What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Laboratory Analyst position at US11345-AIRGAS Airgas USA, LLC?
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Job Overview:Assisting the Lab Manager with the responsibility of all day-to-day laboratory operations including analyzing specialty gas mixtures using various gas analysis methods. Basic duties include maintaining instrumentation, developing analytical methods, refining and improving current techniques, troubleshooting processes, documenting results, and training personnel. Assists in coordinating activities and workloads among technicians as directed by the manager. Reflects the policies, ethics, and safety culture of the
company in a leadership role.
Assisting the Lab Manager with the responsibility of all day-to-day laboratory operations including analyzing specialty gas mixtures using various gas analysis methods. Basic duties include maintaining instrumentation, developing analytical methods, refining and improving current techniques, troubleshooting processes, documenting results, and training personnel. Assists in coordinating activities and workloads among technicians as directed by the manager. Reflects the policies, ethics, and safety culture of the company in a leadership role.
Responsibilities and Duties:
● Ensuring compliance with applicable ISO quality standards.
● Providing input for quality corrective and preventive actions.
● Providing input for complaint investigation.
● Assist with investigation of non-conformances.
● Troubleshooting analytical methods and instrument operation in an immediate and accurate manner.
● Serve as Technical Manager for the laboratory and provide technical assistance to plant personnel as necessary.
● Coordinates with supervisor concerning delivery schedules, product complaints and special product requests.
● Enforcing quality and safety policies within the laboratory.
● Performs routine production testing and quality control analysis of specialty gas mixtures and pure gases.
● Analyzing specialty gas mixtures, both gases and liquids, using gas
chromatography and process analyzers.
● Analyzing raw materials, both liquids and gases, for impurities and effectively recording and reporting the results.
● Prepare gas analysis certification reports for customer distribution.
● Reviewing and approving analytical results, certificates of analysis and
associated documentation per Airgas SOPs and customer requirements.
● Monitoring lead times and effectively prioritizing workloads.
● Assisting in the qualification and maintenance of laboratory standards including proper inventory, labeling, documentation, storage, and presentation.
● Assisting in the set up and maintenance of laboratory instruments and keeping maintenance records for laboratory instruments per Airgas SOPs.
● Leading team member on special projects.
● Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
● Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or related field required or 5-10 years of relevant experience.
● Knowledge and understanding of analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis,
spectroscopy and statistical methods.
● Ability to read and comprehend Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
● Ability to coordinate efforts with multiple departments.
● Aptitude for high precision work.
● Ability to perform the essential functions of the Senior Laboratory Analyst.
● Ability to work with others in a team environment to meet the Laboratory goals.
● Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) or equivalent software.
● Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex instructions such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information to co-workers and customers.
● Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from
employees and/or customers.
● Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
● Ability to understand statistics and advanced mathematical equations.
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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
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Your differences enhance our performance
At Airgas, we are committed to building 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 race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. 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.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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