Associate Chemist 2 positions

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water managing wastewater and stormwater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire two (2) Associate Chemist Level Is for a position in the Hawthorne Laboratory Water Quality South Division located in Hawthorne New York. Under supervision of the Supervisor of the Aqueduct Monitoring group the Associate Chemists will conduct accurate and precise complex analyses and produce high-quality data to support water quality monitoring throughout the watershed for regulatory compliance as required under the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR) and Filtration Avoidance Deliverables (FAD). Specific duties include:

- Performing aqueduct sample collection and laboratory analysis of samples for physical analytes such as color scent turbidity total suspended solids (TSS) hydrofluosilicic acid (HFS) assays and conductivity.

- Washing glassware and providing general laboratory support.

- Performing support functions to ensure efficient operations within the laboratory such as maintaining appropriate laboratory Quality Control solution preparation and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) work.


Please note this is not a clinical laboratory and a Clinical Laboratory Technologist License is not required for this position.


(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.)


Some of the physical activities performed by Associate Chemists and environmental conditions experienced are: lifting and carrying packages weighing approximately 20 pounds for a distance of 30 feet; performing duties in confined work areas; wearing protective garments such as respirators gloves lab coats and goggles; handling and manipulating laboratory equipment and instruments/tools such as glass and plastic ware and lab tools etc.; adjusting settings on machines which require fine finger and hand coordination and control; and collecting samples at sites in all weather conditions.

Special Working Conditions: Associate Chemists may be required to work all hours of the day or night and Saturdays Sundays and holidays.



Preferred Skills:

- Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite software including Excel Word and Power Point

- An understanding of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

- One year experience working in a laboratory setting

- Working knowledge of laboratory instrumentation and equipment.

- Communication skills; written and oral

- Interpersonal skills; interacting with fellow employees and well as individuals outside DEP

- Time management

- Organizational skills

- Committed to honesty integrity and best practices

- Drivers license valid in the State of New York



Hours/Shift:

35 Hours per week / Day shift; may be required to work Saturdays Sundays and holidays.



Work Location:

15 Skyline Drive

Hawthorne NY 10532

Hawthorne is a hamlet in the Town of Mount Pleasant Westchester County New York approximately 30 miles north of New York City.

ASSOCIATE CHEMIST - 21822

Qualifications :

Qualification Requirements
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 16 semester credits in chemistry and 8 semester credits in any one or a combination of the following areas: chemistry pharmacology toxicology environmental science forensic science or other natural science.

Certificate Requirement
At the time of appointment to a clinical laboratory candidates must possess a valid License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist issued by the New York State Education Department. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.
Additional Qualification Requirements For Assignment Level II and above.

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II and above individuals must have after meeting the minimum requirements described for Assignment Level I at least two years of fulltime satisfactory experience performing chemical or physical analyses in a laboratory.

Education may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college in any of the areas of study described in the qualification requirements above for one year of experience. However all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with the specialized credits as described above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time