Principal Engineer, Process Control %Quality Systems

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.

Principal Engineer, Process Control & Quality Systems

Location:

Hampton, NJ, Alpha, NJ, RTP, NC, Phoenix, AZ, Kingman, AZ, OR Medford, OR.

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer, Process Control & Quality Systems to join our team!

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision and more)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, PTO)
• Employee discount programs
• Career growth opportunities
• Salary Range- $ 106,575 to $ 156,310 (commensurate with industry experience)

• Ensures that Linde Electronics & Specialty Gases maintains and develops a process control system which aligns with advanced technology semiconductor customers.
• Lead multi-functional team investigations into quality excursions at multiple sites.
• Coordinated with teams at multiple locations to ensure thorough and quick response to customer quality issues.
• Support the organization's efforts to move process control to upstream functions (instrument health, incoming raw material, in-process controls).
• Identify, prioritize, and support specific digitalization improvement projects to optimize and implement sustainable solutions.
• Analyze, evaluate and report on Process and SQC/SPC data in an effort to improve performance, minimize cost, and enhance quality of processes/products.
• To support deployment and dissemination of responsibilities/activities required by the Technical Programs Manager
• Provide credible, reliable & robust Process Control and Quality Control data to the global customer base as well as to other Linde business areas and locations, as necessary
• Define, track, and report real-time process capabilities
• Statistical analysis of data to support, identify, evaluate and improve process efficiency, capability and cost position
• Support efforts to audit processes and make recommendations for digital improvements that will assist the site with understanding variation
• Ensure SQC/SPC outputs comply with standards and policies via periodic customer and/or internal audits
• Ensure the sharing of best practices & learning
• The job holder will be expected to travel approximately 15 - 25% of the time

• Bachelor’s degree, Engineering, Chemistry or related
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, to communicate effectively with Linde departments and major customers
• General knowledge of chemical purification processes (distillation and adsorption) and analytical of processes (GC, GCMS, FTIR, ICP) of high purity (99.999%+ purity) gases of chemicals
• Experience with statistical data management - Process Control, SQC, SPC
• Project management – experience in coordinating multiple projects associated with process improvement programs
• Technical skills associated with data management and SQC/SPC software such as Minitab, North West Analytics (NWA) and JMP and with process data collection software like historian and SEEq
• Strong conflict resolution skills

Why you will enjoy working with us:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion.

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. (LG&E) is part of the largest Welding, Industrial, Medical, and Specialty Gases companies in the U.S. We carry a comprehensive selection of industrial gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide, etc. LG&E has an extensive network of production plants, retail stores, distribution centers, and customer service locations with a focus on making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful by helping to sustain and protect our planet.

For more information about the company, please visit our website.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

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