H2 Pipeline Maintenance Manager

Location

La Porte, TX - 11450 W Fairmont Pkwy - HYCO

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.

As the H2PL Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for sustaining the long-term maintenance strategy across all H2PL production facilities. This key leadership role reports directly to the H2PL Director of Operations. We are seeking an experienced and capable leader to drive our maintenance culture to world class status. This role requires strong collaboration with Operations, Field Sourcing, Reliability, and HSES teams.

Maintenance coordinators at each facility will report directly to this position.

• Support and comply with all Air Liquide Safety, Health and Environmental procedures/policies
• Work with all site maintenance coordinators & managers directly to embed asset and work management principles.
• Coordinate all maintenance activities with the plant managers as well as the H2PL Operations Director.
• Maintains all necessary regulatory requirements.
• Provides support for all regulatory training and maintains documentation.
• Actively participate and lead the implementation of the day to day T-7 weeks maintenance planning process & ensure sustainable use thereof for all H2PL plants.
• Monitor, track and continuously improve on maintenance strategy implementation and execution
• Report and investigate all incidents and ensure corrective actions are complete.
• Lead and coordinate maintenance activities at the different H2PL sites.
• Lead the Maximo utilization effort as well as asset and work management practices.
• Monthly reporting to the Operations Director as well as Maintenance Director
• Contribute to all performance evaluations, hiring, promotions and assignments for day to day maintenance personnel.
• Manages local exceptional maintenance and escalates to National Maintenance when necessary
• Ensures proper documentation of work within Maximo
  -Review vendor repair, test & inspection reports communicating results summary to affected plants.
• Work with the National Warehouse and National maintenance to identify strategic (Inventory Supply Request) ISR's.
• Engages subject matter experts to direct and oversee vendor shop repairs; ensure highest quality work and adherence to Air Liquide standards.
• Maintain compliance of PM program and ensure follow up work is performed and documented.
• Ensures coordinators complete plant based major maintenance activities on schedule and budget.
• Participates in and understands the R&M budgeting process. Participate in the development of annual maintenance schedule, budget and turnaround plans.
• Utilizes and adheres to the corporate technical standards.
• Works with national warehouse to assure spare parts stocking.
• Ensures maintenance coordinators work closely with site personnel and contractors; monitor contractor work quality and costs.
• Ensures maintenance teams are keeping up with equipment manuals.

• Meets or exceeds company safety standards.
• Ensures all day to day maintenance is completed in compliance with the Safe Work Permit process.
• Accountable for efficient execution of the Maintenance Management Process.
• Monitors, trends, and reports on the effectiveness of MMP through KPIs. Works with the Maintenance analyst and Maximo team to ensure accuracy of KPIs.
• Keeps Maintenance documentation current, including equipment files and manuals, job plans, and Maximo records.
• Assists with equipment troubleshooting as required and dispatches teams as needed for the same.
• Establishes clear delegation of this authority to trained subordinates.
• Partners with the Plant Managers and Zone Directors to execute predictive and preventive maintenance to eliminate catastrophic failures and unplanned maintenance.
• Sets and maintains high housekeeping standards to exemplify and improve the Air Liquide image.
• Adheres to Management of Change procedure.
• Partners with the TAR maintenance teams to ensure that support to and from each team is appropriately sourced as needed.

• Models exemplary safety behavior, leads by personal example.
• Actively champions the Maintenance Management Process and leads by example in…