Analyzer Technician

Linde is seeking an Analyzer Technician to join the team in the Taylor, Tx area. This position will report to the Taylor ASU Facility Superintendent and will work with regional Reliability Team to achieve reliability goals.

• This role will provide technical execution of installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting tasks on relevant instrumentation, controls, analytical, electrical and mechanical systems for ASU’s, hydrogen electrolyzers, backup systems, purifier buildings and associated equipment to continuously supply quality product safely, complying with all environmental regulations and daily customer requirements.
• This role will operate bulk gas plants, electrolyzers and purifiers as needed.

• Understand and adhere to company safety work policies and operating practices. Report safety incidents and near misses.
• Assist in commissioning and starting up of facility analyzers and analytical system components, including associated cylinders, tubing, purifiers, sample pumps, controls, dilution systems, and analyzer suites.
• Troubleshoot problems and assist in performing corrective maintenance on analyzers and analytical system components.
• Identify and assist in Assist in commissioning and startup of facility bulk gas purification systems including gas purifiers and filtration systems.
• Analytical maintenance and troubleshooting of process analyzers, including GC’s.
• Calibration and proper documentation for QA analyzers
• Maintain cylinder inventory and replace cylinders on analytical equipment.
• Generate energy control plans, perform lock-out tag-out, correctly and safely permit maintenance work, and oversee contractors as necessary.
• Safely troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all rotating equipment and associated mechanical systems including compressors, pumps, fans, and valves.
• Troubleshoot problems and assist facilities in performing corrective maintenance and preventative maintenance on purification system components at ultra-high purity installations.
• Read, interpret and maintain (as needed) P&IDs and schematic wiring diagrams in compliance with SOP’s, QA, and MOC policies.
• Plan, schedule, coordinate and execute major installations, maintenance activities, calibration, testing and validation of industrial instrumentation and analyzer systems including:
• Control valves and related actuators & positioners
• Older vintage hard-wired instrument systems
• Modern transmitter-based instrument systems
• Product Purity Analyzers including Gas Chromatographs, Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy (CRDS), Paramagnetic, and Coulometric analyzers.
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLC/ DCS systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot electrical systems and equipment (