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INTRODUCTION

The science of electronics is transforming exponentially through innovation and connectivity around the planet. Every day, breakthroughs are making technologies – from micro-processors, memory chips and flat panels to photovoltaic cells – even smaller and more powerful, opening up countless new possibilities in how the world lives, works and connects. Air Liquide Advanced Materials grows by enabling our customers to innovate. Our ALOHA™ and Voltaix® products are critical to the manufacturer of the newest computer chips required for Big Data and the Internet of Things.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To transform and improve our holistic performance across the organization we are committed to the pursuit of attracting, strengthening and developing the global talent pool of ALAM. To this effect, we are seeking dynamic professionals to join ALAM as Senior Reliability Engineer in the Reliability Domain of Industrial Management function globally (US and APAC).

The Senior Reliability Engineer will be a technical pioneer and mentor for ensuring the long-term integrity and performance of critical assets within ALAM manufacturing facilities. In the high-stakes environment of semiconductor chemical production, equipment uptime and precision are essential to our success. This position will create alignment between maintenance, operations, and capital projects, applying advanced reliability methodologies to mitigate risk and optimize lifecycle costs. This global role reports to the Reliability Engineering Manager (based in US) covering all the sites of ALAM in US and APAC. Preferred locations for the role are US (Branchburg, New Jersey), South Korea (Hwaseong, Gyeonggi) or Taiwan (Taichung).

Air Liquide is Hiring for a Senior Reliability Engineer!

We are looking for YOU!

Salary Range $125k - $135k

Bonus: 8% Annual

Travel: Up to 20% based on business needs

Work schedule: Hybrid 3 - 2

Recruiter: Nardia Francis / nardia.francis@airliquide.com / 908-304-5008

Key Responsibilities:

The Project Reliability Engineer works with all functions in the business, notably Engineering, Operations, Product Management and R&D (Chemistry Technology Development and Process Development), and is responsible for:

Project Reliability Strategy & Design:

• Facilitate and guide Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) sessions for new capital projects and existing high-criticality systems.
• Evaluate equipment design & layouts during the design phase for accessibility and maintainability and provide recommended design changes for identified improvements.
• Provide technical guidance to project teams in the identification of potential reliability concerns and design changes to improve all process reliability.
• Complete critical spare needs evaluations for new capital projects. Assist in quoting, procurement and tracking of critical spares.
• Develop initial inspection, testing and maintenance plans, including frequencies and required tasks, for all assets in new capital projects.
• Compile critical asset data for new projects and format for entry in CMMS (Computerized Maintenance System).
• Develop Process Capacity Mapping and initial project acceptance criteria for all new projects.

Existing Operations Support:

• Investigate and analyze plant equipment failures by collecting failure causes, process data and equipment information. Develop and recommend solutions in design, maintenance procedures or equipment selections.
• Guide Root Cause Analysis into critical equipment failures. Use data-driven methods to identify systemic issues, implement permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence and leverage the lessons learned to similar equipment globally.

Asset Lifecycle Cost:

• Develop approaches for projecting asset lifecycle costs beginning in the design stages through asset end of life.
• Use KPI (e.g. Equipment Availability (uptime), Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)), historical data and industry standards to inform and guide decisions on equipment selection.

Technical Mentorship:

• Provide supportive guidance to junior engineers and maintenance technicians. Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for equipment selection to ensure reliability. Support Plant Operations & Maintenance functions by providing technical guidance on equipment operation and maintenance procedures as priorities and opportunities allow.

Global Support:

• Position will be required to provide remote support to all ALAM projects globally which will require guiding and participating in technical discussions outside of normal business hours.
• Infrequent travel to international locations may be required.

ARE YOU A MATCH?

Required Experience/ Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years in a reliability or maintenance engineering role within a heavy industrial environment (Semiconductor, Fine Chemical preferred).
• Experience in facilitating FMEA (AIAG-VGA method preferred).
• Experience developing maintenance procedures.
• Experience in generation of critical spare part recommendations based on failure analysis.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.
• Willing to have remote cross-continental meetings (between US and APAC), especially during critical phases of projects.
• Proficiency in CMMS (eMaint, SAP, Maximo).

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.