POSITION TITLE: LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (PHYSICAL SCIENCE), GS-1311-09, $69,923 - $90,898

This is a US Army Civilian position.
This position is being recruited under a Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce

SUMMARY

The Washington Aqueduct is seeking a Laboratory Technician (Physical Science) who is skilled and self-motivated with an established ability to perform scheduled work assignments within deadlines. You will have the opportunity to serve as part of a sample management team and perform drinking water and NPDES sample collections, manage samples with a modern LIMS, perform multiple methods in a wet chemistry laboratory, as well as calibrate and QC check on-line instrumentation in full accordance with EPA quality control standards and regulatory requirements. All work will be performed per laboratory Chemical Hygiene Plan safety guidelines. You will serve as part of a team dedicated to timely and accurate customer and process control sample management. You will maintain and whenever possible, enhance current laboratory standards, operating procedures and laboratory work environment. Under routine guidance, this position is responsible for performing essential work required to help maintain full laboratory certification and accreditations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-8 level in the Federal Service, which includes: (1) Performing laboratory analyses and (2) Performing field testing, collecting laboratory and field samples.
Applicants must, at a minimum, hold a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, microbiology, or another field of science from an accredited institution.
The ideal candidate will have at least two (2) years of laboratory sampling experience, fluency with laboratory standard operating procedures, experience working with LIMS, and experience performing typical Wet Chemistry laboratory methods.

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