Coordenador De Projetos - Automação & OT

Hello, candidate! At Air Liquide, we value inclusion and diversity, so we are pleased to inform you that you are participating in an anonymous selection process, meaning that no personal information will be available. Your assessment will be based on your technical skills and, later, in your behavioral interview. Please fill out all fields of your application with as much detail as possible, remembering that this is essential for your assessment in the anonymous selection process.

About Air Liquide

Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages the energy and environmental transition, healthcare changes and digitalization, and delivers greater value to all its shareholders.

Join us for a stimulating experience: you will find a world of learning and development opportunities where creativity is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Guide and deliver strategic projects, ensuring high quality standards, adherence to deadlines, and overall process efficiency.
Cultivate cybersecurity governance in industrial environments (OT), supporting alignment with global policies, risk awareness, protection of critical assets, and collaborative management of plant-level incidents.

The key responsibilities include, but are not limited, to:

• Map operational bottlenecks and identify automation opportunities that enhance energy efficiency and process safety, while supporting loss reduction across sites. Ensure project delivery within the approved scope, schedule, quality standards, and budget.
• Guide the execution of new automation projects originating from the Corporate Group, as well as co-design and implement continuous improvements at LATAM sites.
• Development, programming, configuration, parameterization, and optimization of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
• Provide specialized technical support and partner closely with teams to address complex challenges in automation and control systems at the sites.
• Ensure open communication and smooth integration between the shop floor (instrumentation/DCS/PLC) and upper supervisory and management layers (SCADA, MES, historians).
• Train local teams (operations and maintenance) on newly installed systems (projects) and foster shared awareness regarding industrial cybersecurity risks.
• Coordinate the mapping of critical automation assets, supporting action plans to remediate non-conformities and monitoring cybersecurity incidents in close collaboration with site teams.
• Coordinate the mapping of critical automation assets, define protection needs, and help monitor and mitigate cyber risks and incidents in the manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrate thoughtful problem-solving skills to address project-related challenges and team resource needs, supporting well-informed, timely decisions on technical areas.
• Advance key high-level and detailed priorities through to the successful delivery and implementation of the OT program (OPC Latam).
• Ensure the strategy supports all necessary Local OPC capabilities, including business rules management, process orchestration, task coordination, monitoring, and reporting according to OT program needs.

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Do you have these requirements?

• Qualifications & Experience: (Ideally, you bring a mix of the following education, certifications, and experience)
• Bachelors in Engineering - Control and Automation, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• Hands-on experience in the operation, programming, and advanced problem-solving of large-scale DCS and PLC systems (e.g., Siemens, Yokogawa, Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Emerson DeltaV, ABB, or Schneider).
• Fluent/Advanced in English.
• Spanish intermediary/advanced.

Skills and Competencies: (list technical & core skills, soft skills, behavioral competencies, etc.)

• Having a proactive, team-oriented safety mindset.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize work effectively.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to connect and partner with leadership.
• Practical knowledge of advanced process control. Ability to read a P&ID, mechanical, and electrical drawings.
• Demonstrated background in supporting industrial automation projects—from technical conception to commissioning/start-up—with a focus on enhancing operational efficiency (OEE).

Knowledge of IT & Industrial Networks (IT/OT):

• Proficiency in the OPC protocol (DA/UA) and industrial integration architectures.
• Practical knowledge of network infrastructure: TCP/IP concepts, VLANs, routing, managed switches, and industrial firewalls.
• Operational understanding of IT servers, virtualized environments (e.g., VMware/Hyper-V), and factory operating systems.
• Cibersegurança OT: Familiaridade com conceitos e normas de cibersegurança industrial (ex: ISA/IEC 62443) e aplicação de políticas de segurança em plantas fabris.

Mobility:

• Availability for travel to oversee commissioning and collaborate during on-site audits.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Airgas / Air Liquide industry and/or COGEN operations experience.
• Project Management certification (PMP/PMI or Agile methodologies).
• Certification or formal training in Industrial Cybersecurity (e.g., GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443).
• Experience with industrial databases, Historians, and integration with MES/ERP systems.
• Previous background in multinational companies with a matrix structure.

Your differences drive our performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, which means that, regardless of your gender identity, sexual orientation, color, age, religion, nationality or disability, we value a work environment made up of true stories, built by true people. 
Our processes reflect this, being diverse and free from any prejudice, therefore, we do not collect information such as date of birth, gender, marital status or full address in our selection stages. If this information is sent, it will be disregarded. 

We strongly believe that a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively, and helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Here you can be you!!