Why Messer?

Messer is the world's largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.

The true strength of Messer is our people-at every level and in every role.

Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.

Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to production management for capital projects, turnarounds, relief programs, and performance monitoring and improvement programs.
• Coordinate with the Remote Operations Center (ROC) and central engineering teams to address efficiency and throughput gaps.
• You will be challenged to maintain reliability efforts to increase reliability and decrease unplanned downtime costs while diagnosing plant issues and trends to provide engineering solutions.
• Collaboratively conduct investigations and troubleshooting in conjunction with SMEs as it relates to process safety events, plant issues, incidents, nuisance alarms and alarm management.
• Provide operational support for plant shutdowns, startup and outages/turnarounds. Participate in both planning and execution to ensure successful completion of critical work scope
• Identify potential projects which can create cost savings and/or increases in productivity.
• Work closely with plant leaders to develop projects in the medium and long-term productivity pipeline, aligned with the region strategy.
• Be responsible for engineering management of change process at plant, including required process safety management aspects including pre-start-up safety review and execution.
• Increase people capabilities in assigned area by providing process training to stakeholders.
• Oversight and ownership of the environmental and water treatment programs.
• Support site hydrocarbon risk assessments with our process engineering group.
• Zone owner of process & instrumentation diagrams (P&ID's), electrical single line diagrams, trip & interlock lists, alarm databases and programmable logic controller input/output lists (PLC IO lists). Be the acting Zone Production Supervisor or Manager when leader is absent.
• Availability for On-call duty and other hours support as required

Qualifications

• Leadership, communication, facilitation, interpersonal, analytical and MS-Office (especially Excel) skills.
• Knowledgeable of operations bulk and tonnage organization and business processes.
• Experience with process equipment; P&IDs, process piping, pressure vessels, instrumentation/controls, process safety reviews (HAZOP) and LOPA
• Highly motivated and able to self-direct
• Travel, as required by the role (25-50%).

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Required Qualifications

• Two years' experience in manufacturing, reliability, supply chain and/or industrial gas industry is preferred.
• Experience in operational excellence, lean/six sigma a plus.

About Messer:

Messer's safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.

We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization - the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.

If you need assistance with the application or would like to request accommodation, call (877) 243-1030.