Hybrid Reliability Engineer, Biogas OTF

at Air Liquide

• Job title: Reliability Engineer, Biogas OTF
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $100,000 - $110,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Houston, United States

About the role

• Reliability Engineer at Air Liquide optimizing maintenance strategies, ensuring equipment uptime across multiple sites in the United States. Collaborating with teams for continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Performance Analytics: Own the M&R KPI dashboard including, Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Preventative Maintenance (PM) Compliance. You will translate raw data into actionable insights for the Manager to optimize resource allocation.
• Documentation & Procedure Support: Lead the development, control and storage of Preventative Maintenance (PM) instructions and Equipment documentation. You will ensure the documents are accurate, clear, and available for use by technicians across all sites.
• Risk Management & Process Safety : Collaborate with the EHS and Operations teams to ensure all reliability strategies align with Process Safety Management (PSM) standards, specifically focusing on Mechanical Integrity (MI) for pressure vessels, piping, and relief systems.
• Turnaround & Critical Repair Oversight: Act as the technical lead during scheduled turnarounds (TAR) and unplanned outages. You will partner with Operations to develop work scopes, oversee high-stakes repairs, and perform "quality-control" inspections to ensure equipment is returned to service in a reliable state, directly minimizing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
• Asset Criticality Updates: Lead FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis), Life Cycle Cost Analysis , and Asset Criticality rankings, to provide data-backed recommendations for maintenance and Capital Expenditure (CapEx) projects based on long-term reliability trends and total cost of ownership.
• CMMS Maintenance: Serve as the technical owner of our CMMS. You’ll ensure current data accuracy and "day-one" readiness for new plants by designing Master Asset Lists, establishing equipment hierarchies and validating equipment and maintenance data.
• Inventory & Spares Optimization: Develop and implement critical spares strategies. You’ll work with procurement and 3PL (3rd Part Logistics) to standardize and manage the spare parts inventory across all sites, ensuring high-stakes repairs never stall due to logistics.
• RCA Assistance : Act as the technical lead for complex process and equipment failures by gathering historical maintenance records, analyzing operational trends and failure data, and documenting findings to implement permanent engineering solutions.
• Condition Monitoring Coordination: Oversee third-party predictive maintenance (PdM) contractors (vibration, oil analysis, etc.) and ensure their reports are reviewed and turned into actionable insights for the onsite teams.
• Continuous Improvement & Knowledge Management : Act as the strategic bridge between field execution and long-term asset strategy. You will lead the "After Action Review" process for all major events to systematically capture technical insights. You are responsible for ensuring these "lessons learned" are codified into existing processes, standards and procedures to prevent recurrence across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or related Engineering field.
• 4+ years of experience
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and mentor junior technicians or site leads.
• Familiarity with the gas processing, oil and gas, or chemical industries.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft products, specifically Excel (data manipulation, VLOOKUPs, pivots).
• Ability to support multiple sites simultaneously and manage competing priorities from different plant teams
• Ability to travel (up to 35%)
• Work in industrial environments
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, combining strategic agility with systematic attention to detail.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Air Liquide offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start on day 1 of employment.