Site Supervisor

Linde; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde is seeking a Site Supervisor to lead and oversee operations at the Altona plant and Geelong ASU, with on-site responsibilities across facilities in VIC. The role focuses on safety, compliance, production planning, and coordinating contractors, while supporting emergency response and on-call duties.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage permits, and ensure timely deliveries while mentoring a skilled operations team in a robust industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in industrial gas production, petrochemical or refinery operations.
• Experience supervising teams and coordinating contractors.
• Strong knowledge of process safety and permit-to-work systems.
• Ability to manage production planning and emergency response.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day plant operations including supervision of loading/unloading and LPG transfers.
• Maintain a safe workplace following Linde Life Saving Rules and Major Hazard Facility requirements.
• Supervise employees and contractors to meet production and safety standards.
• Manage operations, production planning, shutdowns, start-ups and emergencies.
• Issue work permits and oversee safe work practices.
• Act as Emergency Warden and coordinate evacuations.
• Ensure timely deliveries; manage stock control and chemical handling.
• Prepare daily production reports and coordinate transport documentation.
• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement and risk management.

Skills

Leadership

Safety compliance

Communication

Contractor management

Education

Technical diplomas / trade qualifications in electrical / instrumentation / mechanical / process operations

Job description

BOC Limited Australia

Site Supervisor

Altona (Vic), Australia

The Site Supervisor – Onsite VIC play a critical leadership role in ensuring the safe, compliant and efficient operation of the Altona plant and the Geelong ASU Plant, while providing operational backup support to the Westernport ASU Plant.

What you will enjoy doing

• Lead day-to-day plant operations, including supervision of loading, unloading and LPG transfers, ensuring efficient workflow and productivity.


• Maintain a safe workplace by adhering to Linde Life Saving Rules and Major Hazard Facility requirements, promoting a strong culture of safety.


• Supervise and coordinate employees and contractors to meet production and safety standards, fostering teamwork and accountability.


• Manage plant operations, production planning, shutdowns, start-ups and emergency response activities while ensuring compliance with company and regulatory requirements.


• Issue work permits and oversees safe work practices, maintaining compliance and operational integrity.


• Act as the Emergency Warden, coordinating evacuation drills and emergency responses to uphold safety protocols.


• Ensuring timely delivery outcomes while managing stock control and chemical handling.


• Prepare and distribute daily production reports, coordinate transport documentation and support training initiatives to enhance team capability.


• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement, cost optimisation, risk management and performance monitoring using process control and operational data.

What makes you great

• Relevant technical diplomas, trade qualifications or technical courses in electrical, instrumentation, mechanical maintenance or process operations will also be considered alongside suitable experience.


• Bring a minimum of 5 years’ experience in industrial gas production, petrochemical or refinery operations, including supervisory responsibilities.


• Demonstrate strong leadership experience in plant operations, production planning, maintenance coordination and contractor management.


• Possess sound knowledge of process safety, risk management, permit-to-work systems, management of change and regulatory compliance.


• Have excellent communication skills, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams.


• Participate in a defined on-call roster and provide after-hours operational support, including weekends and public holidays when rostered; travel between sites and respond to operational emergencies, plant trips and critical breakdowns as required.


• Work full-time, averaging 38 ordinary hours per week.


• Hold a current and unrestricted driver's licence, as this role includes a utility vehicle.

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 prou

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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.