AGAS Production Technician ASU (USA)

Job Title: AGAS Production Technician ASU 
Job Location - Bloomington, TX
Duration - 12 Months

12 hour shifts, 48 hours / week. 

Job Summary

This position is responsible for operating a cryogenic Air Separation Unit (ASU). The production technician is tasked with maintaining plant production, operating efficiency, regulatory compliance, and safety.

Essential Duties and Accountabilities

• Operate the Air Separation Unit, perform daily rounds, and assist in truck loading.
• Perform water sampling and testing.
• Monitor and maintain the safe operation of an Air Separation Facility which produces cryogenic products.
• Control flow purities, pressures, and processes using SCADA/HMI/PLC systems.
• Work with management to maximize production and efficiency to meet customer needs, adjusting flows and production rates as necessary.
• Read and interpret technical drawings and manuals.
• Perform quality assurance functions to maintain product quality.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records in accordance with safety, quality, regulatory, and production requirements, such as plant readings, plant maintenance, and instrument calibrations.
• Identify potential problems from collected data.
• Perform complex plant functions, including DERIME and warm plant start-ups.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on plant equipment, including compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and electrical equipment.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate process and system problems to restore efficient operations, including PLC, DCS, and other computer interface stations; control valves, and pneumatic and electronic control equipment and instruments.
• Take initiative to improve facility operations, reliability, and costs without direction.
• Perform administrative functions, such as requisitioning, purchasing, production accounting, and payroll record-keeping (closure of POs and receiving/time inputting).

Safety and Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure 100% compliance with all client safety policies and procedures, and cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) training and techniques to prevent lost time or serious injury to others.
• Maintain a high degree of safety by employing safe work habits.
• Promote and develop safe work behaviors through existing policies and procedures and client safety behavior management techniques.
• Assist with safety incident investigations, including near misses, using root cause analysis leading to recommended corrective actions to eliminate recurrences.
• Ensure applicable regulatory (OSHA, EPA, DHS) requirements are met and applicable training and recordkeeping is performed to meet departmental and location requirements.

Quality / Technical Support

• Perform maintenance of instrumentation, electrical systems, compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plant equipment.
• Comply with maintenance of environmental, safety, quality assurance, and FDA compliance systems and programs including spare parts, preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), two years technical college or military technical experience, and 2 plus years of operating an Air Separation Plant or related industrial experience.
• Critical thinking ability to work independently to troubleshoot, diagnose, and solve issues with process and plant equipment.
• Requires the use of considerable judgment to recognize plant process problems and interpret malfunctions to make decisions accordingly.
• Requires the ability to use common hand tools and test equipment necessary for repairing and replacing mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment.
• Water Treatment: Understanding of water treatment principles and equipment is a plus.
• Refrigeration: Basic understanding of refrigeration systems is a plus.
• Air Separation: Basic understanding of air separation and associated technologies is a plus.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to work overtime and off shifts when requested.
• Must be able to share on-call responsibilities to facilitate uninterrupted plant operation.
• Must have the ability to work alone, weekends, and holidays.
• Requires continuous mental and visual attention to operate equipment, make repairs, and adjustments.