COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST (WATER)

Board of Water Supply; Honolulu, Northern (HI, KY); Hybrid; USD 57,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Board of Water Supply in Honolulu, HI is seeking a Full-Time Temporary Laboratory QA professional to plan, coordinate, and manage a comprehensive QA program for water testing and field sampling. You will ensure analytical procedures are sound and validated, with ongoing audits and SOP updates to maintain high data quality.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in environmental science, chemistry, biology, or related field, and at least three years of professional lab experience with quality

Qualifications

• Quality assurance and QA program oversight in a laboratory setting.
• Experience with water sample testing and field-testing quality control.
• Familiarity with SOPs and audit procedures for lab operations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and administer a comprehensive laboratory QA program.
• Identify critical test method control points and monitor QC limits.
• Write, update and enforce SOPs for testing, sampling and field testing.

Skills

Quality assurance

Laboratory testing

Audit processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science/chemistry/biology

Job description

$5,107 – $5,527/monthly
Job Type:Full-Time Temporary
Location:Honolulu, HI
Department:Board of Water Supply
Apply Before:Continuous

Plans, coordinates, implements, monitors and administers a comprehensive laboratory quality assurance program that defines the procedures, practices, methods, systems and audit process for ensuring and independently validating that the water samples collected, field tests performed, analysis performed on the samples collected and the analytical test results produced by and in the laboratories are technically sound, correct, defensible and consistently of high quality. Identifies and monitors critical analytical laboratory test method control points. Establishes critical quality limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, preventative measures and verification procedures.Writes and periodically updates all laboratory testing method, sample collection and field-testing quality assurance procedures.Plans and conducts surveillance audits on the implementation of all laboratory testing, water sample collection and field-testing procedures, practices and methods by the staff.Ensures the samples collected and the various water tests performed are in accordance with the laboratory’s standard operating procedure (SOP).

Recommended Requirements:

Education:

Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science, chemistry, biology, physical science, or other closely related field of science

Experience:

Three (3) years of professional experience in a testing laboratoryanalyzing water samples in accordance with quality control procedures and protocols specified by the test method.