R2202087 Senior Environmental Chemist /Team Leader- Fort Meade

ICF is seeking a motivated Senior Environmental Chemist and Team Leader (including Environmental Scientists, Chemists, Biologists, Geologists, etc.) to join our team to support an EPA contract, the Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT), located at Fort Meade in Maryland.

The team performs soil, water, air, waste and tissue sample analysis and data validation for chemical contaminants primarily supporting Superfund site assessment, remediation, and emergency response but also for compliance under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. The team also supports EPA’s ambient air monitoring programs through sampling air for Pb and particulates and auditing ambient air analyzers for ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrous oxide under the Clean Air Act. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• 3 programs 

• Serve as senior chemist to perform laboratory analysis and data validation services, and provide technical oversight of the work performed by others 

• Schedule, track and report assignments and work products

• Develop budgets and ensure financial performance of the team

• Supervise technical

• Serve as the primary technical and management point-of-contact with the EPA client 

• Ensure compliance with all technical, quality assurance, and safety requirements 

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or equivalent years of professional experience in the chemistry field.

• experience managing organic

• 3+ years of experience managing environmental analysis group and/or laboratory of 5 or more direct reports 

• 1+ years of experience with the CLP, EXES, and NFG for data validation is required 

• 1+ years of experience in a NELAC-certified, DOD or DOE environmental laboratory is required 

• Proficiency with data acquisition, instrument reporting, and Laboratory Information Management systems 

• Proficiency working with Microsoft suite of software or similar collaboration tools

• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status per US federal contract requirements

 Preferred Skills:

• Advanced degree in chemistry 

• Recent experience with quality assurance program implementation 

• “Hands on” experience operating GC, GC/MS, ICP, ICP/MS, HPLC, or similar systems, including full use of applicable data acquisition and reporting software 

• Specialized skills in high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and emerging contaminants (e.g., PFOS/PFOA)

• Recent experience with analytical method development for environmental samples

• Experience in PEP, NPAP, NPEP, Pb PEP for ambient air monitoring 

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