Production 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 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.

At Air Liquide we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.

Air Liquide is hiring for a Production Manager in Longview, TX.

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  Two year associates degree in a technical field OR equivalent related operations experience required in lieu of a degree AND 10+ years years technical knowledge and/or work experience & understanding of plant process; POX, amine CO2 recovery, ASU, membrane, steam and condensate systems. 

• Technical and working understanding of Partial Oxidation, syngas production and subsystems.

• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for operating plants, including Process Safety Management, OSHA regulations, Environmental Regulations and state and local requirements.

• Solid foundation in technical fundamentals and operations to accept/apply/challenge external technical recommendations

• Trained in process safety elements and process safety management

• Knowledgeable and trained in root cause analysis

• Able to remotely access intranet and utilize internal systems such as Intelex, PI, Maximo® and Oracle

• Trainable on Distributed Process Control (DCS) operation and troubleshooting (Delta V, Foxboro, Triconex and PI)

• Able to deliver and explain training material to operating personnel.

• Extremely organized; effective at time management

• Able to establish/maintain a plant filing system, control of engineering documents;  ability to read/red-line key operating documents

• Displays mechanical and electrical aptitude for equipment operation/troubleshooting

• Working knowledge of commercial agreements and AL customer relations

• Excellent communication, team leadership skills

• General understanding of accounting principles; working knowledge of plant operating budget

• Knowledgeable in general maintenance management processes/procedures including work management, planning and scheduling, PM/PdM compliance and TAR planning

• Knowledgeable in capital process including ACE submittal, simple economic analysis

• Ability to work extended hours/shift work as business needs dictate; on call nights, weekends, holidays as required

• Infrequent travel; typically 3-5 trips per year 

• Willing to relocate for promotional opportunity

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.