Line Manager South Region

Air Products•Houston, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Line Manager leads production operations for Air Products’ Americas Industrial Gases South sub-region, with full production accountability across a geographically dispersed region. The role is responsible for maximizing asset utilization, minimizing costs, improving performance, and ensuring safe, efficient, reliable operations that meet customer requirements. The manager directs and monitors the operation and maintenance of production units and works with regional leadership, commercial teams, customers, and technical partners to optimize services and profitability for on-site customers and the liquid bulk business. The role directs maintenance, plant operations, and installations to minimize downtime. During crises, the Line Manager provides management oversight to plan and execute remedial action, restore production, and prevent customer interruptions. The position has primary responsibility for personnel safety, administering safety procedures, setting safety goals, and promoting hazard identification and other actions to improve safety performance. The Line Manager evaluates and approves capital spending for facilities and equipment, establishes productivity and efficiency goals and cost-control systems, sets manpower levels and utilization objectives, and provides operational leadership for regional growth capacity and mergers and acquisitions activity. The position requires approximately 50% travel within the region, sometimes on short notice.

Requirements

10+ years of operations management experience, with a focus on building teams and remote leadership.
Strong safety mindset.
Ability to travel approximately 50% within the region, sometimes on short notice.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Administer EH&S standards to protect employees, contractors, the community, and the environment.
Partner with other sub-region leaders to drive profitability and asset optimization across the full geography.
Direct and monitor plant production to efficiently meet customer requirements.
Identify cost-reduction opportunities and manage productivity programs and plans to reduce operations costs.
Organize and control maintenance functions to optimize cost and reliability.
Provide operational input to engineering estimate design and support asset refurbishment and maintenance based on end-of-life and reliability assessments.
Provide operational leadership for growth capacity and sub-region merger and acquisition activity.
Direct the operation and maintenance of production units and installations to safely, efficiently, and reliably meet customer requirements while minimizing downtime.
Respond to crises by organizing remedial action to re-establish production and avoid customer interruptions.
Set safety goals, ensure safety awards are performed, institute hazard identification processes, and initiate actions to improve safety performance.
Evaluate and approve capital funds for facilities and equipment; establish cost-control systems, manpower levels, and manpower-utilization objectives.
Work with customers, business and sales teams, regional leadership, and technical partners to optimize services and profits.

Benefits

Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available on the first day of employment.
401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions.
Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Flexible spending accounts for medical expenses and dependent daycare.
Health Savings Account.
Life insurance (AD&D) and supplemental AD&D.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Competitive pay.