Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Closing Date/Time: 06/15/2021
Salary: $2,783-$3,686.00 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC028
Job Responsibilities
35% 1. Accepts environmental samples into the laboratory and performs required actions;
- Intakes samples into the laboratory in a timely manner
- Performs all required preservation checks, including pH and temperature
- Reviews and records required information on the chain of custody forms, in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and in logbooks as appropriate
- Acidifies samples as required utilizing safe lab techniques including proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Unloads samples and transports them utilizing the appropriate method of transport to designated storage locations or the extraction area for processing
25% 2. Prepares and packs sample kits for shipment to sample collectors;
- Prepares blank water samples to be shipped with sample kits
- Packs and ships sample kits according to schedules with accuracy
- Maintain packing material inventory and requests supplies as required
- Packs and lifts vials and bottles in boxes and 48-quart coolers for shipment
- Performs safe handling procedures involving hazardous materials, such as acid preservatives
- Maintains written and computerized records to track sample mailers and coolers from the time they are dispatched from the laboratory until their return
- Updates records, and ensures availability to Unit Manager/working Supervisor and Agency bureaus and divisions staff
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15% 3. Performs routine checks of support equipment;
- Daily checks and records readings of the temperature of all sample storage devices (refrigerators and freezers)
- Updates records, and makes them available to the Unit Manager/working Supervisor and other Agency bureaus and divisions staff
10% 4. Maintains a clean and neat work area and provide clean laboratory glassware ready for use;
- Prepares bottles and laboratory glassware by washing/solvent-rinsing for use in trace analysis
- Cleans equipment and bench tops
- Prepares, and monitors laboratory reagent water
- Cleans empty boxes and coolers
- Removes tape and labels from boxes
- Washes glassware at laboratory sink
10% 5. Travels to Regional Offices performing sample pick up and supply drops;
- Monthly performs scheduled trips to designated Regional Offices
- Delivers sample collection supplies
- Travels in performance of duties
05% 6. Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education and experience equivalent to completion of high school
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Requires elementary knowledge of laboratory safety procedures.
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- Requires ability to follow oral and written instructions
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- Requires ability to operate minor sample preparation equipment, or automatic glassware washers
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Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to lift sample coolers that weigh up to 50 pounds and distribute to designated locations within the Springfield Combined Laboratory.
- Requires a valid driver’s license
- Requires the ability to travel, while driving agency supplied laboratory van as directed, adhering to the designated rules of the road
- Requires the ability to stand for extended periods of time
Work Hours: 8:30-5 Mon-Fri
Work Location: 825 N Rutledge St Springfield, IL 62702-4956