Vice President, Operations

Airgas

Vice President of Operations overseeing plant operations and strategic leadership at Airgas. Responsible for safety, budgeting, and ensuring compliance in a diverse workplace.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeKennesaw • Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for strategic leadership while ensuring everyday operational activities run smoothly and effectively
Develops and implements the regional operations strategy for plant operations, safety & regulatory compliance, as well as policy & procedural updates
Manage and direct the capital expenditure process and budgeting
Champion and promote a strong safety and compliance culture implementing programs to ensure associate safety and company regulatory compliance
Establishes and executes quality and delivery standards for products and services to consistently meet the needs of both internal and external customers
Manage the operation teams driving a culture that fosters safety, employee engagement, ownership, and collaboration
Develop capital expenditure budgets and coordinates capital expenditures once proper approvals have been received
Review production orders and schedules to obtain product data for planning efficient operations
Resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and minimum delays
Develop, implement and revise standard operational practices
Partner with Human Resources to effectively resolve employee relations issues

Requirements

What you’ll need

Undergraduate Business, Engineering, Operations or related degree required
In lieu of degree, consideration for up to 4 years of additional relevant experience may be accepted plus high school diploma or GED required
At least 10 years of increasing leadership responsibility in production or operations with preference for prior packaged gases industry experience
Experience in developing operations strategies & developing/managing a budget
Experience driving a safety culture

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision plans
short-term and long-term disability
life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
pre-tax commuter transportation benefit
parental leave
vacation
sick time
floating holidays
jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave
paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees
401k plan with company matching funds
tuition reimbursement
discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents
Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children

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Hard Skills & Tools

operations strategycapital expenditure managementbudgetingsafety compliancequality standardsoperational practicesproduction planningproblem resolutionemployee engagementregulatory compliance

Soft Skills

strategic leadershipcollaborationemployee ownershipcommunicationteam managementissue resolutionengagement fosteringculture promotionorganizational skillsinterpersonal skills