Maintenance Superintendent

Linde Corporate; East Chicago (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation

401(k) matching

Pension benefits

Employee discount

Educational growth

Job summary

Linde Inc. in East Chicago, IN seeks a Maintenance Superintendent to lead daily maintenance for Air Separation and Hydrogen facilities. You will plan, prioritize, and direct maintenance activities ensuring safe and reliable equipment performance.

You will oversee CMMS processes, drive backlog reduction, coordinate shutdowns, and lead continuous improvement in reliability programs. Strong leadership and RCA skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in industrial maintenance/reliability or ten+ years in progressive maintenance roles.
• Supervisory experience leading maintenance personnel in an industrial setting.
• Strong knowledge of rotating and fixed equipment and related maintenance practices.
• Experience with preventive/predictive maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance.
• Ability to lead RCAs, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance operations for Air Separation and Liquid Hydrogen facilities to ensure safe, reliable equipment performance.
• Manage CMMS processes, backlog, work orders, scheduling, and closure.
• Optimize maintenance programs with predictive maintenance, KPI analysis, and continuous improvements.
• Direct planned and unplanned shutdowns, coordinating with operations, engineering, and leadership to minimize downtime.
• Provide technical troubleshooting, lead RCA efforts, and implement corrective actions.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractor performance, and spare parts inventory.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Rotating equipment

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

CMMS knowledge

Project management

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Education

Associate degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Infor EAM

ProCal

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Maintenance Superintendent

East Chicago, IN, United States | req31682

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance operations for Air Separation and Liquid Hydrogen production facilities, planning, prioritizing, scheduling, and directing maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient equipment performance.
• Manage CMMS processes, maintenance backlog, and work execution workflow, including work order creation, prioritization, scheduling, tracking, and closure.
• Optimize maintenance and reliability programs through preventive/predictive maintenance, workforce development, resource planning, KPI analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Direct planned and unplanned shutdowns while coordinating with operations, engineering, contractors, procurement, and leadership teams to minimize downtime and maintain production objectives.
• Provide technical troubleshooting support, lead root cause failure analyses, and implement corrective actions to improve equipment reliability and eliminate recurring failures.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractor performance, and spare parts inventory to control costs, maximize asset availability, and support operational goals.
• Collaborate closely with site leadership and subject matter experts to align maintenance priorities, drive productivity improvements, and support long-term asset integrity across rotating equipment, fixed equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, and site infrastructure.
• Support both office and field operations, including equipment inspections, climbing ladders, working at elevated heights from scaffolding and man-lifts, entering confined spaces, responding to off-hours maintenance needs, and traveling overnight up to 10% while working in varying weather conditions.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Engineering with more than five (5+) years of industrial maintenance/reliability experience, or ten (10)+ years of progressive industrial maintenance and reliability experience; Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Engineering Technology preferred.
• More than three (3+) years of supervisory experience leading maintenance personnel, mentoring teams, and driving performance in an industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of rotating and fixed equipment, including compressors, pumps, cooling towers, piping systems, heat exchangers, control valves, instrumentation, motors, electrical distribution systems, and associated maintenance practices.
• Experience developing and managing preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs, including predictive technologies such as vibration and oil analysis.
• Proven ability to lead maintenance operations, turnarounds, shutdowns, work processes, backlog management, and long-term asset reliability strategies.
• Experience conducting root cause analyses (RCA), implementing corrective actions, trending operational performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a matrix organization.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, suppliers, and environmental, health, and safety compliance requirements, including knowledge of applicable regulations and standards such as NFPA 70E.
• Proficiency with CMMS platforms (Infor EAM, ProCal, or similar), Microsoft Office, and maintenance scheduling tools such as MS Project or Primavera.
• Experience in the chemical, air separation, or similar industrial manufacturing industries and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred.

Benefits

• Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.
• Access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance; paid holidays and vacation; 401(k) matching; pension benefits; employee discount program; and opportunities for educational and professional growth.
• Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.

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.