Chemicals & Materials H-1B Sponsorship Jobs in Maryland
Maryland's chemicals and materials sector spans pharmaceutical manufacturing in Montgomery County, specialty coatings firms in Baltimore, and defense-adjacent materials companies near Aberdeen. Employers such as W.R. Grace, Emergent BioSolutions, and McCormick operate facilities that hire foreign-national chemists, materials scientists, and process engineers through H-1B visa sponsorship. Federal contractor proximity adds further demand for cleared and non-cleared technical roles.
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Frederick, MD - Retail shop
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.
Airgas is Hiring for an Branch Manager in Frederick, MD!
Recruiter: Matt McCain / matt.mccain@airgas.com / 470-234-2065
- Monday thru Friday, 7am - 4:30pm hours
- Salary range - 70-80K
- Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
- Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.
- Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
- Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
Responsibilities
- Directly manages the day to day branch retail operations including safety, retail sales, warehousing and distribution. Leads and manages a team consisting of Counter Sales, Warehouse, Drivers and Customer Service employees.
- Assists with development and execution of marketing plans to support the penetration of key market segments in collaboration with our Sales and Operations teams and outside vendors.
- Coordinates sales promotion activities, merchandising and displays also opportunities for Airgas-wide conversions. Manages inside sales, sales growth and sales margins.
- Collaborates with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks.
- Manages branch inventory, daily hard goods inventory cycle counts and maintain showroom and warehouse appearance.
- Manages all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) for completion timely and daily.
- Leads and manages the annual/bi-annual physical hard goods inventories.
- Monitors SAP reports daily such as open order/delivery reports, billing and delivery block reports and open Purchase Order (PO) reports. Provides Daily Cash Reconciliation (DCR) ensuring daily completion addressing any issues prior to deposit.
- Oversees employee training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and safety regulations. Partners with Airgas hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions.
- Manages branch operating expenses including overtime and office supplies. Works with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections.
- Other duties as assigned.
Are you a MATCH?
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in sales and/or distribution of gases and welding supplies or similar industrial products.
- Two (2) years of prior demonstrated management or leadership experience.
- Demonstrated planning skills: Identifies requirements; allocates, and effectively uses information, personnel, time, and other resources necessary for mission accomplishment; establishes appropriate courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; develops evaluation criteria and tracking systems for monitoring goal progress and accomplishment; and specifies objectives, schedules, and priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Prior SAP experience preferred.
Benefits
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.
Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE
At Airgas, we are committed to building a workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
About Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.
Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.
Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you’ll find a welcoming workplace where you’re valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career — whatever path you choose.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Airgas does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities, and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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Frederick, MD - Retail shop
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.
Airgas is Hiring for an Branch Manager in Frederick, MD!
Recruiter: Matt McCain / matt.mccain@airgas.com / 470-234-2065
- Monday thru Friday, 7am - 4:30pm hours
- Salary range - 70-80K
- Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
- Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.
- Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
- Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
Responsibilities
- Directly manages the day to day branch retail operations including safety, retail sales, warehousing and distribution. Leads and manages a team consisting of Counter Sales, Warehouse, Drivers and Customer Service employees.
- Assists with development and execution of marketing plans to support the penetration of key market segments in collaboration with our Sales and Operations teams and outside vendors.
- Coordinates sales promotion activities, merchandising and displays also opportunities for Airgas-wide conversions. Manages inside sales, sales growth and sales margins.
- Collaborates with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks.
- Manages branch inventory, daily hard goods inventory cycle counts and maintain showroom and warehouse appearance.
- Manages all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) for completion timely and daily.
- Leads and manages the annual/bi-annual physical hard goods inventories.
- Monitors SAP reports daily such as open order/delivery reports, billing and delivery block reports and open Purchase Order (PO) reports. Provides Daily Cash Reconciliation (DCR) ensuring daily completion addressing any issues prior to deposit.
- Oversees employee training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and safety regulations. Partners with Airgas hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions.
- Manages branch operating expenses including overtime and office supplies. Works with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections.
- Other duties as assigned.
Are you a MATCH?
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in sales and/or distribution of gases and welding supplies or similar industrial products.
- Two (2) years of prior demonstrated management or leadership experience.
- Demonstrated planning skills: Identifies requirements; allocates, and effectively uses information, personnel, time, and other resources necessary for mission accomplishment; establishes appropriate courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; develops evaluation criteria and tracking systems for monitoring goal progress and accomplishment; and specifies objectives, schedules, and priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Prior SAP experience preferred.
Benefits
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.
Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE
At Airgas, we are committed to building a workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
About Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.
Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.
Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you’ll find a welcoming workplace where you’re valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career — whatever path you choose.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Airgas does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities, and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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Which chemicals and materials companies sponsor H-1B visas in Maryland?
Maryland has a mix of large and mid-size employers with documented H-1B filing histories in chemicals and materials. W.R. Grace, headquartered in Columbia, regularly files for chemical engineers and materials scientists. Emergent BioSolutions in Rockville sponsors roles in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Smaller specialty coatings and adhesives firms in the Baltimore-Washington corridor also appear in OFLC Labor Condition Application records, though sponsorship frequency varies by facility and hiring cycle.
Which cities in Maryland have the most chemicals and materials H-1B sponsorship jobs?
The I-270 corridor, particularly Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Germantown in Montgomery County, concentrates pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing employers that file H-1B petitions for chemistry and materials roles. Baltimore city and surrounding counties host industrial chemicals and coatings manufacturers. Aberdeen Proving Ground's proximity draws materials science contractors in Harford County. College Park, near the University of Maryland, also sees research-adjacent employer filings for materials engineers.
What types of chemicals and materials roles typically qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Roles that require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B rules. In chemicals and materials, this includes chemical engineers, polymer scientists, materials scientists, process development engineers, analytical chemists, and formulation chemists. Quality assurance and regulatory affairs positions with chemistry-degree requirements also commonly qualify. Roles described as requiring any science degree without field specificity may face additional USCIS scrutiny during adjudication.
How do I find chemicals and materials H-1B sponsorship jobs in Maryland?
Migrate Mate filters chemicals and materials jobs by H-1B sponsorship history using DOL Labor Condition Application data, so you can see which Maryland employers have actively filed for roles matching your background. Search by occupation, location, and visa type to surface companies in the Baltimore-Washington corridor with verified sponsorship records. This is more reliable than filtering generic job postings, since not every employer that lists a role is willing or able to sponsor H-1B petitions.
Are there state-specific considerations for H-1B sponsorship in Maryland's chemicals sector?
Maryland's proximity to federal agencies such as the FDA, NIH, and EPA creates demand for compliance-oriented chemistry roles, but federal contractor positions sometimes require security clearances that non-U.S. citizens cannot hold, limiting H-1B sponsorship availability for those specific openings. Maryland also enforces its own employer tax and registration requirements, which employers must satisfy before filing an H-1B petition on your behalf. Confirming a company's existing H-1B filing history through OFLC records is a practical first step.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B chemicals & materials jobs in Maryland?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.