Commissioning and Startup Electrical / Instrument & Controls Engineer

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Reimagine What's Possible

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases, has an immediate opening for aCommissioning and Startup Electrical / Instrument & Controls Engineer.

This position reports to the Global HYCO Director of Commissioning and Startup. The Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) Manager provides leadership and technical expertise for commissioning and start-up activities across industrial capital projects ranging from several million to over $1B. The role requires a subject matter expert in electrical construction and commissioning, with demonstrated success in leading teams, developing processes, and implementing strategies to ensure safe, high-quality installation, commissioning, and start-up of low, medium, and high-voltage electrical and instrumented systems for industrial capital projects, in addition to having knowledge in Instrument and Controls for the above. The E&I Manager collaborates closely with commissioning teams, Product Delivery Organization Electrical Engineering, Operations Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls Engineering, and construction teams to deliver projects efficiently and safely.

This position will provide leadership, experience, and oversight to identify and implement work processes, industry standards, training, and overall competency development of the electrical and instrumentation commissioning team within the Global HYCO Product Delivery Organization Commissioning & Startup group.

The ideal candidate will have extensive industrial electrical engineering experience as well as construction and commissioning experience in oil, gas, power, chemical, or similar process industries along with a proven track record of implementing industry safe practices, and familiar in Instrument and Controls installation and troubleshooting.

What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check-out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Highly cross functional, requiring effective relationships and influence within Gardner and
• Leadership, passion, and mindset for driving safety, health, and well-being culture, value of risk identification and avoidance, continuous improvement, value of tools and work processes, industry standards, and vision of construction strategies that deliver overall project execution and safety performance.
• Collaborate closely with PDO functional electrical engineering, instrument and controls engineering, and operations teams, along with 3rd party customers on integrated and advanced electrical / instrument commissioning engineering, design and planning.
• Provide direct electrical engineering support for projects actively in electrical commissioning and startup, assisting field Q-EC electrical technicians with relay programming, motor starting, electrical equipment issues, evaluation of electrical test results, interpretation of installation drawings, standards & codes, electrical safety standards & codes, and acceptance testing standards & codes.
• Provide instrument and controls guidance on installations, commissioning, and troubleshooting instrumented systems, following the Air Products standards and work processes.
• Ability to implement electrical and instrumentation construction and commissioning best work processes and work with 3rd party vendors to support resource demands.
• Develop electrical construction packages and E&I contracting strategies.
• Assist with the managing, training, and mentoring of the Air Products' qualified electrical commissioning (Q-EC) competency program.
• Assist in managing, training, and mentoring Air Products instrument technicians through the instrument technician competency program.
• Coordinate FATs, equipment acceptance testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning, energization, and functional testing procedures with vendors of new electrical equipment (i.e. LCI drives, high-voltage VFDs, H2 electrolyzers, partial discharge equipment, etc.).
• Experience with high-voltage energy isolations (HVEIC) as author, reviewer, person executing the isolation & performing switching, as well as removal of isolations.
• Coordinate FAT's for process interface buildings (PIB's) and analyzer buildings.

Minimum Hiring Requirements:

• Minimum of 15 years (total) of electrical field, design, and engineering experience.
• An Electrical Engineering degree is required.
• Proven experience with electrical construction management, electrical acceptance testing, electrical commissioning & functional testing, and equipment energization
• Familiar with instrument construction management, instrument acceptance testing (loop checking), instrument and controls commissioning, functional testing, and validation, and equipment energization
• Proven record of success in safety, environmental, quality and employee involvement.
• Demonstrated strong commitment to employee involvement, leadership, team building and diversity.
• Approx. 35-60% travel to active sites, projects, and equipment inspections/FATs.

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At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visitAbout Air Products.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

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