Safety and Quality Specialist II

Location: Taylor, TX – Laboratory & Analysis.

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 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 ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.
• Manage SOPs and any training associated with changes to the SOPs.
• Trend data to ensure the lab reports quality data and report against KPIs quarterly to the 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 quality issues or environmental change points (e.g., new hood qualifications, moving the PC between labs).
• 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 the 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.
• Knowledge of chemical analyses and processes.
• Good computer skills (scientific instrument software, Word, Excel).
• Ability to work in a team environment with strong communication skills.
• Initiative, self‑motivation, and 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‑method sample analysis in a production environment.
• Experience with the ISO/IEC 17025 standard and/or ISO 9001 standard in a quality role.
• Experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience in the industrial gas industry.

Pay

$90,000.00 – $100,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Up to 14‑week paid child‑birth benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Tuition assistance.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.
• Benefits begin on day 1 of employment.

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