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Salary– $54,492.00 – $71,520.00 Annually

What makes this role unique?

You will join a part of the inorganics unit at Manchester Environmental Laboratory (MEL), a highly active production lab.  In this role, you will follow EPA Methods, Standard Methods, and strict QC protocol and you will operate state of the art instrumentation. As a chemist in this unit you must be detail oriented, organized, collaborative, communicate well, and be able to work independently as well as part of a team.

What you will do:

  • Perform sample digestions and chemical analysis on water, wastewater, sludge, sediment, tissue and hazardous waste samples for metals by ICP-OES and mercury by CVAA.
  • Perform sample digestions and chemical analysis on water samples for Hg by CVAFS.
  • Prepare, digest and analyze water, wastewater, sludge, sediment and hazardous waste samples for TCLP metals by ICP-OES.
  • Back up to primary analyst for ICPMS in prep and analyses.
  • May assist in the research and development of new methodology
  • Cross-train to backup primary nutrient analyst and general chemistry technicians in preparations and/or analyses.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, educational and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.

A Bachelor’s degree with a major in chemistry or a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of college-level chemistry.
 
AND 
 
Experience – Two years of experience preparing and analyzing environmental samples for Inorganic analytes (general chemistry and/or metals).
 
OR

One year of experience preparing and analyzing environmental samples for Inorganic analytes (general chemistry and/or metals) as a Chemist 1 or higher. at the Department of Ecology

Note: A Master’s degree will substitute for two years of the required experience provided a Bachelor’s degree and the required college-level chemistry has been achieved.

Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:

  • Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment.
  • Valid driver’s license required.

Desired Qualifications:

We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.

Preferred knowledge

  • EPA preparation and analysis methods (245.1, 245.5, 245.6, 7470 and/or 7471) for Hg by CVAA.
  • EPA method 1631 for the preparation and analysis for Hg by CVAF.
  • EPA preparation methods (200.2, 3010, 3050, 3051 and/or 3052) and analysis methods (200.7 and 6010) for metals by ICP-OES.

Preferred experience

  • One year preparing and analyzing environmental samples for metals by ICP-OES.
  • One year preparing and analyzing environmental samples for Hg following CVAA and/or CVAFS.
  • Experience in Flow Injection Analyzer (FIA), Ion Chromatographer(IC), automated titrator, carbon hydrogen nitrogen (CHN) analyzer.

Preferred competencies: Familiar with Element data management system.