Quality Control Chemist

Salary : $60,780.00 - $95,630.00 Annually

Location : Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

Job Type : Civil Service

Job Number : 13220-0225

Department : El Paso Water Utilities

Opening Date : 02 / 27 / 2025

Closing Date : 3 / 4 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Mountain

FLSA : Exempt

Requirements

MOS Code : None

Education and Experience : A Bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry, bacteriology or related field, and four (4) years professional laboratory work experience, including two (2) years involving advanced testing techniques such as spectrophotometry, chromatography, or atomic absorption or responsibility for quality control or assurance in a laboratory environment.

Licenses and Certificates : Some positions may require a Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose

Under direction, assure the integrity of water and wastewater sample chemical analysis.

Typical Duties

Administer water analysis laboratory Quality Control / Quality Assurance (QC / QA) Program. Involves : Audit, verify and document that laboratories are adhering to established (QC / QA) guidelines. Audit laboratory operations or individual performance by examining paperwork, logbooks, observing methods, and the verbal questioning of personnel. Review control charts, logs and laboratory and instrument maintenance records. Initiate corrective action, if necessary, based upon audit findings. Check, assure and maintain laboratory operations equipment and maintenance, chemicals and supplies. Prepare analytical reports for laboratory issue. Conduct educational classes regarding QC / QA topics. Write and or update laboratory manuals and instructions regarding testing procedures, sampling, safe working environments. Administer safety and hazardous waste program for laboratories. Maintain Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Provide expert testimony in hearings regarding technical laboratory procedures, audit results or other issues. Service as technical advisor and participate in committee meetings regarding special projects. Prepare laboratory for national accreditation by assuring programs are in place. Administer safety and hazardous waste program for laboratories.

Prepare and make budgetary recommendations. Involves : Prepare laboratory budget documents and capital outlay requests for the IWQL. Approve purchase of laboratory supplies and recommend purchase of laboratory equipment or services. Communicate with vendors and secure price quotes. Administer service contracts for capital equipment.

Perform related duties as required. Involves : Perform duties of coworkers, subordinates or supervisor as necessary to ensure continuity of operations. Maintain cleanliness of tools, equipment and work spaces. Observe safe work practices. Respond to questions, problems or complaints from laboratory staff, management or the public. Maintain and update files, records, reports and logs. Prepare reports for regulatory agencies or management.

General Information

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Note : Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.

Important Note : Required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

Note : Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information.

A rsum and / or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See rsum" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying / pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your rsum will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

BENEFITS

LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE

The City of El Paso is a self-insured entity with a third-party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits. Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees. Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available.

Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and / or dependent care for daycare expenses). All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date.

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost. A trained counselors are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life's stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle.

The City's Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more!

Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment.

ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE

All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part-time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro-rated amount of full-time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement.

Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee :

For 0 - 5 years of service (12 days) :

40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period

For >

5 to 15 years of service (17 days) :

40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period

For >

15 or more years of service (20 days) :

40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period

SICK LEAVE WITH PAY

Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission.

ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE

The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease.

PREGNANCY LEAVE

A) Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability.

B) An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave.

C) An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

The following days are hereby declared legal holidays for all the City departments, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department whose duties are to prevent or extinguish fires, or to members of the Police Department whose duties are those of law enforcement : (Amended 10 / 03 / 95)

1. First day of January (New Year's Day)

2. Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Holiday)

3. Thirty-first day in March (Cesar Chavez Day)

4. Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

5. June 19 (Juneteenth)

6. Fourth day of July (Independence Day)

7. First Monday in September (Labor Day)

8. Eleventh Day in November (Veteran's Day)

9. Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)

10. The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Day after Thanksgiving)

11. Twenty-fifth Day in December (Christmas Day)

12. Employee's Birthday

In addition to the above days, the following days are also declared to be legal holidays : 1. Any day designated as a holiday by City Council. 2. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a legal holiday. 3. When any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a legal holiday.

What describes your highest level of education?

• Bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry, or bacteriology
• Master's degree or higher in chemistry, or bacteriology
• Doctorate's degree or higher in chemistry, or bacteriology
• None of the above

How many years of professional laboratory work experience, to include involving advanced testing techniques such as spectrophotometry, chromatography, or atomic absorption or responsibility for quality control or assurance in a laboratory environment do you have?

Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?

Please describe your knowledge of procedures and techniques used in a chemical analysis laboratory.

Please describe your knowledge of chemicals used and safe working practices and equipment.

What is your knowledge of chemicals used and safe working practices and equipment.

Please describe your experience in the use and care of testing and chemical analysis equipment.

Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your degree translated and evaluated by an agencey of NACES?

Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process.-Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties.-Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience.-Copying and pasting directly from the job specification.-Responses referring to your rsum.

Required supplemental questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score. Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Note : Only applications that pass the Supplemental Questions exam will be reviewed.

Required Question

Salary : $60,780 - $95,630