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NEOGOV · 4 weeks ago

Environmental Laboratory Supervisor – Environmental Services Department

San Jose - Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$137K/yr - $167K/yr

4+ years exp

NEOGOV is part of the City of San José, a vibrant and innovative community. They are seeking an Environmental Laboratory Supervisor to manage laboratory operations, supervise technical staff, and ensure compliance with environmental testing protocols and standards.

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Responsibilities

Planning, organizing, and directing the operations within a section of the laboratory

Supervising staff to include scheduling, prioritizing, and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; making personnel recommendations and addressing employee disciplinary issues

Providing technical consultation to laboratory service groups to develop sampling procedures and analytical programs to meet their service requests

Reviewing, evaluating, updating, and establishing analytical methods within an assigned section; setting goals, determining priorities, developing work schedules, monitoring workflow, and maintaining timelines

Planning, organizing, and directing complex applied research including designing experiments, developing time schedules, setting goals, monitoring results, analyzing data, and submitting oral and written reports as required

Monitoring and evaluating problems related to plant operations and laboratory analyses and recommending solutions to alleviate such problem situations

Implementing, evaluating, and monitoring appropriate quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) processes and procedures and establishing data quality objectives to meet ELAP laboratory certification and The Nelac Institute 2016 (TNI 2016) standard requirements

Evaluating laboratory services, equipment, and preparing justification and recommendation for the purchase of state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and equipment replacements

Assisting in preparing budget and projections for their assigned section; monitoring expenditures and revenues to ensure they are within budgetary targets; participating in funding forecast needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; and the administration of the approved budget

Research and preparation of technical and administrative reports, written correspondence and presentations for technical meetings and publications to internal and external stakeholders

Directing and supervising the implementation and use of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) by staff within an assigned section

Representing the laboratory to outside agencies and organizations; participating in studies conducted by other agencies to evaluate new or existing analytical methods; providing technical assistance as necessary

Building and maintaining positive working relationships with co-workers, other City employees, other organizations, and their representatives, exhibiting effective customer service and communication skills

Qualification

Laboratory wastewater testingELAP certification knowledgeAnalytical methods developmentLIMS administrationQuality assurance processesBudget managementTechnical report writingCustomer serviceMulti-taskingTeam leadershipCommunication skillsProblem solving

Required

A bachelor's degree in chemistry, environmental chemistry, microbiology, biology or a related discipline

Four (4) years of professional experience in a laboratory environment, including at least two (2) years of journey-level independent analytical experience in water or wastewater analysis

Possession of a valid driver's license authorizing operation of a motor vehicle in California

Preferred

A master's degree in a related scientific discipline can be substituted for one (1) year of the required professional experience in a laboratory environment

Knowledge of standard laboratory quality control and quality assurance requirements related to wastewater methodologies and procedures for chemical and biological, analytical determinations

Knowledge of chemical, microbiological, biological, and/or toxicological methods and their application to environmental analyses in an ELAP certified and/or TNI accredited laboratory

Knowledge of and experience in LIMS processing and control strategies utilized in laboratory environments for data storage, manipulation, and statistical analyses

Ability to conduct and direct specialized research work on problems of a chemical, microbiological, biochemical, or biological nature

Knowledge and experience in using computer applications or data management systems (such as LIMS) as they relate to laboratory operations

The ability to direct specialized research work on water or wastewater related problems; to critically review environmental literature, technical reports and documents, and data concerning process performance evaluations

Ability to prepare clear, accurate, and concise written technical results

Ability to interface with external and internal stakeholders, conducting oral and written presentations as needed