Global Rare Gases Operation Engineer (Kr & Xe)

About the role

Air Liquide's Global Rare Gases business (part of Global Markets and Technologies) is looking for an Operation Engineer for Krypton and Xenon in Moissy-Cramayel. The role keeps production running smoothly and safely, coordinates with maintenance and quality, runs the laboratory and acts as the technical link between the site and the partner site in Cheonan, South Korea.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate daily production and lab activities, resolve operational issues and coordinate with Maintenance and Quality
• Monitor key production parameters, investigate deviations and set up and run the site's SPC and data monitoring system
• Lead risk assessments, enforce life-saving rules and carry out IMS gap analyses
• Support incoming, in-process and outgoing quality control testing against client specifications
• Support requalification of metrology tools and perform MSA and GR&R studies
• Operate, calibrate and maintain instruments such as GC-DID, GC-PED, FTIR, FID, NDIR, CRDS and quartz balances
• Structure the laboratory workflow and prepare it for new product lines and electronic industry requirements
• Share analytical methods and validate metrology with the Cheonan site, and plan future instrumentation and online analyzers

Required profile

• At least three years of professional experience in an industrial and operational environment
• Master's degree or engineering degree in Analytical Chemistry or an equivalent advanced degree in chemical analysis
• Fluency in both French and English
• Strong communication skills, able to explain complex analytical data to Operations, Quality, Sales and external customers
• Appetite for laboratory work, including sampling design, test plans, purification operations, chemical analysis and equipment maintenance; R&D experience is a plus
• Prior experience with high-purity specialty gases or the semiconductor supply chain is preferred

Required skills

• Gas Chromatography (GC) and FTIR
• Chemical engineering fundamentals and statistical software
• Preferred: automated data sharing, Google Apps Script and database management