Safety and Quality Specialist II

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive family benefits

Up to 14 weeks paid childbirth leave

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Air Liquide Taylor, TX is seeking a Safety and Quality Specialist II to lead lab safety and quality programs in our Balazs Electronics materials operations.

You will manage 17025 accreditation, QA/QC processes, and safety metrics, and mentor teams through near-miss investigations, JHAs, and SOP updates.

This full-time role requires a chemistry background and 8+ years analytical lab experience, with a focus on compliance, data integrity, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• BS in Chemistry or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• 8+ years analytical lab experience.
• Experience with implementing, performing, and/or monitoring Laboratory QA/QC.
• Must be knowledge of chemical analyses and processes.

Responsibilities

• Generate monthly safety meeting presentation from Air Liquide template.
• Own weekly near miss meeting and safety champion calls/training.
• Plan and assign 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 safety issues and manage action items to closure.
• Perform ergonomic assessments.
• Train new employees on both quality and safety culture.
• Train new hires on lab safety, evacuation routes, and reporting issues.
• Manage and sustain 17025 accreditation.
• Manage SOPs and training changes.
• Trend data to report KPIs quarterly to customer.
• Trend BECs, LCS, Instrument tuning parameters, QC samples.
• Maintain lab databases and data templates.
• Provide support to LIMS on updates/fixes.
• Manage quality near misses and action items to closure.
• Investigate quality issues or environmental change points.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

MS Word

Excel

Instrument software

Education

BS in Chemistry

Tools

GC-MS

ICP-OES

GFAA

ICP-MS

Ion Chromatography

Auto-Titration

pH

Viscosity

Specific Gravity

Job description

R10098784 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.

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

Our Differences make our Performance

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.