Director of Quality

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How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

• Directing and supervising a staff of 6-8 quality specialists quality engineers and quality auditors

• Development monitoring and evaluation of established quality metrics for continuous improvement (Round Robin Audit results customer complaint internal reject rate on-time delivery. etc)

• Maintaining ISO and 13485 registrations for Airgas; potentially expanding scope of registrations based on business requirements

• Initiating and maintaining all Specialty Gas and Device Gas SOPs and distribution as well as related document and data control.

• Overseeing internal audits of specialty gas production facilities according to the Specialty Gas QMS

• Set performance standards for the Specialty Gas QMS

• Preparing annual management review presentations related to the QMS

• Lead the implementation of new quality programs including development of programs to support local national and/or global policies

• Assist in the development of and oversee quality-related infrastructure for Specialty Gas products (e.g. Certificates of Analysis Data Collection and transfer Record retention)

• Managing investigations into quality issues (e.g. 5 Whys 8D Root Cause Analysis) with expected feedback to customers in 3-5 days

• Interfacing with suppliers & customers to resolve quality issues

• Provide support to Specialty Gas Training activities.

• Assisting in specialty gas vendor and equipment approvals

• Providing technical support to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations and Airgas processes and procedures

• Monitoring and managing implementation of best practices at multi-site and quality initiatives through project management and audit processes including metrics and their application

• Liaising with Airgas Corporate Division and Regional Quality divisions

• Taking responsibility to ensure that the Quality functions meet or exceed operational goals and objectives including maintenance of QMS no major audit findings

• Supporting operational goals for product lead time and on time deliveries

• Other duties as assigned

Are you a MATCH

• Bachelors degree in Science related discipline (Chemistry Biology etc) or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum of 10 years experience in Quality Management and/or Assurance functions

• Minimum of 5 years experience in implementation of or management of ISO 9000 and ISO 17025 quality systems

• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.

• Industry operational experience preferred

• Must have prior staff management experience

• Good investigative and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail

• Good interpersonal skills and organizational skills

• Project management experience preferred

• Experience with implementation or management of ISO 17034

TRAVEL:

• Must be willing and able to travel 20-25% of the time within the US Canada and the UK.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read analyze and interpret general business periodicals professional journals technical procedures or governmental regulations.

• Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals in English

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients customers and employees

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals using the English language

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Must be comfortable working with standard productivity packages (e.g. Microsoft Office Google Suite)

• Must be comfortable working with standard statistical analysis packages

• Must be proficient working with tools and protocols to generate quality-related documentation for gases & equipment

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents logarithms quadratic equations and permutations.

• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution determination of test reliability and validity analysis of variance correlation techniques sampling theory and factor analysis.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises direct reports in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Major accountabilities include interviewing hiring training associates planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining associates; addressing complaints and resolving problems

Benefits

We care about and support all Airgas associates. 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.

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.

Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE

At Airgas we are committed to building a 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.

About Airgas

Airgas an Air Liquide company is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial medical and specialty gases as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18000 associates Airgas fosters a culture of safety customer success sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas take initiative and make decisions.

Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide a world leader in gases technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66500 employees Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.

Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team you play an important role in the success of your team making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and turn youll find a welcoming workplace where youre valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career whatever path you choose.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Airgas 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

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