Organic Environmental Chemist – Group Leader

ICF is hiring an Organic Environmental Chemist – Group Leader in Corvallis, Oregon, to oversee a team supporting the EPA. Responsibilities include managing analyses of environmental samples, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and providing technical guidance. Candidates should have a degree in chemistry or a related field, extensive experience in environmental analysis, and supervisory skills. This position requires on-site work at a new laboratory facility.
Apply your analytical skills and managerial capability toward making a positive impact on the planet and your career! Join ICF in a new laboratory facility with current instrumentation in support of a contract with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the Region 9 Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon.

ICF is seeking an Organic Environmental Chemist to lead a group of 3-5 technicians and chemists on the Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) contract to support the EPA Region 9. This team performs analyses and provides technical and quality assurance (QA) support to the EPA Superfund and other programs to facilitate the identification, assessment, remediation and regulation of environmental hazards. The team performs soil, water, air, waste, and tissue sample analysis for chemical contaminants using EPA-approved methods.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide direct supervision of the technicians and chemists in the Organic group
• Report directly to the Laboratory Lead
• Ensure compliance with all technical, Quality Assurance, and Health, Safety and Environmental Management requirements
• Provide technical input and guidance to help resolve sample matrix or instrument performance issues for the analysis performed.
• Monitor the analytical request backlog and allocate staff resources accordingly
• Perform secondary review of all data generated by the Organic group and generate and review client deliverables
• Interaction with and presentation to the client as needed

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or physical science
• 8+ years of experience performing and/or managing Organic preparation and analysis of environmental samples using SW-846, CLP or AWWA Standard Methods
• 2+ years of experience supervising an environmental analysis group of comparable size
• Proficiency with data acquisition, processing, review and reporting via instrument software and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Experience in a NELAC, A2LA or DOECAP accredited environmental laboratory is required
• Experience with employee performance evaluation and management
• Must be authorized to work in the US
• Must be able to pass an EPA background check to obtain access to US federal property

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Preferred Skills/Experience:
• Significant, recent “hands on” experience with instrument operation, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance for several of the following categories of instrumentation and techniques: GC, GC/MS, LC and LC/MS/MS for volatile and semi-volatile compound analysis, headspace analysis, Continuous Liquid-Liquid Extraction (CLLE), Solid Phase Extraction (SPE), Pressurized Fluid extraction and EPA sample extract concentration and clean-up methods
• Experience with analysis of emerging contaminants including PFAS compounds
• Demonstrated proficiency with performing Root Cause Analysis and implementing Corrective Action
• Recent experience with analytical method development for environmental samples
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$73,371.00 - $124,730.00Oregon Client Office (OR88)