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    Wastewater Lab Manager - New Orleans, LA, United States - Veolia North America

    Veolia North America
    Veolia North America New Orleans, LA, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Company Description About Veolia North America

    A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

    VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America.

    Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent.

    Please visit our website Job Description

    Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.
    Organizes and manages laboratory personnel in sampling and testing programs.

    Manages the efficient operation of the laboratory and lab work including physical, bacteriological, microscopic, organic and inorganic chemical analysis of raw, plant and finished waters to accurately determine their content and assure compliance with company, regulatory and permit requirements.

    Is responsible for the legal defensibility of work performed in the laboratory.
    Manages the Laboratory Quality Assurance Program. Ensures that consistent quality control and lab procedures are followed.
    Oversees the quality control program from collection through analysis and validates chain of custody and sample handling procedures.
    Ensures that uniform monitoring and recordkeeping (chain of custody, analytical SOP's, sample preservation and data validation) are performed.
    Measures and verifies laboratory performance and ensures the integrity of the data presented to management.
    Reports non-conformance events to Project Manager, Lab QA Coordinator and EHS&S QA Manager. Initiates corrective action immediately to avoid adverse effect on quality.
    Establishes standards for sample collection and analyses to determine compliance. Coordinates the analysis and reporting of Proficiency Testing Samples.
    Prepares and manages annual budget for laboratory services. Oversees lab inventory control program. Oversees the human resource functions of assigned team including hiring and firing, performance appraisals, coaching and counseling team.

    Works with EHS&S and training team to ensure that all personnel receive safety, quality and process training and testing per QA manual.

    Conducts training classes on subject including laboratory procedures, math, statistics, quality assurance, and sampling to plant personnel.

    Supports plant operations by developing methods of analysis of samples whose content is unknown and by evaluating alternate treatment techniques and chemicals and effectiveness.

    Supervises metallurgical and corrosion studies and the analysis of lubricants.
    Supervises the analysis of treatment chemicals and other purchased substances to ensure that specifications are met.
    Reviews data prior to reporting to a regulatory agency. Updates quality control charts and graphs on a regular basis.

    Prepares reports, publications and presentations concerned with chemical and bacteriological analyses of water for internal purposes, client and regulatory agencies.

    Proactively manage safety and environmental issues and ensures compliance with Federal and State standards including Hazardous Waste Disposal and Air Quality Standards in lab and in field testing assignments.

    Ensures that current Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) documentation is maintained.

    Establishes maintenance and calibration schedules and ensures that lab equipment, instrumentation and other accessories are properly maintained and in top working condition and proper records are kept.

    May occasionally be called upon to fill in or help handle excess workload demands. Coordinates the emergency sample plan involving possible contamination events to the source water supplies.
    Typically spends 75% of time in operations environment and 25% of time in an office environment.
    May serve rotational 24-hour emergency on-call.

    Possible Work Hazards :

    May be exposed to possible operations hazards including dust, fumes, toxic and caustic chemicals, rotating machinery, high pressure, hot or cold work temperatures, slippery surfaces, water and electrical hazards.

    Bachelor's degree in chemistry or microbiology.

    (Must meet minimum education and experience qualifications established by regulatory agencies if working in a NELAC or State Certified Lab).

    Three to five years supervisory experience in a laboratory environment with a demonstrated understanding of human relations, training, performance evaluation and health and safety.

    Must demonstrate comprehensive technical and practical knowledge of procedures for tests and analysis.

    At least six years of experience in a working laboratory performing chemical and biological analyses, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

    Must have an understanding of water /wastewater treatment process engineering, water quality assurance, maintenance strategy and laboratory procedures.
    Must demonstrate effective skills in troubleshooting, problem solving and team building.

    Demonstrated ability to prepare accurate, timely, effective, complete and easily understood written communications and reports for customers, top management, public groups and regulatory agencies.

    Proficiency in the care and use of all site specific, facility required PPE (Personal Protection Equipment).

    Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.

    Demonstrates ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.

    Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulae, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

    PC skills and knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software for
    preparing work related reports, charts, graphs and data submittal requirements. Demonstrates proficiency using computerized laboratory equipment.

    Demonstrated commitment to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Company's Code of Business Conduct, confidentiality and other Company policies and procedures.


    Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

    Highest level of Water / Wastewater Certification and highest level of Water Treatment Certification if required at site, with knowledge of current and pending water treatment standards, regulations and federal, state and local laws and codes.

    Lab Policies and Procedures including analytical SOP's, chain of custody, equipment calibration and maintenance and data validation. See QA Manual for training details.
    Safety, OSHA & Quality Training.
    Receives additional training when changes in areas such as methods, instrumentation, regulation and safety occur.
    Financial and performance management training.

    Must stay abreast of advancements in technology and systems by attending and hosting supplier seminars for new equipment or techniques, reading common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.

    HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response) Level I and II certification if required by site. Forklift certification if required by site.
    May perform more advanced functions as part of training and development.
    Requires close visual observation to detect process non-conformance and machine malfunction.

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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