Description

This Professional and Scientific position will be filled as either an Environmental Lab Specialist (PHB2) or Environmental Lab Analyst (PHB1).  Please indicate in your cover letter, which position you want to be considered for, or you can indicate both.

The State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville, is looking for a Chemical Threat Laboratory Specialist or Analyst, to prepare clinical and environmental samples, and analyze the data collected.  The position will respond to human exposures to chemical threats (terrorism) as directed by the Laboratory Response Network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The position also receives and attempts to identify unknown chemical threats submitted to the laboratory by various emergency response organizations, e.g. hazardous materials teams.  The Specialist or Analyst will be responsible for maintaining and operating various instrumentation and will have very similar education and experience as an Associate Chemist (PRG2), but in an environmental lab setting.

Normal working hours are 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.  However, this position must be willing to be available to respond to emergency response analyses at potentially unconventional business hours or on the weekend in emergency situations. 

For additional information and a detailed job description, please visit the departmental website at:
http://www.shl.uiowa.edu/jobs/

About the State Hygienic Laboratory
The State Hygienic Laboratory’s main facilities are headquartered on the University of Iowa's Research Park campus northwest of Iowa City in Coralville. Additional testing facilities are part of the Iowa Laboratory Facilities in Ankeny, a Des Moines suburb.

Since 1904, the State Hygienic Laboratory has been at the forefront of public health issues in Iowa. As the state’s public health and environmental laboratory, the Hygienic Laboratory serves all of Iowa’s 99 counties through disease detection, environmental monitoring, and newborn and maternal screening.

Requirements

Qualifications for Chemical Threat, Environmental Lab Analyst (PHB2-4A):

Education or Equivalency Required
Bachelor of Science in chemistry, analytical chemistry, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Qualifications

• Working relevant laboratory experience and knowledge of analytical chemistry.
• Demonstrate working data acquisition and analysis experience with at least two of the following techniques: FTIR, Raman, Solid Phase Extraction, GC, GCMS, LC, or LC-MS/MS.
• Demonstrates effective communication, using varied tools and techniques to transmit, receive, and interpret information, both written and verbally.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner and utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals and needs.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• A Master's degree in analytical chemistry is highly desired.
• Experience with gas chromatography or liquid chromatography.
• Experience with mass spectrometry and the application toward quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Identification of unknown chemical samples.
• Clinical laboratory analysis - working with urine and blood borne pathogens.
• Method validation and/or method verification.
• Knowledge of- and work with forensic sample handling procedures.
• Demonstrates working knowledge and experience with Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS).
• Work with first responders and other emergency response organizations.
• Knowledge of CBRNe threats with an emphasis on Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism

Qualifications for Chemical Threat, Environmental Lab Analyst (PHB1-3A):

Education or Equivalency Required
Bachelor of Science in chemistry, analytical chemistry, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Qualifications

• Basic relevant laboratory experience and knowledge of analytical chemistry.
• Demonstrates effective communication, using varied tools and techniques to transmit, receive, and interpret information, both written and verbally.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner and utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals and needs.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• A Master's degree in analytical chemistry is highly desired.
• Experience with gas chromatography or liquid chromatography.
• Experience with mass spectrometry and the application toward quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Identification of unknown chemical samples.
• Clinical laboratory analysis - working with urine and blood borne pathogens.
• Method validation and/or method verification.
• Knowledge of- and work with forensic sample handling procedures.
• Demonstrates working knowledge and experience with Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS).
• Work with first responders and other emergency response organizations.
• Knowledge of CBRNe threats with an emphasis on Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism