Plant Manager: Lead Operations, Safety & Lean Initiatives

Linde Gas & Equipment; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 77,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation

Employee discount

Education growth

Job summary

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. in Denver, CO, seeks a Plant Manager to lead a team of entry-level production staff and coordinate daily production and distribution to meet customer demand.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement, with responsibility for training, scheduling, and optimizing operations to reduce costs while maintaining high standards. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in an industrial plant environment, 3+ years of leadership, and willingness to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 5 years in an industrial plant environment.
• 5+ years in driver, operations, distribution or quality roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for a team of entry-level production employees to ensure customer demand is consistently met.
• Coordinate daily production activities and distribution requirements, including local delivery routes and shuttle scheduling.
• Lead reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives to meet governmental and environmental regulations; coordinate training with the 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 equipment and product quality issues, maintain inventory of production supplies, and support 5S and Lean projects and hazardous waste activities.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Training

Safety compliance

Problem solving

Union awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. in Denver, CO, seeks a Plant Manager to lead a team of entry-level production staff and coordinate daily production and distribution to meet customer demand.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement, with responsibility for training, scheduling, and optimizing operations to reduce costs while maintaining high standards. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in an industrial plant environment, 3+ years of leadership, and willingness to