Senior Chemist & Lab Lead - Environmental Analytics

Spllabs; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Employer‑paid life, AD&D, and long‑/v.

Paid time off, holidays, and parental/

Job summary

Spllabs in Plano, TX seeks an experienced Senior Chemist to join its environmental laboratory. This hands‑on role leads complex methods, instrumentation, data quality, and investigations from the bench, ensuring timely, high‑quality results.

The ideal candidate mentors staff, reviews analytical data in LIMS, and drives method development, validation, transfer, and optimization while upholding QA/QC and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Environmental Science, or a related scientific field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical resource, providing day‑to‑day guidance, resolving technical escalations, supporting workflow priorities, and ensuring timely, high‑quality results
• Perform advanced analytical testing and independently review, interpret, validate, and approve analytical data and laboratory documentation in LIMS
• Develop, validate, transfer, optimize, and troubleshoot analytical methods in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements
• Oversee instrument performance, calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair activities to support reliability and minimize downtime
• Lead investigations involving nonconformances, method deviations, data anomalies, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions
• Train and mentor laboratory personnel on analytical methods, instrumentation, laboratory procedures, quality practices, and technical problem‑solving
• Develop, review, and maintain SOPs, work instructions, analytical methods, and other controlled laboratory documentation
• Support laboratory audits, quality initiatives, method assessments, data integrity, and regulatory and accreditation compliance
• Partner with the Lab Manager to improve workflow, capacity, turnaround times, productivity, and overall laboratory performance
• Remain actively involved in laboratory operations and provide hands‑on testing, troubleshooting, and technical coverage as operational needs require
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Skills

Analytical leadership

Mentorship

Data interpretation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or related field

Tools

LIMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Spllabs in Plano, TX seeks an experienced Senior Chemist to join its environmental laboratory. This hands‑on role leads complex methods, instrumentation, data quality, and investigations from the bench, ensuring timely, high‑quality results.

The ideal candidate mentors staff, reviews analytical data in LIMS, and drives method development, validation, transfer, and optimization while upholding QA/QC and regulatory standards.