Onsite Analytical & Physical Chemist (Environmental Fate)

Precise Systems Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and AD&D coverage

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Holiday pay

Employee-managed leave

Professional growth opportunities

STAR Award recognition

Job summary

Precise Systems seeks an Analytical and Physical Chemist with 3-5 years of experience in determining the environmental fate of chemicals. This position supports the initial hazard assessment of emerging hazardous and toxic compounds by evaluating stability, transport and partitioning, degradation, persistence, physical, and chemical properties.

This role requires in-person work and collaboration with chemists, biologists, chemical engineers, and material scientists to advance program goals and

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Environmental/Chemical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, or a closely related field.
• 3-5 years of practical laboratory experience.
• Hands-on experience utilizing vapor pressure measurement methods, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and liquid chromatography.
• Proven experience in sample preparation techniques, particularly for complex matrices.
• Strong general laboratory skills and direct experience with laboratory equipment maintenance.
• Meticulous documentation in laboratory notebooks, authorship of technical reports, and drafting of SOPs.
• Ability to function effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills for audiences with varying technical backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Routinely perform instrumental analysis and testing and controlled environmental‑exposure experiments of known and suspected toxic compounds.
• Analyze samples from a range of matrices—including vapor, soil, water, and tissue—for target compounds and degradation products using analytical instrumentation and methods such as GC, GC-MS, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS.
• Develop, revise, and maintain laboratory procedures (IOPs), SOPs, test plans, research documentation, and technical reports.
• Prepare monthly progress reports and maintain routine communication with program customers, stakeholders, and internal technical teams.
• Support laboratory management activities, including equipment and supply inventory, chemical tracking, waste‑disposal coordination, and maintenance of laboratory procedures and records.

Skills

Vapor pressure

Mass spectrometry

Gas chromatography

Liquid chromatography

Sample preparation

Documentation

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Analytical chemistry

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Tools

GC

GC-MS

LC-MS

LC-MS/MS

Job description

Precise Systems seeks an Analytical and Physical Chemist with 3-5 years of experience in determining the environmental fate of chemicals. This position supports the initial hazard assessment of emerging hazardous and toxic compounds by evaluating stability, transport and partitioning, degradation, persistence, physical, and chemical properties.

This role requires in-person work and collaboration with chemists, biologists, chemical engineers, and material scientists to advance program goals and