Plant Manager at Linde Inc in DEER PARK, Texas

Job Description:

Job Overview: The Onsite manager will oversee the operations of multiple onsite facilities in the Houston Ship Channel area. The Onsite Manager is responsible for ensuring the safe operation of each of the local facilities. This role is accountable for meeting fixed, variable, and capital budget goals. The Onsite Manager works with the Maintenance and Reliability teams to ensure that the operating units meet their reliability targets. The Onsite Manager ensures that each facility maintains compliance with all required governmental regulations. This role meets regularly with the facility's host customer to provide updates on operational activities. Each facility operates and maintains equipment such as an underground cavern, product dryers, product compression, off gas compression, and a PSA to purify Hydrogen. There will be approximately 8 employees supporting the operations, maintenance, and engineering activities. Primary Responsibilities: - Ensure employees are fully trained in, committed to, and conduct their activities in accordance with all aspects of Linde's Safety and Quality systems. - Leads reliability, compliance, quality and safety programs for assigned area; ensures required government and/or environmental regulations are met - Accountable for continuously working to reduce plant operating costs through the incorporation of Operational Excellence strategies - Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and senior management's direction related to the business plan - Manage and escalate as required, equipment, product quality and delivery issues - Monitors production/manpower levels to ensure continued efficiency while anticipating problems and assisting with developing contingencies - Manage employee performance by setting expectations, providing guidance, feedback, and development for career progression and performance improvement. - Maximizing reliability in order to avoid unscheduled shutdowns resulting in interruption of supply to customers - Driving improvements in productivity and cost savings - Driving improvement in the safety culture at the facilites - Ensuring that each facility completes compliance related items (PHA, RCA,etc.) in a timely manner. - Effectively working within the matrix organization to enlist assistance from support groups. - Accountability for adhering to all Corporate and plant policies including OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, and TCEQ air, water, and waste regulations. Qualifications: - Minimum of 10 years' experience in an industrial plant environment including production, distribution, safety, and/or plant maintenance required, HyCO experience preferred. - 5+ years directly managing and developing employees required with demonstrated results. - BS,or MS in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering preferred. - Knowledge of Process Safety Management standards and procedures governing safe operation of EPA RMP and PSM covered facilities. - Six Sigma or Lean experience preferred 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. 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.