Office of Laboratory Certification Program Manager; PM

Careers at SCDES:
Where Passion Meets Preservation

Do you love South Carolina and protecting the environment?

Come join our team at SCDES, put your passion to work with us!

We are dedicated to protecting the state of South Carolina and we would love to have you as a member of our team!

Science | Service | Sustainability

Join the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) as the Program Manager for the Office of Laboratory Certification and lead South Carolina's Environmental Laboratory Certification Program. In this role, you will oversee a statewide regulatory program that helps ensure the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of environmental laboratory testing in accordance with South Carolina Regulations 61-81 and 61-30.

Under limited supervision, you will serve as the State's certifying authority for the environmental laboratory certification program and provide leadership for the Office of Laboratory Certification. You will support regulatory compliance, promote program effectiveness, and collaborate with stakeholders to advance certification activities and program goals. You will also ensure compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requirements, performance standards, and regulatory time frames.

Your work leading this statewide program will directly support public health and environmental protection by helping ensure laboratories across South Carolina produce accurate, reliable, and defensible analytical results.

• Manage and supervise day-to-day activities of section staff. Ensure in-state and out-of-state renewals, evaluations, and certification applications are processed according to SC Regulation 61-81. Ensure staff maintain USEPA Drinking Water Certification and oversees proficiency testing, DMRQA requirements, and laboratory certification actions.
• Provide professional and technical advice to agency management, public and private officials, consultants, and industries regarding Environmental Laboratory Certification and state and federal regulations to ensure valid, accurate, and defensible analytical results.
• Develop, review, and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Office. Review correspondence, prepare stakeholder communications, and maintain the Office website, ePermitting database, and Celmapp database.
• Generate, distribute, and ensure collection of billing and fees for certified laboratories in accordance with SC Regulation 61-30.
• Complete employee performance management (EPMS) and administrative requirements in accordance with Agency guidelines. Support implementation of the SCDES Strategic Plan and completes required administrative tasks including TIME, SCEIS, and other related functions.
• Perform other duties as requested and required.

As a state employee, you’ll enjoy:

• Job Stability & Purposeful Work
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  Make an impact on your community as you contribute to protecting SC'S environment
• Great Benefits
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  Including paid holidays, 30 total days of leave per year, insurance options for you and your family and retirement benefit choices.
• Career Growth
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  Ongoing training, professional development, and room for growth.
• Work-Life Balance
  : A career that lets you enjoy South Carolina, inside and outside of your job.

• A master’s degree in the natural or physical sciences, public health, or related technical field with sixteen (16) hours of chemistry and five (5) years of environmental experience; OR
• A bachelor's degree in chemistry in natural or physical sciences, public health, or related technical field with sixteen (16) hours of chemistry and six (6) years of environmental experience.

Institutions of Higher Learning must be recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Applicants…