Job Type
Full-time
Description
We are seeking an experienced and highly technical
Senior Chemist to join our environmental laboratory in
Plano, TX.
This is a great opportunity for a hands-on analytical expert who can lead from the bench while helping drive laboratory performance. Reporting to the Lab Manager, the Senior Chemist will serve as a key technical partner and day-to-day resource for the laboratory team, taking ownership of complex methods, instrumentation, data quality, investigations, and technical problem-solving.
The ideal candidate combines deep analytical expertise with the judgment, initiative, and communication skills needed to mentor others, resolve operational challenges, and support a fast-paced, high-volume laboratory.
What You'll Do- Serve as a senior technical resource, providing day-to-day guidance, resolving technical escalations, supporting workflow priorities, and ensuring timely, high-quality results
- Perform advanced analytical testing and independently review, interpret, validate, and approve analytical data and laboratory documentation in LIMS
- Develop, validate, transfer, optimize, and troubleshoot analytical methods in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements
- Oversee instrument performance, calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair activities to support reliability and minimize downtime
- Lead investigations involving nonconformances, method deviations, data anomalies, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions
- Train and mentor laboratory personnel on analytical methods, instrumentation, laboratory procedures, quality practices, and technical problem-solving
- Develop, review, and maintain SOPs, work instructions, analytical methods, and other controlled laboratory documentation
- Support laboratory audits, quality initiatives, method assessments, data integrity, and regulatory and accreditation compliance
- Partner with the Lab Manager to improve workflow, capacity, turnaround times, productivity, and overall laboratory performance
- Remain actively involved in laboratory operations and provide hands-on testing, troubleshooting, and technical coverage as operational needs require
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Requirements
What We're Looking For- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Environmental Science, or a related scientific field
- 5+ years of progressive analytical laboratory experience in a regulated laboratory environment, including proven ability to provide technical leadership, training, mentorship, and day-to-day guidance to laboratory personnel
- Advanced hands-on expertise with analytical instrumentation, including operation, calibration, maintenance, optimization, and complex troubleshooting
- Demonstrated experience with analytical method development, validation or verification, transfer, optimization, and implementation
- Strong knowledge of QA/QC practices, data integrity, technical documentation, root cause investigations, CAPA, audit support, and regulatory compliance
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
- Knowledge of applicable EPA methods and TNI/NELAP or comparable laboratory accreditation standards
What We Offer- Competitive compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development support
Work Schedule- Full-time, on-site position
- Flexibility to work overtime, including evenings or weekends, as needed to support operational demands
