Lead Field Service Technician

Linde Corporate; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde Inc. in North Carolina is seeking a Lead Field Service Technician to join our team. You will lead regional plant maintenance activities, supervise technicians, and ensure safety, reliability and compliance across multiple sites.

Responsibilites include preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, planning outages, and coordinating resources for audits. The role requires technical experience with air separation plant technology and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate degree in a technical field preferred.
• Experience with air separation plant technology, compressors, pumps, motors, valves, transmitters, analyzers or process/manufacturing operations.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Background in instrumentation including measuring, controlling, and analyzing variables with specialized devices.
• Proficiency with Human Machine Interface (HMI) and programmable logic controller (PLC) process control systems.
• Able to manage time independently and allocate resources across multiple plant sites.
• Available for on-call duty during weekdays and weekends, with most on-call work remotely and some on-site responses.
• Physically capable of lifting at least 75 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with management, plant technicians, Technical Support Engineers, and the Equipment Reliability Group to meet goals.
• Lead safety, quality, operations and compliance at regional plant locations.
• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance and calibrate industrial plant equipment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve plant process and operational issues.
• Lead plant technicians to manage site operations, ensuring production specs, reliability and admin requirements.
• Plan and execute maintenance outages and coordinate resources for maintenance and audits.
• Interpret process and instrumentation diagrams and complete self-directed training on air separation processes.
• Oversee maintenance budgets, project cost proposals and customer billing, maintaining a safe, clean, organized facility.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Instrumentation

HMI

PLC

Time management

On-call readiness

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree in a technical field

Tools

Air separation plant technology

Compressors

Pumps

Motors

Valves

Transmitters

Analyzers

Process control systems

Job description

Linde Inc.

Lead Field Service Technician

North Carolina, NC, United States | req33968

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will collaborate with management, plant technicians, Technical Support Engineers, and the Equipment Reliability Group to meet operational goals
• Lead safety, quality, operations, and compliance activities at regional plant locations
• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance and calibrate industrial plant equipment
• Further, you will troubleshoot and resolve plant process and operational issues efficiently
• Lead plant technicians to manage site operations, ensuring production specifications, reliability, and administrative requirements are met
• Plan and execute maintenance outages and coordinate resources for maintenance and compliance audits
• And you will interpret process and instrumentation diagrams and complete self-directed training on air separation processes
• Oversee maintenance budgets, project cost proposals, customer billing, and maintain a safe, clean, and organized facility

What makes you great

• You have a high school diploma or equivalent; associate degree in a technical field is preferred
• Possess experience with air separation plant technology, compressors, pumps, motors, valves, transmitters, analyzers, or process and manufacturing operations
• Demonstrate strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills
• You have a background in instrumentation, including measuring, controlling, and analyzing variables with specialized mechanical or electronic devices
• Show proficiency with Human Machine Interface and programmable logic controller process control systems
• Manage time independently and allocate resources effectively across multiple plant sites
• Be available for on-call duty during weekdays and weekends, with most on-call work performed remotely and some on-site responses required
• And you are physically capable of pushing, pulling, moving, or lifting at least 75 pounds

Why you will love working with us

Linde 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.

What we offer you!

• 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!

Have we inspired you? Lets talk about it

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.

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.

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.

*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.