Job Overview:

Linde is looking for a Plant Superintendent at our facility in East Chicago, IN. This position has accountability for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of a plant with multiple operating units. This plant consists of two steam methane reformers, cold box, methanol unit, and formaldehyde unit.

The Plant Superintendent will be responsible for ensuring production requirements are met, and the facilities are operated in a safe, efficient, and compliant manner. The role manages a team of plant operators and technicians at the facility. This is a front-line operations role that will respond to unplanned events, work independently, and make technical decisions and recommendations to ensure the reliable and efficient operation of the facility. This position requires a combination of office and field work. Accessibility during off-hours (laptop and cell phone) is required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establishes goals, promotes decision-making, delegates as appropriate and overcomes obstacles.
• Monitors external/internal trends, develops procedures, makes judgments and takes organization-wide actions that set precedents.
• Staff, train, coach, and administer performance reviews, recommends salary increases and corrective action of subordinate employees.
• Ensures compliance to all safety policies and procedures, leads operational discipline throughout the Linde employee organizations, work closely with the SH&E organization in achieving established goals.
• Ensures compliance with all local, state, federal, and Linde policies regarding environmental regulations and permitting, internal engineering standards, and product quality requirements.
• Works across all levels of Linde organizations to achieve desired results into a cohesive and effective management team.
• Responsible for process safety information related to plant activities (EMOC, RMP, HWP).
• Maximize efficiency and operating capacity of the plant and distribution.
• Troubleshooting plant process & equipment problems and implementing solutions.
• Tasked with leading special projects within the facility.
• Maintain QA program, facilitate customer and corporate audits.
• Assists with coordination of maintenance and project work with reliability centers and capital project teams to ensure efficient and cost-effective execution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (engineering degree preferred)
• 4 years operations experience
• 2 years operations management experience
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to drive execution of projects and strategic and tactical initiatives.
• Must possess proven leadership, team building, and decision-making skills.
• Must be reliability and efficiency focused and possess strong planning and execution skills.
• Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate and lead a diverse and inclusive workforce to achieve desired results.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

About Linde:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com

At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent. To learn more, visit About Linde.

We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, health, dental, disability, life insurance, 401(k) (with matching), and pension benefits.

Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law .