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    Chemist - Reston, United States - Leidos

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    Unleash Your Potential

    At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer's success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

    If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading

    Leidos is seeking a an experienced Chemist to make a difference for our Federal customers in environmental restoration, by supporting collection and ensuring quality of field data.

    Due to contract requirements; U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residency is required.

    This is a telework position. When presence in the office is needed for meetings and in-person training, work can be performed at one of the following locations: Cleveland, Ohio; Oak Ridge, TN; St. Louis, MO, Reston, VA, or Seattle, WA. This position also could be an office position in one of the locations previously mentioned.

    Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction.Share your resume with us today

    Your greatest work is ahead

    The Mission

    Leidos Civil Group helps modernize infrastructure, systems, and security. We are a trusted partner to both government and highly-regulated commercial customers looking for transformative solutions in mission IT, security, software, engineering, and operations. We work with our customers including the FAA, DOE, NASA, National Science Foundation, Transportation Security Administration, Custom and Border Protection, airports, and electric utilities to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient. Our customers take on the toughest challenges out there, and at times need a helping hand from specialists in their fields. We combine our scale as a Fortune 500 company with the deep technical knowledge of our core capabilities and the expertise of our talented and diverse workforce to deliver mission-centric innovations. For each of these core capabilities, we have developed proven, repeatable processes that help us deliver agile, cost-effective solutions to foster a better world.To explore and learn more, click here

    Are you ready to join a team dedicated to a mission? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, apply today

    Your Main Objectives:

    • Evaluate lab reports for completeness, assess quality control results, and assign validation flags to reported concentrations based on the validation criteria
    • Prepare the chemistry portions/worksheets of Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPPs)
    • Prepare written narratives to describe validation findings and write quality assurance/quality control reports
    • Prepare sample information for field work including database setup of sample IDs, labels and chain-of-custody documents, and evaluate compliance with planning documents
    • Develop completion reports to ensure sampling plans are executed in accordance with project requirements
    • Query data in response to project management needs and prepare presentation tables for various reporting requirements; evaluate accuracy of final data relative to the reported data
    • Track samples from collection through laboratory receipt, analysis, and reporting, and evaluate documents for accuracy and completeness
    • Perform validation of laboratory data packages of inorganic, organic, or radiological data received from analytical laboratories
    • Enter data into various internal databases as well as environmental databases such as FUDSChem and perform quality control checks on data entry
    • Routine communication and coordination with field, data management and project management staff to ensure overall project objectives are satisfied

    What Sets You Apart:

    • Bachelor's degree in chemistry or relevant technical area.
    • 3+ years' experience validating chemical analytical or radiological data.
    • Excellent attention to detail and time management.
    • Must be able to organize and prioritize to accommodate crucial deadlines.
    • Self-starter with excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

    You Might Also Have:

    • Experience in environmental analysis, including environmental data validation practices/policies/procedures. Experience with the Department of Defense (DoD) Quality Systems Manual and/or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Functional Guidelines for Data Review is a plus.
    • Experience with inorganic, organic, and radiological laboratory methods, QA/QC elements, and record keeping.
    • Experience preparing chemistry portions/worksheets of UFP-QAPPs.
    • Familiarity with environmental databases such as ERPIMS, EQuIS, or FUDSChem.
    • Experience performing peer-review of junior chemists' data validation and providing review of written narratives and validation findings.

    Original Posting Date:

    While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

    Pay Range:

    Pay Range $55, $99,875.00

    The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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