Manufacturing Markets Application Manager, Americas

Linde; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Markets Application Manager for the Americas, based in The Woodlands, TX.

The role drives growth opportunities across LATAM, starting with Brazil and Argentina, translating global knowledge into regional opportunities, and delivering hands-on technical and commercial support at customer sites. You will work with regional teams to enable roadshows, demonstrations, and a pipeline of opportunities, including collaboration with partners in the Southern United

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Equivalent industry experience in heat treatment, tube & pipe, or metals processing will be highly valued.
• Strong operational experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, ideally tube and pipe, metals processing, welding or heat treatment.
• Demonstrated understanding of continuous manufacturing processes, industrial atmospheres, gas applications, product quality and throughput improvement.
• Ability to walk a customer process, identify operational pain points and translate them into commercially viable solutions.
• Customer-facing mindset with a combination of technical credibility and business development drive.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Manufacturing Markets growth opportunities across LATAM, focusing on Brazil, Argentina and priority countries.
• Translate global application knowledge and market trends into actionable customer opportunities for regional businesses.
• Provide hands-on technical and commercial support at customer sites, including process troubleshooting, trials and demonstrations.
• Support regional roadshows and customer development activities in heat treatment, welding and metal fabrication, tube and pipe manufacturing.
• Build strong working relationships with White Martins and LATAM stakeholders to create a sustained Manufacturing Markets opportunity pipeline.
• Serve as local execution partner for LGUS Manufacturing Markets strategy, especially in the Southern United States.

Skills

Fluent English

Spanish

Portuguese

Customer-facing mindset

Travel 50%

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Metallurgical/Materials)

Job description

Linde Inc.

Manufacturing Markets Application Manager, Americas

The Woodlands, TX, United States | req33389

What you will enjoy doing*

• Develop and execute Manufacturing Markets growth opportunities across LATAM, initially focusing on Brazil, Argentina and other priority countries
• Translate global application knowledge and market trends into actionable customer opportunities for the regional businesses
• Provide hands‑on technical and commercial support at customer sites, including process troubleshooting, opportunity identification, customer trials and demonstrations, equipment and application integration, solution replication across customers and countries
• Support regional roadshows and customer development activities in areas such as heat treatment, welding and metal fabrication, tube and pipe manufacturing
• Build strong working relationships with White Martins and other LATAM stakeholders to create a sustained Manufacturing Markets opportunity pipeline
• Serve as a local execution partner for the LGUS Manufacturing Markets strategy, particularly in the Southern United States
• Support LGUS growth initiatives in priority segments such as space, defense, tube and pipe, and other expanding manufacturing industries
• Capture successful applications and customer cases, then facilitate their replication across the Americas
• Connect regional opportunities with the appropriate Linde Technology experts, OEMs and external partners

What Makes You Great

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field
• Equivalent industry experience in heat treatment, tube & pipe, or metals processing will be highly valued
• Strong operational experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, ideally tube and pipe, metals processing, welding or heat treatment
• Demonstrated understanding of continuous manufacturing processes, industrial atmospheres, gas applications, product quality and throughput improvement
• Ability to walk a customer process, identify operational pain points and translate them into commercially viable solutions
• Customer-facing mindset with a combination of technical credibility and business development drive
• Fluent English and Spanish required; Portuguese would be a strong advantage
• Willingness to travel up to 50% across Latin America and the United States
• Ability to work across Technology, regional business development teams, sales organizations, OEMs and customers

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. For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit linde.com

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.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a wide range of medical options to suit everyone’s needs. Other benefits include; educational and professional development, employee discount program, 401K, pension plan, and life insurance, just to name a few. The salary range for this role is: $108,225- $158,730.

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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.