Operations Supervisor

About the role

Provide leadership and direction for a team of entry-level production employees to ensure customer demand is met. Coordinate production activities to support daily distribution requirements, including local delivery routes and shuttle operations. Lead reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives to meet government and environmental regulations. Ensure team members are trained and committed to Linde Safety and Quality systems, coordinating training with the Compliance Manager. Monitor production outputs and staffing levels to maintain efficiency, anticipate problems, and develop contingency plans. Communicate and collaborate with first shift counterpart to ensure smooth operations and effective shift handoffs. Identify operational issues and lead improvement initiatives related to production processes, shift schedules, and training, reporting activities to plant management. Help oversee inventory levels, manage equipment and product quality issues, and support 5S and Lean Projects to reduce operating costs through Operational Excellence strategies.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for a team of entry-level production employees to ensure customer demand is met.
• Cook up production activities to support daily distribution requirements, including local delivery routes and shuttle operations.
• Lead reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives to meet government and environmental regulations.
• Ensure team members are trained and committed to Linde Safety and Quality systems, coordinating training with the Compliance Manager.
• Monitor production outputs and staffing levels to maintain efficiency, anticipate problems, and develop contingency plans.
• Communicate and collaborate with first shift counterpart to ensure smooth operations and effective shift handoffs.
• Identify operational issues and lead improvement initiatives related to production processes, shift schedules, and training, reporting activities to plant management.
• Help oversee inventory levels, manage equipment and product quality issues, and support 5S and Lean Projects to reduce operating costs through Operational Excellence strategies.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED; bachelor degree is preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in an industrial plant environment with at least two (2) years of leading and developing a team.
• Experience working in, and/or managing within a union environment is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• At least three (3) years of experience in an industrial plant environment.
• At least two (2) years of leading and developing a team.
• Experience working in, and/or managing within a union environment is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Leadership and team management skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience with reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives.
• Ability to identify and address operational issues.
• Knowledge of 5S and Lean Project methodologies.

Benefits

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.

Pay

Competitive compensation and additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.

Schedule

Not specified.

Additional Information

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 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, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. Linde offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.