Operations Supervisor

Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc.

Operations Supervisor

Indianapolis, IN, United States | req33504 Night shift Panama Schedule: 07:00pm to 07:30am. Training will take place on day shift.


What you will enjoy doing*

• Serve as the primary front-line leader for an assigned production area, providing visible shop-floor leadership, clear direction, and employee support across the full lifecycle, including onboarding, training, development, performance management, and offboarding
• Lead daily operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and people objectives while ensuring production schedules, customer commitments, and operational targets are consistently met
• Coordinate staffing, work assignments, overtime, equipment utilization, and material availability to support daily and weekly production requirements while balancing workforce efficiency and operational needs
• Drive daily management systems through tier meetings, visual management, standard work, and performance reviews; monitor key metrics such as safety, schedule attainment, throughput, productivity, OEE, first-pass yield, scrap, and on-time delivery, escalating risks as needed
• Develop and execute recovery plans to address performance gaps, quality concerns, equipment downtime, staffing shortages, or other operational constraints that could impact production performance or customer delivery commitments
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements, quality standards, process specifications, training expectations, company procedures, and applicable regulatory and export-control requirements
• Coach, develop, and hold employees accountable for performance, attendance, behaviors, and company expectations while partnering with Human Resources on employee relations matters, investigations, corrective actions, hiring, engagement, and retention initiatives
• Lead talent development and continuous improvement efforts by driving cross-training, succession planning, Lean initiatives, root cause problem solving, and collaboration with Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance to improve process capability, equipment reliability, productivity, and overall operational performance

What makes you great

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Manufacturing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience is required
• Minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing experience, including meaningful experience as a supervisor, team leader, or other front-line leadership role is required
• Aerospace, defense, advanced production, precision manufacturing, or special process experience is preferred
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Flight Deck, Daily Management, or another continuous improvement operating system is preferred
• Previous supervisory experience in a multi-shift or 24/7 manufacturing environment is preferred
• You will have the ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, and perform manual tasks for extended periods
• Ability to perform repetitive hand and arm movements while processing, masking, demasking, loading, unloading, inspecting, and packaging customer hardware and materials
• Ability to safely lift and carry up to 40 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation
• You will work in a production environment that may include exposure to noise, dust, vibration, heat, cold, and industrial chemicals while wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to visually inspect parts, materials, and process conditions to identify defects, damage, contamination, or other nonconforming conditions
• Ability to wear safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, respirators, protective clothing, and other PPE as required by the task or work area

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.


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.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!


Have we inspired you? Let's talk about it


We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.

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 Advanced Material Technologies Inc. abides by applicable export control laws includingthe Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic inArms Regulations (ITAR) in accordance with the company's export controlprocedures. As such, persons considered for this position must be eithera U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident (green card holder) or otherwiseclassifiable as a U.S. person under relevant regulations.

Linde Advanced Material Technologies 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.

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