Manager Generated Gases Central Team

At Air Products, we reimagine what's possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together—where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter—we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world-scale production facilities.

About the role

The Central Generated Gases team supports the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of over 140 cryogenic onsite plants in North America. The team provides technical leadership and promotes the advancement of the individuals and teams operating the Gen Gas plants. The team is key to the achievement of the sub-regional businesses' Operating Income profitability goals.

The Manager, Generated Gases Central Team, must be a self-motivated leader with strong technical, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for direct supervision of 4 Specialists and 1 OSC Manager
• Acting as the primary contact between PDO, sub-regional business areas, and Operations as a point of escalation for any Gen Gas plant or product line issues
• Managing central team to support Gen Gas operations, including OSC, vacation relief, small ASU, HPN, VSA, and administrative month-end closing
• Supporting the coordination between Operations and PDO for turnover of projects/new plant startups
• Technical troubleshooting of plant issues and sharing improvements to ensure broad resolution across the fleet of similar plants
• Leading Gen Gas Community of Practice to share failures, incidents, safety issues, and improvement opportunities among all GG supervisors
• Leading contract extension scope assessments to allow the project engineering team to estimate re-life projects for the plants
• Promoting tool development and adaptation to improve monitoring and resolution of operating issues, shortfalls, and reliability concerns
• Ensuring consistency in Gen Gas staffing decisions to ensure the proper level of operations personnel to achieve reliability targets while keeping costs optimized
• Developing RCAs for major Gen Gas product supply interruptions, cost impacts, or significant downtime events
• Leading Gen Gas reliability efforts by completing Reliability Operating System assessments, working closely with the central ROS team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field preferred
• 10+ years of operations experience with strong working knowledge of operating plant systems, including Maintenance
• At least 5 years of leadership experience in Operations or Plant Management
• Demonstrated managerial leadership skills and proven interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated experience leading teams remotely
• Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time
• Demonstrated excellence in asset management efforts to drive continuous improvement in business profitability
• Track record of success in safety, health, and environmental protection
• A strong commitment to employee involvement, team building, and diversity

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Air Products proudly values the skills, dedication, and leadership that Veterans provide. As a Veteran-friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome Veterans to apply for various roles within our company.