Chemist; Forensic Program Manager

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The job duties include:

• Mastery of the chemical specialty area of forensic chemistry which enables the chemist to serve as a technical authority relative to DEA laboratory system programs.

• Thorough understanding of management objectives, primarily gained through prior experience as a supervisory chemist in a field laboratory.

• Knowledge and skill to plan, assist in implementation, coordinate with laboratory management, and evaluate long- and short-term laboratory system programs.

• Ability to modify procedures to develop and plan projects that deal with critical and obscure problems in the program areas.

• Knowledge of related disciplines such as analytical, organic and physical chemistry, statistics, and instrumentation.

• Knowledge of Federal laws, agency regulations, and guidelines pertaining to forensic chemistry and legal and clandestine practices and uses.

• Skill in evaluating and incorporating into agency guidelines and criteria the latest developments and changes in forensic chemistry.

• Knowledge of management of operations activities in DEA laboratories and implementation of laboratory system policy and procedures.

• Mastery of chemistry principles, synthesis routes, etc., is required to properly categorize drug/chemical substances (e.g., correctly correlate and group data sets), and identify and track precursor chemicals.

• Knowledge of laboratory workflow is paramount to evaluating and recommending tools for lab modernization and automation, data acquisition, analytics, management, and laboratory workflow management.