Shift Manager - Safe & Reliable Plant Operations

Linde plc; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training programmes

Overseas opportunities

Parental leave

Flexible working arrangements

Superannuation benefits

Job summary

Linde plc is seeking a Production Shift Manager to lead a Major Hazard Facility operation in Australia. You will provide frontline leadership to ensure safe, reliable and efficient plant performance while developing a high-performing team.

You\'ll champion process safety, drive maintenance execution, manage budgets and materials, and coordinate with stakeholders to meet customer commitments. The role demands strong leadership, technical knowledge and a proactive approach to continuous

Qualifications

• Five years’ experience in a leadership or technical role.
• Strong HSE capability within a Process Safety or Major Hazard Facility environment.
• Confident people leadership with accountability and performance coaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the production team to achieve safety, reliability and productivity targets.
• Deliver safe, reliable and efficient plant operations.
• Champion process safety and safety culture through leadership.
• Coordinate daily activities to meet KPI targets, commitments and business objectives.
• Build high performance culture with clear accountabilities and feedback.
• Monitor plant performance, respond to issues and elevate risks promptly.
• Support maintenance planning, shutdowns, restarts and equipment reliability.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, cost control, inventory and operations.

Skills

Leadership & people management

Process safety

Operational excellence

Decision making

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Instrumentation or related discipline

Job description

Posted on: 9/21/2026 - Apply before: 10/30/2026

Lead a Major Hazard Facility operation where safety, reliability and performance come first. As our Production Shift Manager, you will provide frontline leadership across a critical manufacturing environment, driving safe and efficient plant operations while developing a high-performing team. You will play a key role in ensuring process safety compliance, operational excellence, maintenance execution, plant reliability and customer supply commitments are consistently achieved. This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact by leading people, improving performance, supporting continuous improvement initiatives and helping deliver safe, reliable and sustainable operations in a complex industrial environment.

What you will enjoy doing

• You will enjoy leading, coaching and developing theProduction team capabilities, and productivity. Setting clear expectations andproactively addressing performance
• Leadthe production team to deliver safe, reliable and efficient plantoperations
• ChampionProcess Safety and strengthen safety culture through visible, practicalleadership
• Coordinatedaily activities to achieve KPI targets, customer commitments and businessobjectives
• Builda high performance culture through clear accountabilities, regularfeedback and consistent follow through
• Monitorplant performance, respond to operational issues and escalate riskspromptly
• Supportmaintenance planning, shutdowns, restarts and equipment reliabilityactivities
• Identifyopportunities to improve reliability, cost control, inventory andoperational performance
• Manageresources, plant costs and critical materials in line with approvedbudgets and site priorities

What makes you great

• Experiencein a process plant, manufacturing, reliability or similar operationalenvironment
• Ideallyyou will have five years’ experience in a leadership or technical role
• StrongHSE capability, ideally within a Process Safety or Major Hazard Facilityenvironment
• Confidentpeople leadership skills, with the ability to coach teams and driveaccountability
• Havethe ability to have difficult conversations, manage performance and driveproductivity
• Youwill have the ability to make an informed decision and own it
• Soundtechnical knowledge across plant operations, maintenance and controlsystems
• Strongproblem-solving skills and the ability to make timely decisions underchanging priorities
• Clearcommunication style and a collaborative approach to working withstakeholders
• Relevantengineering qualifications in Chemical, Mechanical, Instrumentation or arelated discipline
• Experienceusing business, maintenance and safety management systems

Why you will love working with us

At Linde we identify ourselves with our products – either working for the technical or medical gases business. Being a company with a long tradition in the gases business, we not only care about our customers and high-quality products, but most importantly about our employees. While working with us, expect a safe workplace, high safety standards and a true commitment from our managers to safety.

What we offer you!

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.

Our people have the opportunity to thrive and excel. We provide a wide range of training programmes to enhance career development, with a potential for overseas opportunities. We also have a variety of employee appreciation programmes to recognize solo and collaborative team efforts.

At BOC we understand and respect a work/life balance, and that's why we have introduced initiatives such as generous parental leave, flexible working arrangements and attractive superannuation benefits. We are also firmly enthusiastic and involved when it comes to the community as well as our partner charities with organisations such as Road Safety Education and Redkite.

BOC is proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. If you would like to know more information about how we are supporting our employees, you can view our policies and benefits here: https://au.work180.co/employer/boc-au

Have we inspired you? Lets talk about it

So, what are you waiting for? The opportunity is yours. Are you ready to take the lead?

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (cover letter, resume, relevant certificates and / or licenses) via our online job market.

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BOC Limited Australia 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.