Production Technician Iii

Global Helium is seeking a Helium Bulk Production Technician III to join our team located in Freeport, TX. The Helium Bulk Production Technician III is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of a helium processing, purification, and distribution site. The Helium Bulk Production Technician III must be proficient in plant operations to achieve key measurables including safety, production, quality, and continuous improvement. The Helium Bulk Production Technician III must maintain process awareness and communication with feedstock provider in OSHA PSM facility, while producing refined product timely and to customer specifications. 

Responsibilities

• The Production Tech III is responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
• Committed to personal safety and environmental accountability
• Safe handling of hazardous materials (liquid & gaseous helium)
• Perform duties; as trained; under minimal supervision, and in diverse weather conditions
• Accurately completes documentation such as timesheets, work orders, hazard work permits and regulatory reports/inspections
• Maintains facility appearance and safety through good housekeeping practices and conducts routine inspection of equipment and facilities
• Fill liquid & gas helium bulk containers to our QMS (quality management system) standards.
• Operate a yard tractor
• Participates in and successfully completes training programs, risk management reviews, and safety meetings required to comply with state and federal regulations and company policy
• Reviews and follows procedures as necessary to ensure compliance of all company and industry standards to meet all regulatory agency requirements
• Performs Startup, Shutdown, and operation of various equipment, for example: compressors, cryogenic liquefier, purification skids, product analyzers and more
• Product composition and quality sampling and testing, and routine inspection and calibration of associated equipment
• Must understand and be able to interpret P&ID, PID Process controls and Instrumentation
• Troubleshoot process upsets
• Troubleshoot control valve issues
• Other duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required
• Valid Driver's License and acceptable driving record
• 5 years experience in an industrial plant environment required
• 5 years Operations/Distribution/Quality experience
• Proficient at Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Working knowledge of Hazardous Work Permits, Lock out Tag out, and Management of Change
• OSHA Process Safety Management experience desired
• Quality management experience in an environment with a focus on process control and continuous improvement, preferably in the ISO framework
• Communication and Collaboration skills - Both verbally and in writing with managers, colleagues, and customers
• Ability to work 12hr day shifts (4-3,3-4), which include weekends, and holidays
• Rotating "On-Call" responsibility (Nights)
• Ability to travel (10%)
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to travel and visit Plants.  The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies, and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.  

The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements, and emissions reductions. For more information about the company, please visit our website at www.lindeus.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.