Being Age 55 or Older is Good for The Environment! The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program offers unique opportunities in Scientific, Technical, and Administrative / Office support for individuals age 55 and over to support the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through a grant administered program through National Experienced Workforce Solutions ( NEW Solutions). This is a unique program where your talents, expertise and experience will truly be valued. You'll be working side-by-side with EPA staff that are doing important work every day. Pay rate: $19.21/hr. Benefits: Paid Health Insurance Premium if working 60+ hours in a 2 week pay period, Paid Accrued Vacation, Paid Accrued Sick Time, Eleven Paid Federal Holidays, One Individual Holiday, and optional Vision and Dental Insurance available. This position does require a background check prior to onboarding. Must be a United States Citizen to be eligible for this position.
The individual will operate multiple types of radioanalytical instruments including performing analytical analysis of quality control samples, as well as interpretation and evaluation of the analytical results. Perform preventive maintenance on multiple types of radioanalytical instruments which includes maintaining proper levels of liquid nitrogen and P-10 gas as well as assessing, proposing, and executing corrective actions in the event a radioanalytical component fails.
Additional duties include:
- Perform analytical analysis of quality control samples and radiation backgrounds on multiple types of radioanalytical instrumentation. Interpret and evaluate analytical results, as well as advise and propose corrective actions in the event of failures.
- Perform preventive maintenance on multiple types of radioanalytical instrumentation which includes maintaining the proper levels of liquid nitrogen and P-10 gas. Assess, propose, and execute corrective actions in the event a radioanalytical instrument component fails.
- Following completion of analytical analysis, removes environmental samples from multiple types of radioanalytical instruments.
- Review and verify entry of environmental samples into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).