Lead Wastewater Epidemiology Analyst & NGS Specialist

National Environment Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Environmental Health Institute (EHI) at NEA is seeking a motivated analyst to join Singapore's wastewater-based surveillance programme. You will contribute to laboratory analytics and applied research to strengthen capabilities and support public health decisions.

You will help develop and validate surveillance approaches, including Next-Generation Sequencing workflows, and translate wastewater signals into actionable public health insights for national monitoring.

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate degree in Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Microbiology, or related disciplines.
• Strong foundation in molecular diagnostics techniques such as qRT-PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), including library preparation, sequencing workflows, and associated data analysis and reporting, quality control.
• Interest in developing new surveillance capabilities, including designing novel assays, evaluating emerging methodologies, and translating research ideas into applied public health tools.
• Experience with data analysis using open-source programming languages and bioinformatics preferred.
• Willingness to work after office hours and weekends if required.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen research and operational capabilities of wastewater surveillance through rigorous laboratory analytics and applied research.
• Develop and validate novel surveillance approaches, including applied Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows.
• Translate wastewater signals into actionable public health insights.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Independent worker

Stakeholder collaboration

Willingness to work after hours

Education

Degree or postgraduate degree in Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Microbiology, or related disciplines

Tools

qRT-PCR

Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)

library preparation

sequencing workflows

data analysis

quality control

Job description

The Environmental Health Institute (EHI) at NEA is seeking a motivated analyst to join Singapore's wastewater-based surveillance programme. You will contribute to laboratory analytics and applied research to strengthen capabilities and support public health decisions.

You will help develop and validate surveillance approaches, including Next-Generation Sequencing workflows, and translate wastewater signals into actionable public health insights for national monitoring.