Maintenance Superintendent

About the Role Maintenance Superintendent leads daily maintenance operations for Air Separation and Liquid Hydrogen production facilities at East Chicago site, planning, prioritizing, scheduling, and directing maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient equipment performance. Coordinates with operations, engineering, contractors, procurement, and leadership to align maintenance priorities and drive long-term asset integrity. What You'll Do

• Lead daily maintenance operations for Air Separation and Liquid Hydrogen production facilities, planning, prioritizing, scheduling, and directing maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient equipment performance.
• Manage CMMS processes, maintenance backlog, and work execution workflow, including work order creation, prioritization, scheduling, tracking, and closure.
• Optimize maintenance and reliability programs through preventive/predictive maintenance, workforce development, resource planning, KPI analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Direct planned and unplanned shutdowns while coordinating with operations, engineering, contractors, procurement, and leadership to minimize downtime and meet production objectives.
• Provide technical troubleshooting support, lead root cause failure analyses, and implement corrective actions to improve equipment reliability and eliminate recurring failures.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractor performance, and spare parts inventory to control costs, maximize asset availability, and support operational goals.
• Collaborate with site leadership and subject matter experts to align maintenance priorities, drive productivity improvements, and support long-term asset integrity across rotating equipment, fixed equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, and site infrastructure.
• Support both office and field operations, including equipment inspections, climbing ladders, working at elevated heights from scaffolding and man-lifts, entering confined spaces, responding to off-hours maintenance needs, and traveling overnight up to 10% while working in varying weather conditions. What We're Looking For
• Associate degree in Engineering with 5+ years of industrial maintenance/reliability experience, or 10+ years of progressive industrial maintenance and reliability experience; Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Engineering Technology preferred.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience leading maintenance personnel, mentoring teams, and driving performance in an industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of rotating and fixed equipment, including compressors, pumps, cooling towers, piping systems, heat exchangers, control valves, instrumentation, motors, electrical distribution systems, and associated maintenance practices.
• Experience developing and managing preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs, including predictive technologies such as vibration and oil analysis.
• Proven ability to lead maintenance operations, turnarounds, shutdowns, work processes, backlog management, and long-term asset reliability strategies.
• Experience conducting root cause analyses (RCA), implementing corrective actions, trending operational performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a matrix organization.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, suppliers, and environmental, health, and safety compliance requirements, including knowledge of applicable regulations and standards such as NFPA 70E.
• Proficiency with CMMS platforms (Infor EAM, ProCal, or similar), Microsoft Office, and maintenance scheduling tools such as MS Project or Primavera.
• Experience in the chemical, air separation, or similar industrial manufacturing industries and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred. Nice to Have
• Ability to travel overnight up to 10% and work in varying weather conditions (travel requirement). Compensation & Benefits
• 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.