Plant Leader: Lean Operations, Safety & Quality

Linde; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays and vacation

Employee discount program

Educational and professional growth

Job summary

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a team of entry-level production staff, ensure on-time customer demand, and drive safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

You will coordinate production activities, optimize routes and logistics, monitor performance, and champion Lean and 5S initiatives while developing employees and controlling costs. This role requires a minimum 5 years in industrial plant settings with leadership experience and willingness to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; HS diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 5 years in an industrial plant environment.
• 5+ years in Driver, operations, distribution or quality roles.
• At least three (3) years of experience leading and developing employees.
• Willingness to work in a unionized Environment is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead team of entry-level production employees to meet customer demand.
• Coordinate daily production activities and local delivery routes and shuttle scheduling.
• Lead reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives to meet governmental and environmental regulations; train employees with Compliance Manager.
• Monitor production performance and manpower levels to maintain efficiency, anticipate problems, and develop contingencies.
• Identify operational challenges and lead improvement efforts related to production processes, shift scheduling, and training; report progress to plant management.
• Manage and elevate equipment and product quality issues, maintain inventory of production supplies, and support 5S and Lean Projects; identify ways to reduce operating costs through Operational Excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Safety compliance

Training and development

Union environment

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma or GED required

Job description

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a team of entry-level production staff, ensure on-time customer demand, and drive safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

You will coordinate production activities, optimize routes and logistics, monitor performance, and champion Lean and 5S initiatives while developing employees and controlling costs. This role requires a minimum 5 years in industrial plant settings with leadership experience and willingness to