Operations Superintendent
About the role
You will oversee operations of an Air Separation Gas Plant supplying high-purity gases to a semiconductor customer, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient plant performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead, supervise, coach, and develop a team of analytical/instrumentation and electrical technicians, providing guidance in operations, field rounds, and customer interface activities.
- Schedule, assign, and coordinate daily work activities to ensure adequate staffing, operational continuity, and effective execution of plant operations.
- Foster a culture of safety, compliance, accountability, and operational excellence throughout the facility.
- Coordinate daily activities across the control room, field operations, and Customer Use Point building to support production and customer requirements.
- Ensure production goals are consistently achieved while maintaining efficiency, equipment reliability, and semiconductor-grade gas purity standards.
- Review plant performance, operating trends, process data, and equipment status to optimize operations and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of plant upsets, equipment failures, process deviations, and customer supply issues.
- Oversight analytical equipment performance at the Customer Use Point building and ensure compliance with strict semiconductor customer specifications and quality requirements.
- Serve as the primary liaison between plant operations, engineering, maintenance, reliability teams, and customer technical representatives.
- Support customer audits, quality reviews, incident investigations, and corrective action activities.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards, environmental permits, regulatory requirements, and company policies and procedures.
- Maintain accurate operating and compliance records, including QA documentation, PSI records, variance reports, and maintenance logs.
- Collaborate with maintenance, reliability, and engineering teams to plan and execute outages, inspections, maintenance activities, and reliability projects.
- Utilize hands-on technical expertise and leadership capabilities to support long-term plant reliability, operational performance, and workforce development.
Requirements
You have a degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related technical discipline preferred; alternatively, more than five (5+) years of industrial plant operations experience and at least one (1) year of supervisory experience.
Strong knowledge of analyzers, sampling systems, control room systems (DCS/PLC), and industrial field operations.
Experience with quality systems, safety programs, regulatory compliance requirements, and operational best practices.
Demonstrated ability to lead troubleshooting, problem-solving, and operational improvement initiatives in a production environment.
Proven ability to supervise, mentor, train, and develop a multi-skilled technical workforce.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively coordinate with internal teams, contractors, customers, and leadership.
Ability to work independently and effectively support a 24/7 production environment, including occasional off-hours support.
Ability to work safely in an industrial manufacturing environment with potential exposure to high noise levels and cryogenic gases.
Commitment to the use of required PPE and strict adherence to safety policies, procedures, and compliance standards.
Availability to participate in on-call rotations, overtime assignments, and emergency response activities as required.
Qualifications
You have a degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related technical discipline preferred; alternatively, more than five (5+) years of industrial plant operations experience and at least one (1) year of supervisory experience.
Strong knowledge of analyzers, sampling systems, control room systems (DCS/PLC), and industrial field operations.
Experience with quality systems, safety programs, regulatory compliance requirements, and operational best practices.
Demonstrated ability to lead troubleshooting, problem-solving, and operational improvement initiatives in a production environment.
Proven ability to supervise, mentor, train, and develop a multi-skilled technical workforce.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively coordinate with internal teams, contractors, customers, and leadership.
Ability to work independently and effectively support a 24/7 production environment, including occasional off-hours support.
Ability to work safely in an industrial manufacturing environment with potential exposure to high noise levels and cryogenic gases.
Commitment to the use of required PPE and strict adherence to safety policies, procedures, and compliance standards.
Availability to participate in on-call rotations, overtime assignments, and emergency response activities as required.
Skills
Hands-on technical expertise and leadership capabilities to support long-term plant reliability, operational performance, and workforce development.
Benefits
At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless.
Pay
Competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth.
Schedule
Linde offers flexible scheduling options to accommodate your needs.