Quality Assurance Associate

About the role

Support and lead quality investigations involving defects, non-conformances, deviations, complaints, and adverse events, ensuring timely corrective actions, reporting, data trending, and resolution.

• Assist in internal and supplier audits and establish/update supplier and component specifications and testing as needed.
• Ensure labels are appropriately reviewed and approved for use and meet all internal and external requirements.
• Review all steps performed and ensure that the step in the manufacturing process has taken place as defined in the Batch Production Record.
• Report findings of in-process errors and provide follow-up to ensure adequate completion of corrective actions.
• Ensure product disposition, e.g., approvals for release, distribution, or rejection.
• Perform statistical analyses of processes as required to meet quality control standards.
• Ensure timely throughput of product through lab work queue.
• Demonstrate comprehensive familiarity with the lab scope and all associated lab documentation and procedures.
• Operate required analytical instrumentation (GCs, FTIRs, process analyzers, etc.).
• Report problems with analytical instrumentation and assist in subsequent repair(s).
• Accurately input and document analytical data into all necessary analytical and plant process logs.
• Strictly adhere to all necessary calibration requirements within all lab operations.
• Work in a highly structured environment with regard to safe and consistent conformance to operating procedures and work practices.
• Conform to ISO 9001:2008 directives included but not limited to policy and procedures.
• Support initiatives in Continuous Quality Improvement.
• Observe work area(s) to avoid unsafe behaviors and conditions or other hazards.
• Follow all safety rules/regulations and immediately report infractions and/or workplace injuries/accidents to proper personnel.

Requirements

• Experience in laboratory testing, quality assurance, or a related technical field.
• Strong understanding of analytical methods, instrumentation, and data interpretation.
• Ability to work independently and make quality-driven decisions.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with GMP, ISO, FDA, or similar regulatory frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in industrial gases, pharmaceuticals, food manufacturing, or regulated environments.
• Experience supporting investigations, CAPA, or quality audits.
• Technical training or certification in laboratory sciences or quality systems.

About the company

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies, and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize, and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals, and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen, and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements, and emissions reductions.

Benefits

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.

• Health, dental, disability, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• Employee discount program.
• Opportunities for educational and professional growth.

Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.

Schedule

1st Shift