Lab Qa/Qc Jobs

Description/Job Summary
Currently, HGL is seeking a Part-Time Lab Quality Assurance/Quality Control Coordinator to support our Maywood FUSRAP Project
Responsibilities/Duties
What You'll Be Doing
The Lab QA/QC Coordinator will be responsible for

• Ensuring chemistry resources are available based on request from project managers for the preparation and writing of reports, letter reports, remedial investigation reports, monthly progress reports, standard operating procedures, and more.
• Mentoring, training, overseeing, and assigning tasks to HGL's chemists, ensuring adequate staffing is available through hiring, cross-training, teaming, and subcontracting to ensure HGL's quality, budget, and schedule requirements are met for all programs and projects.
• Working with Chemistry Manager to resolve chemistry-related issues in a timely manner that ensures conformance with HGL's performance standards, such as enforcing UFP-QAPP requirements with the laboratories and subcontracted validators.
• Developing and updating performance objectives and conducting annual performance reviews for HGL's chemists. When needed, improving/correcting or rewarding performance, conducting training, advocating for chemists, and implementing performance improvement plans.
• Serving as the liaison between laboratories, data validators, HGL staff, and client.
• Ensure senior reviews are conducted for UFP-QAPPs, data validation narratives, data usability reports, data quality assessments, data validations, and other data reviews conducted by HGL chemists and subcontractors.
• Ensuring chemistry resources are available to support field sampling events, submitting bottle orders, tracking laboratory progress, etc.
• Ensure coordination with database management personnel for the timely uploading, storage, and transmission of environmental analytical data from subcontracted laboratories into Locus EIM, SQL Server, FUDSChem, or other contract-required systems.
• Directing HGL's chemistry personnel from proposal development to field sampling to laboratory analysis to data validation to reporting.
• Working collaboratively with HGL's Chemistry manager for ensuring resources for chemistry technical operations.

Additional duties may be assigned.
Required Skills
WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• PhD in chemistry, environmental chemistry, or a related scientific discipline field plus 2 to 4 years of directly related experience in environmental consulting and/or laboratory analytical chemistry or
• Detail-oriented and ability to manage multiple tasks and interface with multiple project managers
• Proficient in standard office computer applications and software, to include Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Managing project teams specifically assigned responsibilities related to sampling, environmental chemistry, laboratory analysis, data validation, and/or data management.
• Working knowledge of instrumentation used for environmental analysis (e.g., LC-MS/MS, GC/MS, ICP, GC-ECD, IC, etc.)
• Commitment to working safely and adhering to all health and safety protocols
• Ability to delegate, multi-task, and adapt to shifting priorities
• BA/BS plus 6 to 8 years of directly related experience.
• Serving as prime point of contact with clients, management, and subcontractors.
• Working on Federal contracts ideally with USACE, AFCEC, and EPA.
• Familiarity with USEPA analytical methods as well as USEPA and DOD data validation guidelines
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills
• MA/MS plus 4 to 6 years of directly related experience or
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Skills
WHAT YOU NEED TO STAND OUT

• Supervisory and/or hands-on experience in laboratories conducting analyses using EPA methods and DoD Quality Systems Manual (QSM) Version 5.1 or later
• Familiarity with analytical database management systems such as LIMS, Microsoft Access, SQL, Locus EIM, EQuIS, and GIS desired.
• Supervisory and/or hands-on experience with data validation conducted in accordance with National Functional Guidelines, Contract Laboratory Program requirements, and DOD Data Validation Guidelines.