Plant Operations Lead - Lean, Safety & Quality

Linde Gas & Equipment; Cahokia (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation

Employee discount program

Educational growth

Job summary

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a team of entry-level production staff and oversee daily production activities. The role ensures on-time customer demand fulfillment, safe operations, and adherence to 5S/Lean initiatives to optimize costs.

The candidate will drive reliability, training, and continuous improvement while coordinating routes, scheduling, and inventory to support efficient plant performance and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for a team of entry-level production employees to meet customer demand.
• 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; ensure employees are trained and committed to Linde Safety and Quality systems.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Operations experience

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma or GED required

Job description

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a team of entry-level production staff and oversee daily production activities. The role ensures on-time customer demand fulfillment, safe operations, and adherence to 5S/Lean initiatives to optimize costs.

The candidate will drive reliability, training, and continuous improvement while coordinating routes, scheduling, and inventory to support efficient plant performance and regulatory compliance.