Environmental Chemist
| Company | Woodard Curran |
|---|---|
| Location | California, USA, New England, USA, Montana, USA, Jackson Township, NJ, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $60000 – $85000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Environmental Science, or another related discipline.
- 3+ years of relevant experience in a Quality control laboratory and or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and time management.
- Must be able to organize and prioritize to accommodate crucial deadlines.
- Knowledgeable of computer software programs, including spreadsheets, databases, and other Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Access).
- Experience with inorganic and organic laboratory methods, including PFAS, QA/QC elements, and record keeping.
- Experience with environmental data validation practices/policies/procedures, especially the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Functional Guidelines for Data Review.
- Experience with environmental databases such as ERPIMS, EQuIS, ADR.net, or FUDSChem, or data management software such as MS Access and SQL.
Responsibilities
- Assist with environmental/engineering tasks for site investigation and remediation projects.
- Support the characterization of contaminated sites, remediation system design and operation, system monitoring, data management/tracking and reporting.
- Review and validate laboratory data packages by United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) guidance to ensure compliance with published analytical methods and usability of environmental data.
- Collaborate and review on environmental project QAPPs.
- Compose, review, and critique technical reports.
- Upload laboratory analytical data to specific client and regulatory databases.
- Assist with and prepare portions of written reports, tables, spreadsheets and presentations.
- Prepare technical memoranda and white papers to be included in client deliverables.
- Implement innovation and automation tools produced by the team.
- Manage workloads assigned by chemistry staff within stipulated time.
- Support quality assurance/quality control, data management, data analysis, and various analytical chemistry aspects of environmental investigations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient in stage 2 data validation. Experience in stage 3 validation is a value add for this role, but not mandatory.