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Job Description
Summary
Minimum Starting Salary: $49,647.62 per year
The City of Waco Seeks:
The City of Waco is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Laboratory Program Coordinator to oversee and support water, wastewater, and stormwater compliance programs by coordinating daily laboratory activities. This position focuses on laboratory workflow, data quality, and technical development.
Minimum Qualifications;- Associate’s Degree in Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field and 3 years experience performing microbiological and chemical analysis for an accredited laboratory required.
- Degree plan must include successful completion of a minimum of sixteen (16) college semester credit hours in general chemistry or biological sciences with a minimum of four (4) semester hours specific to microbiology required.
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License required.
- Class C Surface Water Operator License as administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) within 2 - ½ years required.
Position Description:
The Laboratory Program Coordinator, within the Environmental Laboratory of the Compliance Division of Infrastructure Services, supports water, wastewater, and stormwater compliance programs by coordinating daily laboratory activities, reviewing data, and assisting with staff training.
Focuses on laboratory workflow, data quality, and technician development to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant operations. Focuses on coordinating sampling programs for Pretreatment, Stormwater, watershed monitoring, and distribution system water quality, while providing support to customer response and field operations.
Essential Functions:- Provides technical training and mentorship to laboratory technicians, ensuring consistent application of methods and procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned to support laboratory and compliance program objectives.
- Participates in the after-hours on-call program.
- Coordinates daily laboratory activities, assigns tasks, and reviews data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with quality standards.
- Assists with maintaining laboratory certifications, quality assurance programs, and recordkeeping in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Coordinates and oversees sampling programs for Industrial Pretreatment, Stormwater, watershed monitoring, and distribution system water quality, including flushing coordination and customer response.
- Serves as a liaison with field staff, Water Treatment, Distribution, and other departments to support sampling, monitoring, and water quality investigations.
- Supports stormwater and watershed monitoring programs as needed, serving as backup to other compliance staff.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- Supports the relationship between the City of Waco and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with residents, visitors, and City staff, maintains confidentiality of work-related issues and City information
- Lives the City of Waco Values: equity & inclusion, excellence & innovation, integrity, people, and teamwork.
The City of Waco offers a complete benefits package for eligible employees including; health, dental, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Accounts, life insurance, long term and short term disability, retirement, deferred compensation plans, holidays, vacation, sick leave, credit union and savings bonds.
To learn more about the benefits offered, visit our Benefits page.
Why Work For Waco:- Meaningful and challenging work
- Make a difference and improve communities
- Competitive Salary and Benefits
- Full Range of Benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
- Mandatory TMRS Retirement Plan with a 2:1 City Match
- Education Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Longevity Pay
- And More!
- Chance to do work you are passionate about
- Desire to give back
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Waco
Show moreWaco is centrally located in the heart of Texas on the I-35 corridor midway between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin. This progressive and diverse city with a vibrant community spirit offers major attractions, museums, recreation, and abundant shopping to more than 140,000 residents. Waco is the 25th largest city in Texas and the county seat of McLennan County.
Waco is not only briming with Texas history, economic opportunity, and a rich variety of cultural experiences, it is also a major seat of high learning within three major colleges in its city limits including Baylor University, Texas State Technical College and McLennan Community College.
The city is also the birthplace of Dr. Pepper, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Waco boasts one of the biggest and best municipal parks in Texas, Cameron Park. While the park is located in the middle of downtown situated on the Brazos and Bosque River it hosts numerous races, triathlons, boat races and much, much more.
Governance and Organization
Waco is a home rule city with a council-manager form of government. The City Council is comprised of a Mayor, elected at-large, and five City Council members representing single-member districts, all serving two-year terms. The City Council sets the tax rate, approves the budget, appoints members to City boards and commissions, enacts City ordinances, and appoints the City Manager, City Attorney, City Secretary, and the Municipal Court Judge.
The City has a strong Financial Management Policy that guides the operation and delivery of quality City services, contributes to excellent AA+ and Aa1 bond ratings, and maintains an unassigned fund balance reserve in the General Fund equal to 28% of current year budgeted expenditures. The City of Waco has more than 1,600 employees and a total operating budget of over $400 million.
The City provides a full range of municipal services including a regional airport, animal services, building inspections, code enforcement, convention and visitors bureau, emergency management, housing and community development, economic development, fire, public health, library, municipal court, parks and recreation, planning, police, public works, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum, utilities and zoo operations.
The City Council and City Manager are committed to the mission of providing exemplary municipal services for citizens and visitors in a collaborative and transparent manner while honoring the public’s trust. Waco values include providing excellent and innovative services, promoting equality and inclusion, focusing on teamwork, investing in people and always doing the right thing.
With the City of Waco, you will find our home; where everyone belongs and thrives as move forward together.
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