At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.
Reimagine What’s Possible Air Products is seeking an experienced Regional Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance organization supporting production facilities across the West Gulf Coast HYCO Subregion. This role is responsible for driving consistency in maintenance execution, improving plant reliability, optimizing maintenance costs, and developing maintenance talent across the region. The successful candidate will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, and Technical teams to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant performance while supporting the long‑term business objectives of the organization. This position reports to the North America Maintenance Manager.
Required Skills:
Proven leadership experience managing multi-site maintenance organizations and technical teams.
Strong knowledge of maintenance and reliability best practices in an industrial manufacturing, refining, petrochemical, gas processing, or related environment.
Experience with maintenance planning, budgeting, forecasting, outage management, and capital project support.
Demonstrated ability to improve equipment reliability, maintenance productivity, and cost performance.
Strong understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies.
Experience utilizing maintenance management systems such as SAP and maintenance planning tools.
Ability to lead complex problem‑solving efforts and drive resolution of plant reliability issues.
Excellent communication, organizational, planning, and interpersonal skills.
Strong business acumen with the ability to balance operational, financial, and strategic objectives.
Proven commitment to safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Minimum Hiring Requirements 10+ years of experience in maintenance, engineering, operations, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum of 5 years of people leadership or management experience.
Demonstrated success in improving safety, reliability, quality, and maintenance performance.
Ability to travel up to 50% within the assigned region.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, or another technical discipline preferred.
Experience supporting industrial manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, energy, or process plant operations preferred.
What's In It for You:
At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees.
Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance available day one of employment
401(k) retirement savings plan with 100% vested company core and match
Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Flexible spending accounts
Life Insurance (AD&D), Supplemental AD&D
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship.
Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status. Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e‑mail us at talent@airproducts.com. General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you’ll receive an e‑mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.
Employee and Applicant Rights Behind every success and innovation that has made a difference in the world, you will find a team of passionate people who helped make it possible. At Air Products, our talented people help each other and our customers thrive. To our colleagues, we are valued and respected teammates. To our customers, we are partners in creating value. To our communities, we are caring, involved neighbors and committed stewards of the environment.
Air Products is in every corner of the globe. Our team has over 21,000 people in over 50 countries, and we are one of the world's leading industrial gas companies. We can offer opportunities like no other―and as we grow, so can you.
