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Job Description

CHEMIST II
ASSIGN: SPECIALTY

JOB CODE 23421

Effective Date:	03/08N

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Chemist II Specialty assignment includes three areas of specialty:

Organics/Volatiles/Semi-Volatiles Section incumbents are responsible for planning, assigning and supervising the day-to-day laboratory activities in the semi-volatile testing of water/wastewater samples in the organics section. Incumbents in this assignment train laboratory technicians and Chemists I, monitor compliance with established laboratory policies, review data and associated documents, interpret test results, and write comprehensive analytical reports. Incumbents ensure all methodologies conform to Federal and State regulations; Clean Water Act (CWA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA), Industrial Waste, and Pollution Prevention programs.

Inorganic/Metals Section incumbents are responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the chemical analyses and method development in support of the operation of drinking water production and the wastewater treatment process, ensuring all methodologies conform to Federal and State regulations; Clean Water Act (CWA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Industrial Waste, and Pollution Prevention programs. Incumbents monitor compliance with established laboratory policies, review data and associated documents, interpret test results, and write comprehensive analytical reports.

Biology/Microbiology Section incumbents are responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the testing for microorganisms per EPA standard methods and method development in support of various regulatory programs and special studies for the Water Services Department. The Microbiology group regularly engages in the microbiological (total and fecal coliform) parasitology (cryptosporidium and giardia), and molecular biology (polymerase chain reaction) analyses of water and wastewater samples in accordance with federal and state laboratory requirements and internal quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) policies and procedures.

This assignment differs from the base classification of Chemist II due to the increased responsibility to maintain quality control and develop scientifically sound, legally defensible processes, while keeping current with all new methods, rules, and regulations.