Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Job Overview: We are currently seeking a Full-Time Mechanical Maintenance Technician who will be based at our Freeport, TX facility. The objective of the Mechanical Maintenance Technician is to ensure the safe and reliable operation of our production facility. The Mechanical Maintenance Technician will be responsible for identifying and completing planned and unplanned maintenance work on both rotating and static mechanical equipment. This person will work independently, make technical decisions, and escalate technical concerns in the field to line management in a timely fashion for proper support and action.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Performs a wide variety of skilled mechanic duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and modify mechanical equipment and facilities (pumps, piping, valves, etc.).
• Uses a wide variety of hand, power, and machine tools to perform assignments.
• Troubleshoots and repairs mechanical equipment and systems requiring the isolation of the malfunction, disassembly of equipment and repair/replacement of bearings, gears, gaskets, fittings, etc.
• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and mechanical systems and ensures work order history is created and updated accordingly.
• Manage need for critical spares to maintain onsite mechanical equipment.
• Maintain shop and parts warehouse
• Complete and document maintenance activities associated with predictive and corrective maintenance activities in a computerized maintenance database.

Qualifications:

• 5+ year's experience in an industrial production environment
• Ability to interpret equipment drawings required
• Functional computer skills required
• On-call ability required, 24/7 operations
• Willing to support multiple facilities within the Texas City /Houston Ship Channel Area

About Linde: 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 and protect our planet.

Culture: At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent.

Benefits: Linde Gases US 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. Build your future with us while making an impact every day! 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.