Maintenance Superintendent

Linde; East Chicago (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

East Chicago, IN-based Linde seeks a Maintenance Superintendent to lead daily maintenance for Air Separation and Liquid Hydrogen facilities, directing planning, scheduling, and safe operations.

You will oversee CMMS, backlog, and work execution while optimizing preventive/predictive programs, leading turnarounds, and driving asset reliability and cost control across rotating and fixed equipment.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Engineering or equivalent with 5+ years of industrial maintenance/reliability experience.
• 5+ years supervisory experience leading maintenance teams in industrial settings.
• Strong knowledge of rotating/fixed equipment and preventive/predictive maintenance.
• Experience with NFPA 70E and environmental, health & safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance operations to ensure safe, reliable equipment performance.
• Direct CMMS processes, backlog management, and work order execution.
• Plan and implement preventive/predictive maintenance programs and RCA.
• Coordinate shutdowns with operations, engineering, and contractors.
• Manage maintenance budgets, parts inventory, and contractor performance.

Skills

Supervisory leadership

Project management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Communication skills

Lean Six Sigma

Industrial maintenance experience

Education

Associate degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

CMMS: Infor EAM/ProCal

MS Project/Primavera

Microsoft Office

Job description

Maintenance Superintendent

East Chicago, IN, United States.

What you will enjoy doing

• 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.

What Makes You Great

• 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.

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 that help our customers succeed and support carbon‑neutral goals. Linde serves markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining, and delivers technology for space exploration, semiconductor manufacturing, life‑saving medical oxygen, and clean hydrogen production.

What we offer you

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package, including 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.

• 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.

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.