Job ID: 12261
Location: Bloomington, Texas
Category: Engineering & Manufacturing
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 08/04/2026
Job Description
Location: Bloomington, Tx
Description:
This position has responsibility for operating a cryogenic Air Separation Unit (ASU). The production technician is responsible for maintaining plant production, operating efficiency, regulatory compliance, and safety..
Essential Duties And Accountabilities:
- Monitors and maintains the safe operation of an Air Separation Facility which produces cryogenic products.
- Controls flow purities, pressures process using SCADA/HMI/PLC system
- Work with management to maximize production and efficiency to meet the needs of our customer base adjusting flows and production rates
- Reads and interprets technical drawings and manuals.
- Perform quality assurance functions associated with products to maintain quality assurance.
- Prepares and maintains accurate records in accordance with all safety, quality, regulatory and production requirements, such as plant readings, plant maintenance, instrument calibrations, etc
- Identifies potential problems from collected data
- Performs complex plant functions, including DERIME and warm plant start-ups.
- Performs preventive and corrective maintenance throughout the entire plant to include compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, electrical equipment, and other plant equipment.
- Responsible to troubleshoot, repair and calibrate process and system problems to restore efficient operations, including PLC, DCS, and other computer interface stations; control valves, pneumatic and electronic control equipment and instruments.
- Takes initiative to improve facility (i.e. operations, reliability, and costs) without direction.
- Performs administrative functions, i.e. requisitioning, purchasing, production accounting, and payroll record-keeping (closure of POs and receiving / time inputting)
- Safety and Regulatory Compliance Requires 100% compliance with all company safety policy and procedures, and cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) training and techniques to prevent lost time or serious injury to others.
- Maintain high degree of safety by employing safe work habits.
- Promotes and develops safe work behaviors through the use of existing policies and procedures and an emphasis on safety behavior management techniques.
- Assists with safety incident investigations, including near misses, using root cause analysis leading to recommended corrective actions to eliminate recurrences.
- Ensures applicable regulatory (OSHA, EPA, DHS) requirements are met and applicable training and recordkeeping is performed to meet departmental and location requirements.
- Quality / Technical Support Performs maintenance of instrumentation, electrical systems, compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plant equipment.
- Complies with maintenance of environmental, safety, quality assurance, and FDA compliance systems and programs including spare parts, preventive, predictive and proactive maintenance.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED), two years technical college or military technical experience and 2 plus years of operating an Air Separation Plant or related industrial experience.
- Critical thinking ability to work independently to troubleshoot, diagnose & solve issues with process and plant equipment.
- Requires the use of considerable judgment to recognize plant process problems and interpret malfunctions to make decisions accordingly.
- Requires the ability to use common hand tools and test equipment necessary for repairing and replacing mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment..
- Understand the water treatment principles and equipment a plus.
- A basic understanding of refrigeration systems a plus.
- A basic understanding of air separation and associated technologies a plus.
- Must be able to work overtime and off shifts when requested.
- Must be able to share on-call responsibilities to facilitate uninterrupted plant operation.
- Must have the ability to work alone, weekends, and holidays.
- Requires continuous mental and visual attention to operate equipment, make repairs and adjustments
