Safety and Quality Specialist I

Air Liquide SA; Taylor (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Air Liquide SA is seeking a Safety & Quality Specialist II for our Taylor, TX facility. This role focuses on maintaining 17025 accreditation, conducting safety trainings, and leading QA/QC activities in a high-purity laboratory environment.

You will generate safety reports, track near misses, manage JHAs, and coordinate training to ensure the lab meets quality KPIs. A BS in Chemistry and 8+ years of analytical lab experience are required.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemistry or equivalent education/experience.
• 8+ years analytical lab experience.
• Experience with implementing, performing, and/or monitoring Laboratory QA/QC.
• Must be knowledge of chemical analyses and processes.
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel).
• Team-oriented with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate monthly safety meeting presentations.
• Own weekly near miss meetings and safety champion calls/training.
• Plan and assign JHAs, inspections, and drills.
• Maintain 17025 accreditation and SOP training.
• Investigate safety and quality issues; drive corrective actions.
• Trend data and report KPIs to customers quarterly.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Self-motivated

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Education

BS in Chemistry

Tools

GC-MS

ICP-OES

GFAA

ICP-MS

Ion Chromatography

Auto-Titration

pH

Viscosity

Specific Gravity

Job description

Safety and Quality Specialist II (Open)

Location: Taylor, TX - Laboratory & analysis - Balazs Air Liquide Electronics innovative electronic materials respond to increasingly challenging customer demands for improved mobility, connectivity, computing power and energy consumption. We offer ultra pure carrier gases, a wide range of specialty gases and advanced precursor molecules, enabling equipment for safe distribution, purification and on-line purity control. On site, manufacturers rely on our expertise in providing full management of these gases, advanced molecules and equipment and in helping to continuously improve production processes.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative.

At Air Liquide, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.

Air Liquide is Hiring for a Safety & Quality Specialist II in Taylor, TX! We are looking for you !

Pay: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Air Liquide offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start day 1.

Responsibilities

• Generate monthly safety meeting presentation from Air Liquide template
• Own weekly near miss meeting and any safety champion calls/training
• Plan and assign out JSAs, inspections and submarine drills.
• Report SAS safety requirements
• Manage safety near misses and action items to closure
• Maintain accurate and up to date JHAs and PPE matrix
• Investigate any safety issues and manage action items to closure
• Perform ergonomic assessments
• Train new employees on both quality and safety culture
• Train new hires on overall lab safety, evacuation routes, and how to report safety issues.
• Manage and sustain 17025 accreditation
• Manage SOPs and any training associated with changes to the SOPs
• Trend data to ensure lab is reporting quality data and report against KPIs quarterly to customer
• Trend BECs, LCS, Instrument tuning parameters, QC samples, etc.
• Maintain lab databases and data templates
• Provide support to LIMS administrator on any needed LIMS updates/fixes
• Manage quality near misses and action items to closure
• Investigate any quality issues or environmental change points, e.g. new hood qualifications, moving the pc between labs, etc.
• Act as subject matter expert for safety and quality for all active projects
• Perform support and training on spaghetti diagrams
• Present status of safety and quality KPIs weekly to customer
• Implement and validate database updates and revisions
• Implement and validate data template updates and revisions

Required Qualifications

• BS in Chemistry or equivalent combination of experience and education
• 8+ years of analytical lab experience
• Experience with implementing, performing, and/or monitoring Laboratory QA/QC.
• Must be knowledge of chemical analyses and processes.
• Good computer skills required (scientific instrument software, Word, Excel)
• Must be able to work in a team environment with good communication skills.
• Must have initiative and be self-motivated.
• Good organization skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with GC-MS, ICP-OES, GFAA, ICP-MS, Ion Chromatography, Auto-Titration, pH, Viscosity, Specific Gravity, and other Wet Methods sample analysis in a production environment
• Experience with the 17025 standard and/or ISO 9001 standard in a quality role
• Experience in the Semiconductor Industry.
• Experience in the industrial gas industry

Company Culture

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background.

We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders.

Join us for a stimulating experience: you’ll find a world of learning and development opportunities where inventiveness is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment.

Discover what your professional journey at Air Liquide could be here!