Environmental Chemist Laboratory Technician

Put your analytical skills toward making a positive impact on the planet and your career! Join ICF in support of the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) contract at the new Region 9 Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon.

ICF is looking for an Environmental Chemist Laboratory Technician in support of the USEPA Region 9 Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) contract. ESAT provides analytical, quality assurance (QA), and technical support to USEPA programs such as such as Drinking Water, Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), and Superfund (CERCLA) programs requiring the identification, assessment, remediation, and regulation of environmental hazards.

The team performs analysis on soil, water, air, waste, and tissue samples for chemical contaminants using USEPA-approved methods to support EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment through programs such as the Drinking Water programs, Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Superfund (CERCLA).

The Environmental Chemist Laboratory Technician will apply their knowledge and work experience to primarily support the preparation and analysis of samples using inorganic chemistry methods with possible cross-training on various organic analyses. All team activities must comply with EPA methods for various media (air, water, soil, biota) and environmental programs as well as the NELAC standard (2016). Job duties include sample preparation (primarily acid digestion) and operation of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and other instrumentation to determine metals and other inorganic contaminants.

The successful candidate must be able to work both independently and as member of a team.

The Environmental Chemist Laboratory Technician will apply their knowledge and work experience to primarily support the preparation and analysis of samples using inorganic chemistry methods with possible cross‑training on various organic analyses. All team activities must comply with EPA methods for various media (air, water, soil, biota) and environmental programs as well as the NELAC standard (2016). Job duties include sample preparation (primarily acid digestion) and operation of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and other instrumentation to determine metals and other inorganic contaminants.

The successful candidate must be able to work both independently and as member of a team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or related.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills, and the ability to think critically.
• Physically capable of lifting 40 lbs., using ladders, and working at elevated heights in accordance with safety standards.
• U.S. citizenship required per federal contract.
• MUST BE ABLE TO PASS an EPA background check to obtain access to US federal property.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a paperless laboratory environment.
• Prior laboratory bench-level experience using EPA-approved methodologies.
• Prior experience with ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy) or ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)
• Sample preparation experience using EPA methodologies such as acid digestion using SW846 methods
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills, and the ability to think critically.
• Sample preparation using SW846 methods for TCLP and in vitro bioaccessibility and experience with Cal WET.
• Recent "hands on" experience with the following instrumentation and associated sample preparation: CVAA (Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption), TDAA (Thermal Desorption Atomic Adsorption), IC (Ion Chromatography), TOC (Total Organic Carbon), FIA (Flow Injection Analysis).
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