Supplier Quality Control Manager

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At Air Liquide, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.

Air Liquide is hiring for a Supplier Quality Control Manager in Houston, TX!

We are looking for you!

• Work Schedule - Monday - Friday

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Air Liquide offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.

• Support for Parents: We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.

• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.

• Early Access: Your benefits start after day 1

The Manager of Supplier Quality Control is responsible to manage the SQC activities, resources and competencies, and to guarantee harmonization across the overall organization. The main mission of the Supplier Quality Control Manager is to ensure conformity of purchased equipment with its purchase order and associated rules, codes and specifications, while managing risk to ensure that suppliers reliably provide goods or services which satisfy Air Liquide’s Quality expectations as well as its customer's needs.

Job Duties:

• Accountable for the execution of SQC activities on projects. 

• Ensures the establishment & management of SQC strategy: Project Expediting & Inspection Plan (PEIP) document timely management, SQC manhours & costs evaluation and estimating, Support during proposal/PEIP/PIM (Preliminary Inspection Meeting). 

• Performance of Inspection based on approved strategy including CTQ parameters 

• Guarantees the conformity of equipment purchased. 

• Acts as the primary contact for US inspection assignments on behalf of all E&C centers globally 

• Coordinates and leads the SQC activities by collaborating with third party agencies and peers in E&C Centers. 

• Supports projects with manufacturing, control and certification issues. 

• Participates in the improvement of processes, standards and capitalization 

• Coordinates with inspection resources (agencies, internal resources, etc.) 

• Other tasks as assigned 

Travel expectations: Domestic and International travel roughly 30-40% of the time, or based on project needs, and may include short notice.

Required Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience 

• Discipline/Experience: Industrial gas industry; Mechanics; Boilermaking - 5 years 

Experience: 

• Quality Control 7 years minimum

• Manufacturing 5 years minimum

• Project execution - 5 years minimum 

Preferred Certifications: API 510, 570 and 653, and AWS CWI. 

Areas of knowledge: 

• Extensive knowledge in US Construction Codes i.e. ASME API, AWS, AISC, IBC, etc

• Fabrication process - Proficient

• Non Destructive Examination - Proficient

• Materials & welding- Proficient 

• Industrial Gas equipments - Proficient 

• US Statutory and Regulatory rules - Practicing 

• Language: English - Fluent

• IT & Tools: 

  • Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Google Drive, etc.) - Mastering 

  • Tools (SAP, SRM tool, Non Conformities Management) - Practicing

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build 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 background. 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.