Supervising Chemist - Central Contra Costa Sanitary District

Central San’s Regulatory and Compliance Division is seeking a Supervising Chemist. This position supervises, evaluates and directs the daily activities within the environmental laboratory.  The incumbent will oversee testing and sampling of wastewater, receiving waters, recycled water, and solids from wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal and ensure that all activities meet applicable laws, regulations, and District policies.

Typical responsibilities may include:

• Plans, prioritizes, assigns, supervises, reviews, and participates in the work of staff in assigned section(s) of the environmental laboratory .
• Designs and updates report templates and programs for standardized generation of daily reports relevant to regulatory monitoring and process control requirements and prepares electronic reports for regulatory agencies.
• Administers the laboratory information management system and organize laboratory work-flow and reporting.
• Manages laboratory projects, including developing Requests for Proposals (RFPs), evaluating proposals, interviewing consultants and contractors, preparing contracts, and monitoring progress.
• Directs and oversees the installation and method development of a variety of laboratory equipment, including Gas Chromatograph-mass spectrometer, spectrophotometers, Segmented Flow Analyzer, Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS), computers, probes, analyzers, and other instruments and develops procedures for traceability of data reporting to meet the Laboratory quality assurance program.
• Assists in development and implementation of a quality control/quality assurance program according to regulatory requirements and maintains laboratory certification under the laboratory accreditation program.
• Assists in monitoring and evaluating problems in plant operations and laboratory analyses, including providing recommendations for alleviating and improving problems. 
• Assists in the administration of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. 
• Acts as either the Technical or Quality Manger as defined in California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Regulations. 

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