Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.
DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees.
DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire an Associate Chemist I for a position in the Drinking Water Operations Directorate, Water Quality Division at Hawthorne Laboratory, in Hawthorne, New York. Under general supervision, of the Wet Chemist Supervisor, the selected candidate will perform work including aqueduct sample collection and laboratory analysis of samples for physical analytes such as color, scent, turbidity, TSS, UV, HFS assays and conductivity.
Additional tasks include glassware washing and general laboratory support.
These tasks will also include support functions to ensure efficient operations within the laboratory such as maintaining appropriate laboratory QC, solution preparation and LIMS work.
Specific duties include:
(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.) Special Working Conditions: Associate Chemists may be required to work various shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Some of the physical activities performed by Associate Chemists and environmental conditions experienced are: lifting and carrying packages weighing approximately 20 pounds for a distance of 30 feet; performing duties in confined work areas; wearing protective garments such as respirators, gloves, lab coats, and goggles; handling and manipulating laboratory equipment and instruments/tools such as glass and plastic ware and lab tools, etc; adjusting settings on machines which require fine finger and hand coordination and control; and collecting samples at sites in all weather conditions. (This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.) Preferred Skills:
Work Location: 15 Skyline Drive Hawthorne, NY 10532 Hawthorne is a hamlet in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York approximately 30 miles north of New York City.
Qualification Requirements A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 16 semester credits in chemistry and 8 semester credits in any one or a combination of the following areas: chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, environmental science, forensic science, or other natural science.
Certificate Requirement At the time of appointment to a clinical laboratory, candidates must possess a valid License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist issued by the New York State Education Department. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.
Additional Qualification Requirements For Assignment Level II and above.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II and above, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements described for Assignment Level I, at least two years of fulltime satisfactory experience performing chemical or physical analyses in a laboratory.
Education may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college in any of the areas of study described in the qualification requirements above for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with the specialized credits as described above.
New York City residency is not required for this position.
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.
Source: NYC Open Data · Bespree is not the employer.
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.
DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees.
DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire an Associate Chemist I for a position in the Drinking Water Operations Directorate, Water Quality Division at Hawthorne Laboratory, in Hawthorne, New York. Under general supervision, of the Wet Chemist Supervisor, the selected candidate will perform work including aqueduct sample collection and laboratory analysis of samples for physical analytes such as color, scent, turbidity, TSS, UV, HFS assays and conductivity.
Additional tasks include glassware washing and general laboratory support.
These tasks will also include support functions to ensure efficient operations within the laboratory such as maintaining appropriate laboratory QC, solution preparation and LIMS work.
Specific duties include:
(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.) Special Working Conditions: Associate Chemists may be required to work various shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Some of the physical activities performed by Associate Chemists and environmental conditions experienced are: lifting and carrying packages weighing approximately 20 pounds for a distance of 30 feet; performing duties in confined work areas; wearing protective garments such as respirators, gloves, lab coats, and goggles; handling and manipulating laboratory equipment and instruments/tools such as glass and plastic ware and lab tools, etc; adjusting settings on machines which require fine finger and hand coordination and control; and collecting samples at sites in all weather conditions. (This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.) Preferred Skills:
Work Location: 15 Skyline Drive Hawthorne, NY 10532 Hawthorne is a hamlet in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York approximately 30 miles north of New York City.
Qualification Requirements A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 16 semester credits in chemistry and 8 semester credits in any one or a combination of the following areas: chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, environmental science, forensic science, or other natural science.
Certificate Requirement At the time of appointment to a clinical laboratory, candidates must possess a valid License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist issued by the New York State Education Department. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.
Additional Qualification Requirements For Assignment Level II and above.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II and above, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements described for Assignment Level I, at least two years of fulltime satisfactory experience performing chemical or physical analyses in a laboratory.
Education may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college in any of the areas of study described in the qualification requirements above for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with the specialized credits as described above.
New York City residency is not required for this position.
The City of New York delivers public services through agencies working across education, parks, public safety, health, infrastructure, and other areas.