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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Research Scientist 2
(Biology)
Position: Research Scientist 2 (Biology) - Quality Assurance Officer
Salary: $64,302 per year (starting) to $81,415
Location: Albany, NY
Overview: The quality assurance officer manages the Division of Fish, Wildlife
and Marine Resources' quality assurance system to ensure that laboratory work,
data collection and analysis, and data management activities are consistently
conducted according to valid scientific principles. A substantial portion of
the duties involves quality assurance at the Division's analytical laboratory
for fish contaminants.
Duties: Implement the Division's quality management plan. Provide quality
assurance oversight for projects involving collection or analysis of biological
and chemical environmental data and for ecotoxicology studies. Provide quality
assurance oversight at the Division's analytical laboratory: maintain standard
operating procedures, ensure that analytical instrumentation is properly
calibrated, review chromatograms and other instrumental output to ensure that
quantitation is correct, and maintain and review control charts and other
aspects of analytical quality tracking. Develop and maintain procedures for the
collection and preparation of aquatic biota for contaminant analysis by
external agencies: evaluate biological sampling plans to ensure that data
collection is adequate to evaluate risk to ecological receptors and human
consumers of fish, review laboratory analytical reports, and determine whether
adequate quality assurance procedures were followed. Audit field operations and
data collection to check adherence to project plans, standard operating
procedures and sound scientific practices. Ensure reliability and continuity of
databases. Determine contaminants of emerging concern that are ecologically
relevant to New York State aquatic biota by evaluating potential for uptake and
passage through food webs, research appropriate analytical methods, and help
develop procedures for a production laboratory environment with appropriate
quality assurance procedures.
Qualifications: Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree and three years of
professional research experience in an appropriate scientific field (e.g.,
biology, chemistry, biochemistry, ecology, environmental chemistry); or a
Master's Degree in the appropriate field and two years of such experience; or a
doctorate in the appropriate field. Candidates must have a strong background,
including course work and practical experience, in laboratory based analysis.
Desirable attributes include experience with research design, strong writing
skills, ability to review the work of others in a constructive manner,
familiarity with analysis of biological tissue for contaminants and laboratory
quality assurance, ability to read gas chromatograms, knowledge of field
biology data collection, experience with statistics, data management and
relational databases, and experience with laboratory and field audits.
Contact: For more information or to apply with cover letter, resume, college
transcript (unofficial acceptable):
Wayne Richter, Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4756
[email protected]
Deadline: November 9, 2015
NEW YORK STATE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. It is the policy of the State
of New York to provide for and promote equal opportunity in employment,
compensation and other terms and conditions of employment without
discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national
origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or arrest and/or criminal
conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or
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