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INTRODUCTION

Linde Inc. 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.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You will thrive in a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical capability, operational discipline, and a continuous improvement mindset, with occasional after-hours support to ensure plant reliability and uninterrupted supply.

• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure full compliance with OSHA PSM/RMP, EPA, DOT, FDA, and company standards, including QA oversight, audit readiness, and leadership of critical PSM elements (MOC, PHA, MI).
• Lead daily operations of Air Separation Unit (ASU), Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon liquefaction related systems, ensuring high uptime, reliability, product quality, and optimized production efficiency and energy usage.
• Execute preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for critical equipment, ensure PM compliance, and minimize downtime while improving asset reliability.
• Own site P&L, manage budgets, and drive performance improvements across key metrics such as uptime, efficiency, costs, and safety.
• Build and lead operations and maintenance teams, overseeing employee performance management, and driving development through training, coaching, and succession planning while fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
• Manage capital projects from concept through startup and drive continuous improvement initiatives in safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Maintain reliable product supply, collaborate cross-functionally, and manage relationships with customers, vendors, and contractors.
• Coordinate logistics operations, support bulk loading and demand fulfillment, oversee professional driver management, and manage bulk cryogenic liquid fill zone operations to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient product distribution.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• You'll have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of 5 years of leadership in process manufacturing environments.
• Industry experience in industrial gases, chemicals, refining, or oil & gas preferred.
• Strong technical expertise in rotating equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation & controls, and fixed equipment.
• Proven commitment to safety, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.
• Experienced managing budgets, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Skilled in troubleshooting process and equipment issues.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and familiarity with Air Separation Unit (ASU)/cryogenic processes and industrial logistics preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers 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. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!

LOCATION

Kansas City, MO, United States

EEO STATEMENT

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.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society, and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions, and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.