Associate Director - National Dry Ice Reliability & Project Management

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.
Associate Director, National Dry Ice Reliability & Project Management
Location: Florida

The Associate Director, National Dry Ice Reliability & Project Management role is responsible for driving reliability, operational performance, and project execution across LG&E's national dry ice footprint. This role partners closely with Dry Ice Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to ensure reliable supply, improved asset performance, and successful execution of capital and processimprovement initiatives supporting LG&E's continued dry ice growth.

This position plays a critical leadership role in improving plant reliability, reducing supply disruptions, standardizing best practices, and leading crossfunctional dry ice projects across multiple regions and sites. Due to the nature of exempt roles, work hours may extend beyond the standard schedule when necessary to meet organizational demands, leadership responsibilities, and business objectives. This may include occasional early mornings, evenings, or weekends, depending on the role and the needs of the business.

What we offer you!

* Competitive compensation

* Comprehensive benefit plan (medical, dental, vision and more)

* 401(k) retirement savings plan

* Paid time off (vacation, holidays, PTO)

* Employee discount programs

* Opportunities for educational and professional growth

* Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level

Key Responsibilities

* Own and drive reliability strategy for LG&E's dry ice production network, ensuring consistent supply to internal and external customers.

* Partner with plant managers, operations leaders, and engineering teams to identify root causes of reliability issues and implement corrective actions.

* Establish and track key reliability KPIs, sharing insights and action plans with leadership.

* Support safety, quality, and regulatory compliance in all dry ice operations.

* Lead national dry ice projects, including plant decap projects, expansions, equipment replacements, CO recovery initiatives, and process improvements.

* Manage full project lifecycle: scope definition, capital justification, schedules, execution, commissioning, and postimplementation review.

* Drive consistent operating standards, maintenance practices, and reliability processes across all dry ice plants.

* Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, cost, productivity, and customer service.

* Act as a key liaison between Dry Ice Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Commercial, and corporate teams.

* Support commercial growth initiatives by ensuring operational readiness for new customers, products, and markets.

* Influence without direct authority, building alignment and accountability across regions and sites.

* Prepare and present clear updates to senior leadership on reliability performance, risks, and project progress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in operations, reliability, project management, or engineering within a manufacturing, industrial gases, chemicals, or related environment.

• Demonstrated experience leading crosssite or nationalscale operational initiatives.

• Proven ability to diagnose operational issues and drive sustainable improvements.

• Strong program and project management discipline

• Executivelevel communication and stakeholder management

• Datadriven problem solving

• Ability to lead through influence

• Comfort operating in fastgrowing, evolving environments
• Willingness to travel up to ~40-50% nationally

Why you will enjoy working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. (LG&E) is part of the largest Welding, Industrial, Medical, and Specialty Gases companies in the U.S. We carry a comprehensive selection of industrial gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide, etc. LG&E has an extensive network of production plants, retail stores, distribution centers, and customer service locations. 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.

For more information about the company, please visit our website.

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.

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