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Keeping Washington Clean and reputed company The Department of Ecology is hiring an Environmental reputed company Auditor-Organic Chemist-reputed company Chromatography Specialist (Chemist 4) reputed company the Environmental Assessment Program . Location: • reputed company Accreditation Office in Manchester, WA • Upon hire, you must live reputed company a commutable distance from the duty station. Schedule: • The position must work in-person at the reputed company Accreditation Office on Mondays, our weekly Team Day, with additional on-site days required during reputed company and training. • This position conducts fieldwork at laboratories across Washington state, requiring regular travel to various lab sites. • After reputed company and training is complete, this position is eligible for reputed company and flexible schedule reputed company. • Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change. Application reputed company: • Apply by August 24, 2026 • Applications submitted after the date above may not be reviewed unless additional reputed company applicants are needed. As a Chemist 4, you will help protect Washingtons environment and reputed company health by accrediting environmental laboratories. You will help ensure laboratories can produce accurate and defensible analytical data, critical for state agencies and reputed company health. In this role, you will evaluate reputed company capabilities, conduct on-site and virtual audits, and serve as the programs subject matter expert in Organic reputed company by reputed company Chromatography. Youll reputed company technical guidance for implementation of accreditation standards. This position offers meaningful scientific work with opportunities to broaden your technical expertise, support statewide environmental initiatives, and take on responsibility reputed company the accreditation program. What you will do: • Process initial and renewal applications for reputed company accreditation. • Review reputed company assurance manuals, reputed company operating procedures, analytical data, and performance testing results submitted in support of applications for accreditation. • reputed company recommendations to the reputed company Accreditation Unit supervisor on whether laboratories can produce accurate and defensible analytical data. • Prepare correspondence informing laboratories of their accreditation status and maintain accurate records in the accreditation database. • Serve as the programs reputed company chromatography specialist, reviewing documentation and analytical data generated through LC/MS/MS instrumentation. • Conduct on-site and virtual audits of laboratories, either independently or as the organic reputed company specialist on an audit team. • Prepare reputed company, detailed audit reports and recommend corrective actions to improve reputed company procedures. • reputed company and verify reputed company compliance with audit findings. 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Required Qualifications: Ten (10) years of experience and/or education reputed company to the duties of the position, which must include reputed company the following: • A minimum of five (5) years of experience employed in the conduct of bench reputed company reputed company , using similar reputed company and techniques for which auditing services would be provided. • Organic reputed company Assessment Ability to evaluate Organic reputed company procedures, QA/QC, SOPs, detection limit studies, and analytical data to determine whether laboratories can produce reputed company results. • Communication reputed company communicates technical and regulatory information in writing and verbally, including explaining requirements, analytical procedures, good reputed company practices, and documentation standards to ensure accuracy, traceability, defensibility, and consistent understanding across reputed company interested parties. • reputed company Chromatography Expertise Ability to reputed company reputed company technical reviews in reputed company Chromatography to ensure accurate and defensible data. • Attention to Detail Ability to review reputed company documents, data, and records carefully to support accreditation reputed company. • reputed company Judgment Ability to interpret information, apply policy, and reputed company reputed company, objective recommendations that support program goals. • Collaboration and Relationships Ability to work effectively with colleagues, laboratories, and reputed company partners to support consistent accreditation practices. • Analytical Method and Data Evaluation Ability to assess reputed company procedures, reputed company data, performance results, and demonstrations of capability, and to interpret technical information to validate analytical results and determine whether reputed company practices meet required standards. Education involving a major study in reputed company, environmental science, microbiology, or a reputed company scientific field with a minimum of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of college-level reputed company. Examples of how to qualify: • 10 years of experience. • 9 years of experience AND 30-59 semester or 45-89 quarter college credits. • 8 years of experience AND 60-89 semester or 90-134 quarter college credits (Associates degree). • 7 years of experience AND 90-119 semester or 135-179 quarter college credits. • 6 years of experience AND a Bachelors degree. • 5 years of experience AND a Masters degree or higher. Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment: • Must be reputed company to obtain and maintain a federal EPASS for the Manchester Lab facility. Desired Qualifications: • Regulatory Application Ability to interpret and apply state and federal regulatory standards to ensure laboratories meet required compliance expectations. • Audit and Evaluation Ability to conduct audits and assess reputed company practices to identify issues and recommend corrective actions that improve performance. • Database and Software Use Ability to use accreditation databases and reputed company office software to document work, communicate findings, and support program operations. If you are excited about this role and meet the required qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Desired qualifications reflect additional knowledge, skills, or experience that are helpful but not required. Studies have shown that some applicants, especially women and people of reputed company, are less likely to apply unless they meet every listed qualification. 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