The State Hygienic Laboratory is seeking an experienced chemist to fill the Environmental Lab Specialist, or Environmental Lab Scientist position for the Chemical Threat, Environmental Testing, and Food Testing Programs. This position will perform analysis samples for chemical threat agents and contaminants in a wide variety of matrices. This position will be responsible for sample preparation, sample analysis, data processing and reporting of results from a variety of forms, including clinical, environmental, and food matrices. This position will be responsible for operating and maintaining instruments, including LC-MS/MS, HPLC, GC-MS and associated equipment to ensure prompt analytical response and minimal turnaround times back to external partners and customers.Additional duties include method development and outreach/training to first responder organizations.
Schedule:Normal working hours are 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. However, this position must be willing to be available to respond to emergency response analyses at potentially unconventional business hours or on the weekend in emergency situations.
Modality:In-Person, on-site.
For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.
About Pay and Compensation:
Pay Grade:4A or 6AUniversity of Iowa offers a generous benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits
About the State Hygienic Laboratory
The State Hygienic Laboratory’s main facilities are headquartered on the University of Iowa's Research Park campus northwest of Iowa City in Coralville. Additional testing facilities are part of the Iowa Laboratory Facilities in Ankeny, a Des Moines suburb.
Since 1904, the State Hygienic Laboratory has been at the forefront of public health issues in Iowa. As the state’s public health and environmental laboratory, the Hygienic Laboratory serves all of Iowa’s 99 counties through disease detection, environmental monitoring, and newborn and maternal screening.