Plant Operations Leader II: Safety & Lean Improvement

Linde plc; Benicia (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays and vacation

Employee discount program

Educational and professional growth

Job summary

Linde plc in Benicia, CA is seeking a leader to direct a team of entry-level production employees to ensure customer demand is met, coordinating daily production activities and distribution, including local routes and shuttle scheduling.

You will drive reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives, oversee training in Linde Safety and Quality systems, and monitor performance to anticipate problems and develop contingencies.

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 3 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 ensure customer demand is 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; ensure training in 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.
• Manage and elevate equipment and product quality issues, maintain inventory of production supplies, and support 5S and Lean projects and hazardous waste activities; identify ways to reduce plant operating costs through Operational Excellence.

Skills

Team leadership

Production management

Union environment

Training & development

Safety & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma or GED required

Tools

5S

Lean manufacturing

Job description

Linde plc in Benicia, CA is seeking a leader to direct a team of entry-level production employees to ensure customer demand is met, coordinating daily production activities and distribution, including local routes and shuttle scheduling.

You will drive reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives, oversee training in Linde Safety and Quality systems, and monitor performance to anticipate problems and develop contingencies.