Gas Analyzer Specialist

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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.

• Pay: $95,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year

• Analyzer Oversight: Oversee and coordinate Process and analyzers (GC, GCMS moisture and oxygen analyzer) across sites. Support data integrity through Quality Management System (QMS) standards.

• MSA Facilitation: Perform Measurement System Analysis, including calibration, Gage R&R (GR&R), and long-term stability studies. Resolve any non-conforming events related to instrumentation through collaborative troubleshooting.

• Maintenance & Assets: Oversee Preventive Maintenance (PM), acceptance tests, and critical spare parts inventory for analyzers (Inline/Offline GCMS, GC, Moisture, and Oxygen analyzers).

• Gas Standards Stewardship: Oversee the inventory, certification, and usage of Standard Gases to ensure adherence to the calibration schedule.

• Vendor Relations: Partner with suppliers on spot-check audits regarding analytical equipment and services to ensure external partners meet quality standards. Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing for new equipment.

• End-to-End QC: Facilitate quality control for Incoming (IQC), In-Process (IPQC), and Outgoing (OQC) stages in collaboration with Facility and Operation Quality Managers, with a specific focus on TVOCs (Total Volatile Organic Compounds) monitoring.

• Safety and Quality Stewardship: Monitor operations for alignment with approved quality and safety rules. Ideally, you bring the courage to pause any activity that poses a risk to customer quality or safety and immediately notify the team to initiate corrective actions.

• Deviation Management: Support site investigations for quality issues on the analyzer. Contribute to product quality improvements through participation in root cause analysis and the implementation of Preventive and Corrective Actions (CAPA).

• Tool Deployment: Lead the advancement of QC methods and quality tools on-site, including FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), RCA (Root Cause Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Plan-do-Check-Act (PDCA) methodology, and Control Charts to foster process stability.

• Data Analysis: Utilize statistical methods to monitor process performance and identify trends for improvement.

• Continuous Improvement: Nurture a culture of continuous improvement and collective growth.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent experience. 

• Proven experience in Quality Control (IQC/IPQC/OQC) within a chemical, industrial gas or semiconductor environment.

• Willingness to provide rotational on-call to support facility.

• Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with Gas Chromatographs, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry., Moisture, and Oxygen analyzers. Familiarity with Total volatile organic compounds analyses and measurement tools is highly preferred.

• Troubleshooting, must be able to develop and execute troubleshooting plans for complex industrial gas equipment. 

• Quality Tools: Proficient in quality tools such as FMEA, SPC, MSA (GR&R), and Root Cause Analysis.

• Communication: strong technical and interpersonal communication skills. 

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.