The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Water Supply seeks to hire an Associate Chemist II for a position in Watershed Water Quality Operations Laboratory located in Hawthorne, New York. Under the supervision of the Chemistry Supervisor, the Associate Chemist II will be performing routine qualitative and quantitative analyses of drinking water and environmental water samples in accordance with regulatory requirements for drinking water and environmental water testing using methods approved by New York State. Specific duties include:

- Ensure that analyses are performed in accordance with regulatory requirements for water samples and conduct routine laboratory quality control procedures according to Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (ELAP), The National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference Institute (TNI) protocols and the WWQO Quality Assurance Manual.

- Serving as an analyst for several inorganic chemistry methods, including drafting and reviewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

- Performing routine analytical testing using approved methods following written protocols. Methods include the use of an ion chromatograph, flow injection analyzer, total organic carbon analyzer and automated titrator.

- Reviewing data

- Preparing standards and reagents

- Performing instrument calibration and maintenance

- Obtaining satisfactory calibration, QC, and proficiency test results

- Preparing method SOPs under direction of supervisor

- Preparing and maintaining inventory of equipment and supplies

- Complying with environmental health & safety (EH&S) laws and regulations, and DEP’s policies and procedures.

Please note this is not a clinical laboratory, and a Clinical Laboratory Technologist License is not required for this position.

(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.)


Some of the physical activities performed by Associate Chemists and environmental conditions experienced are, lifting and carrying packages weighing approximately 20 pounds for a distance of 30 feet, performing duties in confined work areas, wearing protective garments such as respirators, gloves, lab coats, and goggles, handling and manipulating laboratory equipment and instruments and tools such as glass and plastic ware and lab tools, etc., adjusting settings on machines which require fine finger and hand coordination and control, and collecting samples at sites in all weather conditions.

Special Working Conditions: Associate Chemists may be required to work all hours of the day or night and Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.


Preferred Skills:

- Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite software including Excel, Word, Adobe and Access, and Power Point

- Familiarity with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

- Familiarity with data compilation protocols, including use of data reporting programs associated with assigned instruments(s) and laboratory information management systems i.e., STARLIMS

- Ability to maintain accurate electronic and written records while ensuring data entries in notebooks and computer output files are complete and legible

- Ability to submit reports and records for review by specified deadline

- Analytical ability

- Communication skills both written and oral

- Interpersonal skills

- Time management

- Organizational skills

- Committed to honesty, integrity, and best practices


Hours and Shift:

35 Hours per week. Day shift may be required to work Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.


Residency Requirement: New York City residency is not required for this position.


Work Location:

15 Skyline Drive

Hawthorne, NY 10532

Hawthorne is a hamlet in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York approximately 30 miles north of New York City.

Qualification Requirements
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 16 semester credits in chemistry and 8 semester credits in any one or a combination of the following areas: chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, environmental science, forensic science, or other natural science.

Certificate Requirement
At the time of appointment to a clinical laboratory, candidates must possess a valid License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist issued by the New York State Education Department. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.
Additional Qualification Requirements For Assignment Level II and above.

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II and above, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements described for Assignment Level I, at least two years of fulltime satisfactory experience performing chemical or physical analyses in a laboratory.

Education may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college in any of the areas of study described in the qualification requirements above for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with the specialized credits as described above.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.