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.
 
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Air Products'da biz imkoniyatlarni qayta tasavvur qilamiz. Xodimlarimizning motivatsiyasiga va umumiy tajribamizga tayanib, bizni oldinga siljitadigan g'oya va innovatsiyalarni yaratamiz. Birlashganimizda – har bir ovoz eshitiladigan va har kim o'zini tegishli va muhim his qiladigan muhitda – biz odamlarni kosmikka uchiradigan, shifoxonalarda hayotni saqlab qolish bo'yicha yordam beradigan va dunyo miqyosidagi inqilobiy ishlab chiqarish quvvatlarini barpo etishni ta'minlaydigan yechimlar yaratamiz.

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Deputy General Manager - GTL

Air Products Uzbekistan | 📍 Karshi, Uzbekistan

🏭 Join one of the largest industrial gas production facilities in the Europe and Africa region.

Air Products is seeking an experienced Deputy General Manager GTL to support the General Manager in leading safe, reliable, compliant, and profitable operations at our world-class GTL facility in Karshi, Uzbekistan.

The successful candidate will play a key leadership role across operations, technical services, maintenance, EHS, commercial activities, and customer relationships while driving operational excellence and business performance.

🏭 About the Facility

The Air Products GTL plant in Karshi features:

➤ Two Air Separation Units (ASU) with a capacity of 4,200 tons/day each

➤ Two Topsoe Auto Thermal Reformers (ATR)

➤ One Steam Methane Reformer (SMR)

➤ Approximately 170 employees across operations and support functions

🎯 Key Responsibilities

✔️ Support the General Manager in delivering strategic and operational objectives

✔️ Coordinate annual operating plans, budgets, and improvement initiatives

✔️ Align Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Commercial, and Support teams

✔️ Drive operational excellence, reliability, and performance improvement programmes

✔️ Lead cross-functional projects focused on safety, efficiency, and cost optimisation

✔️ Strengthen governance, operational discipline, and process compliance

✔️ Manage stakeholder, customer, and partner relationships

✔️ Support talent development, succession planning, and organisational effectiveness

✔️ Represent the General Manager during periods of absence

🎓 Qualifications & Experience

✅ Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial

✅ Engineering, or related discipline

✅ Minimum 15 years of leadership experience in industrial, petrochemical, refining, manufacturing, or energy facilities

✅ Proven experience leading complex operations and multidisciplinary teams

✅ Strong knowledge of asset reliability, maintenance, operational excellence, and safety management systems

✅ Experience with SMR and ASU technologies is essential

Strong commercial, financial, and stakeholder management skills

✅ Fluent English required

✅ Russian and/or Uzbek language skills preferred

✅ Willingness to relocate to Karshi, Uzbekistan

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

➕ MBA or Master's Degree

➕ PMP Certification

➕ Certified Reliability Leader (CRL), CMRP, or equivalent

➕ Lean Six Sigma Certification

➕ Process Safety Management Certification

➕ IOSH, NEBOSH, or equivalent HSE certifications

🎁 Work Conditions & Benefits Package

◼️ Competitive salary aligned with experience and qualifications

◼️ Salary paid twice monthly in Uzbek Soum

◼️ Annual performance bonus

◼️ Monday-Friday | 5-day working week

◼️ Modern workplace at the Air Products GTL facility in Karshi

◼️ Housing allowance for relocating employees

◼️ Comprehensive relocation support for employees and families

◼️ 21 days annual leave plus 7 additional company leave days

◼️ Life and health insurance, including prescription coverage

◼️ Corporate canteen

◼️ Long Service Award programme

◼️ Wellness allowance

◼️ Bank Holidays Bonus

◼️ Opportunity to gain international experience and contribute to global projects

📩 How to apply

To get back to you on your application in a compliant, fast, and efficient way, we look forward to receiving your application via the APPLY option on our website or the job board where this role is posted.

Please note that this vacancy will remain advertised until the recruitment process is completed and an offer is made to the selected candidate. Until then, the job advertisement may be automatically refreshed or re-posted on the platforms where it was originally published.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where inclusion is our culture and each person knows they belong and matter.

For more information, visit Air Products or follow us on social media.

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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.

1940 yilda tashkil etilgan Air Products sanoat gazlari bo'yicha dunyodagi yetakchi kompaniya bo'lib, innovatsiya, operatsion mukammallik hamda xavfsizlik va atrof-muhitni muhofaza qilishga bo'lgan sobit sadoqat bilan faxrlanadi. Birgalikda ishlab, biz o'z ishtiyoqimiz va turli tajribalarimizni oldinga yo'naltirib, imkoniyatlarni qayta tasavvur qilamiz va mijozlarimiz, jamoalarimiz hamda butun dunyo uchun tozaroq kelajak yaratamiz.