Fred Ostroski

Fred Ostroski is a division manager in Linde’s Pipeline Division. Fred’s general duties will
include hiring, handling interaction between engineers and owners, and contract management.
This includes hiring and oversight of subcontractors on jobs. Fred got his degree in Civil
Engineering from Drexel, worked in design, moved to inspection and then worked for
contractors until a blind call landed him at Linde in 1999. “I started as a foreman,” Fred
recalls, “then took a position in project management and evolved from there.” Fred spends most
of his time managing the trenchless technology, or horizontal “bores” which go under roads,
mountains, streams, wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas. Linde is growing and
Fred feels it every day. “There is lots of work in the Marcellus region,” says Fred. “Problem is,
everyone wants it done yesterday.”