Laboratory Health & Safety Lead/Environmental Chemist

Location: Onsite in Corvallis, Oregon, United States, with occasional travel to EPA Region 9 locations, including Hayward, California. U.S. citizenship is required, and the successful candidate must pass an EPA background check to access federal property.

Salary: $73,738–$125,354 per year for full-time employment.

Company

Provides advisory and technology services supporting complex environmental and public-sector challenges, including USEPA laboratory programs.

What you will do

• Administer and maintain environmental health and safety programs, policies, SOPs, and chemical hygiene plans.
• Conduct laboratory inspections, safety audits, exposure assessments, and Job Hazard Analyses.
• Investigate incidents, accidents, and near-misses; identify root causes and develop corrective actions.
• Support regulatory compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, RCRA, facility permits, and Oregon and California requirements.
• Manage hazardous, universal, and biological waste handling, storage, disposal, and documentation.
• Perform environmental chemistry analyses using EPA-approved methods and laboratory instrumentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in physical sciences, environmental science, environmental engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, microbiology, or a related field.
• At least 6 years of laboratory experience, including 2 years in laboratory safety, regulatory implementation, laboratory operations, hazardous waste management, and chemical safety.
• At least 3 years of environmental laboratory experience using EPA-approved methodologies and instrumentation in an ISO 17025-accredited laboratory.
• Experience with environmental analysis or instrumentation such as ICP-OES, ICP-MS, GC-FID, or GC/MS.
• Experience with data management and report preparation.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to pass an EPA background check are required.

Nice to have

• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification.
• RCRA training.
• Experience with Clinysis (Promium) Element LIMS, Ideagen Quality Management System, integrated LIMS, or paperless laboratories.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment supporting a federal environmental protection contract.
• Work spans laboratory, field, and Superfund environments.
• Use of PPE and monitoring equipment is required; the role includes lifting up to 40 pounds.
• Collaboration with EPA personnel, facility safety staff, contractors, and organizational leadership.