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Associate Chemist - The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Winchester, CA


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Company: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

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The Associate Chemist position is an intermediate level position located at the Skinner Treatment Plant laboratory in Winchester, California. This position is responsible for ensuring compliance with drinking water regulations, supporting treatment plant operations, performing routine compliance and non-compliance water quality analyses (e.g., sampling and analyzing chemistry and microbiology samples), and performing job duties that will ensure the treatment plant laboratory is in compliance with the Division of Drinking Water's Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program requirements.

This position will work independently under the direct supervision of the Treatment Plant Laboratory Team Manager and maintain close working relationships with personnel in Water Treatment and Water Quality sections.

This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.

To view the full job description click here: Associate Chemist

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and two years of relevant experience.

Related field is defined as: Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Environmental Science.

Relevant Experience is defined as: chemistry and microbiology laboratory techniques and instrumentation; standard laboratory quality assurance and control requirements, including laboratory safety protocols.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
License(s): Valid California Class C Driver’s License or equivalent (required at time of application) that allows you to drive during your employment.


CLOSING
Benefits:
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
• Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
• Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Excellent working environment

For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: Benefits Regular Full Time Employee


ABOUT MWD
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of 26 cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. Metropolitan’s mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Metropolitan’s facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.3 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 830 miles of pipeline, and 15 hydroelectric power plants.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities, who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call (213) 217-7738 or email: [email protected].

MWD is a Federal and State EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

Application Filing Period: Closes at 4:30 pm PST on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.

Sponsorship: Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).

Job Status:

This job is currently active.