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Market evidence report — air-separation-plant-operator

Source: 46 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 45, gb 1), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-08. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority Ads Share
mid 35 76 %
junior 7 15 %
lead 2 4 %
n/a 2 4 %

Tools — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 CMMS 4 9 %
2 Honeywell control systems 4 9 %
3 PLC 4 9 %
4 Rockwell control systems 4 9 %
5 SCADA 4 9 %
6 Siemens control systems 4 9 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 troubleshooting 19 41 %
2 equipment maintenance 14 30 %
3 quality control 12 26 %
4 air separation unit operation 6 13 %
5 equipment operation 6 13 %
6 process monitoring 6 13 %
7 data analysis 5 11 %
8 plant performance improvement 5 11 %
9 safety management 5 11 %
10 electrical troubleshooting 4 9 %
11 plant operation 4 9 %
12 process facility supervision 4 9 %
13 air separation 3 7 %
14 data recording 3 7 %
15 equipment troubleshooting 3 7 %
16 maintenance 3 7 %
17 mechanical skills 3 7 %
18 personnel management 3 7 %
19 preventive maintenance 3 7 %
20 process operations 3 7 %
21 process troubleshooting 3 7 %
22 production scheduling 3 7 %
23 proposal development 3 7 %
24 root cause analysis 3 7 %

Methods — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 continuous improvement 5 11 %
2 preventive maintenance 4 9 %
3 continuous improvement initiatives 3 7 %
4 operating discipline 3 7 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 plant operation 12 26 %
2 downtime reduction 6 13 %
3 equipment maintenance 6 13 %
4 maintenance coordination 5 11 %
5 daily operations leadership 4 9 %
6 procedure establishment 4 9 %
7 safety compliance 4 9 %
8 team hiring and training 4 9 %
9 training 4 9 %
10 alarm response planning 3 7 %
11 asu operation 3 7 %
12 contractor oversight 3 7 %
13 cost payment 3 7 %
14 customer relations 3 7 %
15 deviation resolution 3 7 %
16 distribution coordination 3 7 %
17 equipment inspection 3 7 %
18 plant monitoring 3 7 %
19 plant safety ownership 3 7 %

Job title variants in the market

Title Ads
Air Separation Unit Operations Lead 5
Air Separation Plant Operator 2
Air Separation Unit Operations Technician, BRS 2
Air Separation Unit Specialist 2
ASU Plant Manager 2
Conceptual Engineering Manager Air Separation 2
Cryogenic Air Separation Plant Operator 2
Plant Technician I - Air Separation Unit 2
Air Separation Plant Manager 1
Air Separation Plant Operator (Full Time) - Selkirk, MB 1
Air Separation Unit (ASU) Operator Trainee 1
Air Separation Unit ASU Operator Trainee 1
Air separation unit plant manager 1
Air Separation Unit; ASU Operator Trainee 1
ASU Operator Trainee: Hands-on Cryogenic Plant Career 1
ASU Plant Manager - Irwindale, CA 1
ASU Plant Operator Safe, Efficient Production Tech 1
ASU Plant Technician I: Oxygen & Nitrogen Ops 1
ASU Production Technician: Safe, Efficient Plant Operator 1
Cryogenic Plant Operator 1
Cryogenic Plant Technician - Day Shift 1
Cryogenic Plant Technician: Operations & Reliability 1
Cryogenic Plant Technician: Safe Ops & Proactive Maint 1
Industrial Gas Plant Technician - Maintenance & Controls 1
Nitrogen Plant Operator 1

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.