Environmental Organic Chemist: Water & Soil Analytics

Westchester County; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The Westchester County Department of Laboratories & Research is seeking an Environmental Chemist (Organic) to conduct and interpret environmental organic analyses of water, soil, and related materials using HPLC, GC-MS, GC/ECD, and GC/FID methods. The role supports compliance with NYS and EPA procedures and may supervise junior staff.

Applicants should have a chemistry-related bachelor's degree and relevant lab experience in environmental chemistry or sustainability-focused labs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or a biological science with twelve credits in Chemistry and either one year of environmental chemistry laboratory experience or one year of chemistry laboratory experience in a sustainability-focused laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Performs and interprets environmental organic chemistry analyses of waters, wastewater, estuarine water, soil for pesticides, PCBs and other pollutants.
• Operates HPLC, GC/MS, GC/ECD, GC/FID to perform analyses.
• Uses extraction methods (Soxhlet, liquid-liquid) and cleanup procedures (Florisil, GPC) to achieve required sensitivities.
• Maintains and troubleshoots laboratory instrumentation and equipment.
• Possibly supervises trainees and participates in 24/7/365 rotational schedule for testing.

Skills

Environmental chemistry

Laboratory supervision

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or related field

Tools

HPLC

GC-MS

GC/ECD

Soxhlet extraction

GPC cleanup

Job description

The Westchester County Department of Laboratories & Research is seeking an Environmental Chemist (Organic) to conduct and interpret environmental organic analyses of water, soil, and related materials using HPLC, GC-MS, GC/ECD, and GC/FID methods. The role supports compliance with NYS and EPA procedures and may supervise junior staff.

Applicants should have a chemistry-related bachelor's degree and relevant lab experience in environmental chemistry or sustainability-focused labs.