        
        Your differences enhance our performance
        
        At Airgas, we are committed to building 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 race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. 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.
        
        _________________________
        
        Equal Employment Opportunity Information
        
        We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
        
        Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
        
        Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .
        
        _________________________
        
        California Privacy Notice

Keywords: Airgas, Detroit , Veterans Preferred - Process Performance Engineer, Engineering , Independence, Michigan