Water Quality Chemist

Join the Zone 7 Water Agency team as a Water Quality Chemist and make a direct impact on the health and sustainability of our community’s water supply!

 YEARLY SALARY: $122,678.40-$149,115.20

 The Agency

The Agency’s administrative offices are located in Livermore, CA, the easternmost city of Alameda County, which is bordered by Contra Costa County to the north and San Joaquin County to the east. Zone 7 provides treated drinking water to the City of Pleasanton; the City of Livermore; California Water Service Company – Livermore; and Dublin San Ramon Services District.

At Zone 7, we take pride in recruiting and retaining a highly qualified and committed staff who are all just as dedicated to community service as they are to each other. We employ approximately 115 full-time employees in a diverse range of fields, responsible for the massive job of keeping clean, safe water delivered to the Tri-Valley.

We invest in long-term financial planning and fiscal organizational sustainability in order to ensure all areas of Zone 7 are ready and resilient for any economic storms we need to weather which is why we are rated A++

 

The Position

This is a fully-qualified journey-level water quality chemist classification performing standard and complex tests and analyses to ensure water quality and compliance with regulatory requirements for Zone 7’s water treatment and distribution system. In addition to shared responsibilities for water quality testing and analysis, incumbents may have individual accountability for an area of laboratory operations, such as quality assurance, or instrumentation and supplies. 

 Qualifications and Experience  

EDUCATION:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with specialization in chemistry, microbiology, or a similar science, which included courses in analytical chemistry or microbiology.

AND

EXPERIENCE:

The equivalent of two years of full-time experience performing analytical chemistry in a regulated laboratory setting, which has included experience in wet chemistry techniques, atomic absorption, flow injection, gas and liquid chromatography, and ion chromatography.

LICENSE:

Possession of a valid California driver’s license.