ORGANIC & INORGANIC DATA VALIDATION CHEMISTS 

Interested in making a difference to the planet? Want to work with a team of Environmental Chemists who care about the protection of human health and the environment? Are you seeking broad exposure to environmental remediation and Superfund-related cleanup processes with interaction with EPA on a regional level? Enjoy travelling for your work?

ICF is seeking motivated Environmental Data Validation Chemists to join our team of environmental professionals to support an EPA contract, the Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT), across the country. The team performs soil, water, air, waste, and tissue sample analysis for chemical contaminants primarily supporting Superfund site assessment, remediation, and emergency response but also for compliance under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. Additional support provided by the team includes sample receipt and tracking, maintenance and monitoring of laboratory support equipment, inspections of safety equipment, chemical and supply inventory, environmental compliance activities, field sampling and analysis, warehouse support, and analytical subcontracting.

We are seeking candidates for EPA Region 9, Dallas, TX.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for evaluating and validating environmental laboratory analytical data for compliance with method and program/project QA/QC requirements. Reviews of laboratory-reported data will be conducted following EPA’s National Functional Guidelines or other procedures, as directed.

• Duties will include preparing written reports and editing electronic data in the cloud or through electronic file transfer to incorporate validation qualifiers, as well as reviewing the work of others doing similar work (i.e., technical or peer review).

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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, or equivalent years (4 years) of chemistry lab experience

• 4+ years of experience in organic and/or inorganic analysis using CLP, SW-846 and other EPA methods.

• US citizenship is required per federal contract requirements.

• Must be able to pass an EPA background check to obtain access to US federal property.

Additional Skills We Expect You To Have

• Ability to work remotely (i.e., experience using collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, maintaining joint calendars, schedules, or files).

• Experience writing, reviewing, or implementing quality assurance project plans (QAPPs), sampling and analysis plans (SAPs), and related documents in accordance with EPA QA/R-5: EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans; EPA QA/G-9: Guidance for the Data Quality Assessment: Practical Methods for Data Analysis; EPA QA/G-4HW: Guidance for the Data Quality Objectives Process for Hazardous Waste Sites; and other EPA quality assurance guidance is desirable.

What We’d Like You to Have

• Experience in non-routine analyses such as PFAS by EPA methods, explosives, or radionuclides is desirable.

• Laboratory experience with EPA methods and laboratory instrumentation such as HPLC, LCMS, GC, GC/MS, GC/HRMS, ICP/AES, ICP/MS, IC, CVAA, etc. for the analysis of organic and inorganic constituents and contaminants is preferred.

• Experience in validating data according to the EPA National Functional Guidelines and use of the SMO Portal EXES website and software is preferred.

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