Superintendent Production

Superintendent Production-24001606

Description

Job Overview :

As the Production Superintendent, you will be responsible for directing, planning, maintaining, and leading daily operations at one of Linde’s production facilities located in Columbia City, IN.

The candidate should have in-depth knowledge of principles and practices within operations, and will provide leadership to drive safety, compliance, reliability, operational excellence, and profitability.

The Columbia City Air Separation Plants supply gaseous oxygen and argon to our pipeline customer. The site also contains liquid product storage and pumping systems that supply the pipeline backup systems.

Key assets include, but not limited to knowledge of electrical distribution equipment, high speed rotating equipment, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, blowers, gas fired heater / vaporizer systems, cooling towers, glycol closed loop cooling systems, heat exchangers, pumps, valves, and instrumentation.

This is a front-line, hands-on operations role, which requires accessibility during off-hours (laptop and cell phone). Overnight travel requirement to support other facilities up to 15% annually.

Responsibilities :

• Manage the safe and reliable operations of a multiple process operations facility in Columbia City, IN.
• Responsible for daily direction of two production technicians.
• Work with onsite team to adjust process controls to meet changing customer demand or process requirements
• Training and professional development of Columbia City production technicians
• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with Centralized Control Room, Logistics, and Distribution Management teams.
• Assist with annual capital and fixed cost budget development and continuous management of fixed costs
• Manage the sites portfolio of capital and expense projects
• Delivers defined goals in annual productivity improvements
• Develop, plan, and execute short-term and long-term maintenance plans to ensure reliable, cost-effective operations
• Coordinates major plant maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and project activities with customer needs to minimize potential impact to product supply.
• Understands and ensures facility adherence to all internal company policies, programs, and standards
• Ensures compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulatory requirements which include but are not limited to : OSHA, EPA, ISO, and DOT
• Establishes and maintains relationships with suppliers, contractors, and OEMs to ensure plant is adequately supported
• Communicates and collaborates with customer, sales, and management on operational issues
• Engages internal and external support teams for significant projects or technical assistance
• Places high value on team building, collaboration, and effective communications throughout the site and across the Linde organization.
• Reacts urgently to plant operations and corrective maintenance issues, garnering the required resources to minimize impact to customers and the business
• Provides hands-on support to Columbia City team as necessary to achieve operations goals

Lead / Support Root Cause Analysis of major shutdowns and equipment failures to improve future reliability

Qualifications

Qualifications : About Linde :

About Linde :

• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline or related equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years of Operations experience in Industrial Gases, Chemicals, or Oil & Gas industry
• 3+ years management experience
• Proven safety leadership
• Working knowledge of engineering standards
• Knowledgeable with rotating / fixed mechanical equipment, industrial gases processes, electrical distribution systems, instrumentation, and control systems maintenance / troubleshooting procedures in a process plant environment
• Exceptional collaboration, presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks and making informed decisions
• Proven ability to lead and quickly adapt to changing situations
• Places high value on people, team building, and maintaining a positive, customer focused culture
• Strong communications skills, and a strong will to build and maintain productive relationships across departmental lines
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to drive execution of projects as well as tactical initiatives

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.

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.