Operations Supervisor

Operations SupervisorLinde Gas & Equipment Inc.San Jose, CA, United StatesWhat you will enjoy doing:In this role you will provide leadership and direction for a team of entry-level production employees to ensure customer demand is met. Coordinate production activities to support daily distribution requirements, including local delivery routes and shuttle operations. You will lead reliability, compliance, quality, and safety initiatives to meet government and environmental regulations. Ensure team members are trained and committed to Linde Safety and Quality systems, coordinating training with the Compliance Manager. Monitor production outputs and staffing levels to maintain efficiency, anticipate problems, and develop contingency plans. Responsible for communicating and collaborating with first shift counterpart to ensure smooth operations and effective shift handoffs. Identify operational issues and lead improvement initiatives related to production processes, shift schedules, and training, reporting activities to plant management. You will help oversee inventory levels, manage equipment and product quality issues, and support 5S and Lean Projects to reduce operating costs through Operational Excellence strategies.What makes you great:You must have a high school diploma or GED; bachelor degree preferred. Minimum of 3 years of experience in an industrial plant environment with at least 2 years of leading and developing a team. You should have experience working in, and/or managing within a union environment is strongly preferred.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, 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! Pay range: $80,000 - $95,000 yearly, based on experience.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 Gas & Equipment 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.