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    El Paso, Texas United States CITY OF EL PASO, TX Full Time $60,780.00 - $95,630.00 Annually Jul 24, 2025
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    CITY OF EL PASO, TX

    THE CITY OF EL PASO HAS IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS TO INVEST IN ITS WORKFORCE, INCLUDING: Competitive wages Pension Plans Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage Health Savings Account Paid Time Off­ and Paid Parental Leave Quality Training and Tuition Assistance Programs Mission: Deliver exceptional services to support a high quality of life and place for our community. Vision: Develop a vibrant regional economy, safe and beautiful neighborhoods and exceptional recreational, cultural and educational opportunities powered by a high performing government. Values: Integrity, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, People THE COMMUNITY Located at the westernmost edge of Texas along the Rio Grande River, El Paso has long been recognized as one of the nation’s safest cities with a population of over 800,000. This thriving community is aptly referred to as the “Sun City” – a moniker derived from the 300+ days of sunshine experienced annually.El Paso, the largest Texas City on the U.S./Mexico border and the sixth largest city in Texas, is a dynamic and vibrant community whose location on the border provides the City with a culturally diverse population and a rich heritage that embraces the past while building for the future. El Paso is filled with many attractions that residents and visitors enjoy alike. For sports enthusiasts, the City is home to The El Paso Chihuahuas, the Minor League baseball team and Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. El Paso is also home to Sun Bowl Stadium at UTEP where many events occur, including Division I college football games and other events, including the nationally televised Sun Bowl game held each year. UTEP is also the home of the legendary Don Haskins Center where Division I college basketball games are played. Residents and visitors may also take in an El Paso Locomotive FC soccer game or an El Paso Rhinos hockey game. Located in El Paso are amusement parks, water parks, state parks, museums, the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and the El Paso Symphony Orchestra. At the heart of the City is the Franklin Mountains State Park, the largest urban state park in Texas. Fort Bliss is the largest installation in the United States Army Forces Command and the second largest military installation in the Army overall with the largest being the adjacent White Sands Missile Range.  Fort Bliss is an anchor of the local economy and its economic stability, as it is the single largest employer in the area supporting over 167,000 people with an annual economic contribution of over $25 billion. The City of El Paso strives to be the #1 City in America for Veterans to live. The City of El Paso has been recognized by the Texas Veterans Commission for its high Veteran Employment rate. The City government currently employs approximately 14% of veterans and has a Military and Veterans Affairs department.

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    Job Description

    Requirements

    MOS Code: None

    Education and Experience : Bachelor's Degree or higher in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Virology, Parasitology, or related field, and three (3) years of professional laboratory experience, including one (1) year of operating advanced spectrophotometry, chromatography, or other comparable instrumentation, and one (1) year of lead or supervisory experience.

    Licenses and Certificates : Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent license issued by another state by date of appointment.

    General Purpose

    Under general direction, supervise and support laboratory operations, staff, and quality programs by overseeing chemical and bacteriological testing, ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity, leading method development and process improvement, and administering personnel development, safety, and performance initiatives in accordance with federal, state, and industry standards.

    Typical Duties

    Responsible for chemical and bacteriological analyses of water and wastewater samples. Involves: Review reports and laboratory records, ensure data quality, conduct internal audits, and implement corrective actions. Evaluate testing procedures, safety programs, and training protocols. Establish timelines, monitor progress, research and develop methods to meet the growing needs of water regulatory parameters, and study and recommend the purchase of new instrumentation. Keep up to date with the instrument’s preventive maintenance. Supervise the development method of various analyses, along with the maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment. Request quotes for instruments, supplies, equipment, software, and services. Assist in maintaining the inventory of lab supplies and equipment. Assist in maintaining laboratory safety and hazardous waste programs. Maintain records and prepare reports. Assist with maintaining the laboratory deionized water system and in creating and managing operational manuals for the laboratory. Manage special and routine projects, ensuring all data has been received, reviewed, and reported.

    Assist in developing and revising the laboratory standard operating procedures and stay abreast of current policies and procedures. Involves: Identifying opportunities for improving laboratory processes and procedures while still adhering to The NELAC Institute (TNI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Standard Methods operating procedures. Responsible for ensuring that staff adhere to the laboratory quality manual, procedures, and forms. Review Water Distribution System Sampling programs to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. Maintain current knowledge of chemical testing equipment and procedures and federal, state, and local legislation on water quality testing regulations and standards. Assist the assistant manager in updating and maintaining laboratory KPIs, including the installation of new KPI’s needed for the continued improvement of the laboratory.

    Serve as the point of contact for water and wastewater treatment facilities, industrial pretreatment, water distribution management, and other public water systems. Involves: Schedule routine and special analyses and collections, provide reports to section heads, assist with meeting permit requirements set by TCEQ, aid with requests for instrument calibrations and sampling containers, and maintain chain of custody templates for multiple facilities and points of collection. Answer and investigate customer water quality complaints.

    Assist in administering Quality Assurance/Quality Control Programs to include research, development, implementation, and maintain QA/QC and standard operating procedures. Involves: Maintains updates and creates analytical bench sheets in Microsoft Excel, troubleshoots and corrects issues with analytical bench sheets functionality. Review and assist with data entry of external laboratory reports. Review and approve the work of other chemists. Provide technical expertise with analytical and method requirements. Assist in developing and managing quality control initiatives. Conduct internal audits on analytical processes. Ensure that follow-up corrections requested by the QC department are completed on time. Review and interpret method and regulatory agency policies, codes, and regulations. Assist in developing and maintaining the Quality Assurance/ Control program. Create and update analytical requirements in Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), including but not limited to QC limits, method parameters, and analytes.

    Supervise and mentor assigned staff. Involves: scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, and checking the work of subordinates. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations performed by subordinates. Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, mentor, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants and recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, or other employee status changes. Enforce safety rules and regulations.

    General Information

    For a complete job specification, click here.

    Important Note: Required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

    Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

    Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.

    Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

    Please note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.

    A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

    To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

    Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

    BENEFITS

    LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE

    The City of El Paso is a self-insured entity with a third-party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits. Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees. Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available.

    Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and/or dependent care for daycare expenses). All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date.

    An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost. A trained counselors are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life’s stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle.

    The City’s Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more!

    Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment.

    ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE

    All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part-time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro-rated amount of full-time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement.

    Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee:

    For 0 - 5 years of service (12 days):
    40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period

    For >5 to 15 years of service (17 days):
    40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period

    For >15 or more years of service (20 days):
    40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period

    SICK LEAVE WITH PAY

    Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission.

    ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE

    The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease.

    PREGNANCY LEAVE

    A) Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability.

    B) An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave.

    C) An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability.

    LEGAL HOLIDAYS

    The following days are hereby declared legal holidays for all the City departments, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department whose duties are to prevent or extinguish fires, or to members of the Police Department whose duties are those of law enforcement: (Amended 10/03/95)

    1. First day of January (New Year's Day)

    2. Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Holiday)

    3. Thirty-first day in March (Cesar Chavez Day)

    4. Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

    5. June 19 (Juneteenth)

    6. Fourth day of July (Independence Day)

    7. First Monday in September (Labor Day)

    8. Eleventh Day in November (Veteran's Day)

    9. Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)

    10. The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Day after Thanksgiving)

    11. Twenty-fifth Day in December (Christmas Day)

    12. Employee's Birthday

    In addition to the above days, the following days are also declared to be legal holidays: 1. Any day designated as a holiday by City Council. 2. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a legal holiday. 3. When any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a legal holiday.

    Closing Date/Time: 7/29/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
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