VIE - Product Optimization Engineer (M/F/D)

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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.

The Product Optimization Engineer supports Air Liquide Large Industries by applying engineering and analytical expertise to improve energy efficiency, enhance production planning, and enable data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:
Develop and improve business processes, analytical models, and digital tools to optimize production performance and reduce variable costs.
Design, implement, and maintain analysis tools, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics that enable data-driven decisions.
Provide insightful analyses of operational, energy, and financial data to support key business decisions.
Collaborate effectively with Operations, Planning, and Management teams to ensure consistent project alignment and successful delivery.
Enhance existing data visualization and reporting platforms (e.g., Power BI, PI Vision) to support real-time performance monitoring.

Learning Opportunity:
This position offers the opportunity to gain in-depth exposure to a matrix organization within a global industrial leader. The role provides practical experience in large-scale energy and production optimization, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.

Why Join Us?
This position offers the opportunity to gain in-depth exposure to a matrix organization within a global industrial leader. The role provides practical experience in large-scale energy and production optimization, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.

Education:
- Chemical Engineering (Data Analytics or Project Management focus)

Soft and Hard Skills Must Have:
- Ability to accurately manage and analyze large quantities of data
- Demonstrated project planning and management experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Solution/outcome oriented in an environment with limited oversight
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders & leadership
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
- Ability to tackle more open ended/less focused problems

Soft and Hard Skills Nice to Have:
- Knowledge of business intelligence tools a plus (PowerBI, PI Vision, etc)
- Python proficiency

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.