The following is from Jennifer Hunter the Sr. Lab Manager with the City of Durham.
The supervisory position in my lab has gone live on the City website (see below). The job title is Sr. Environmental Planning & Compliance Analyst, but it is effectively a
lab supervisor. If anyone in your pretreatment network is interested in applying, please forward this.
The position reports directly to me, and will supervise 6 analytical positions after onboarding and successful completion of the 6-month probationary period. The incumbent will be a working supervisor, in that they will be performing analyses daily in addition to their supervisory/personnel tasks. I myself ran BOD’s over this icy weekend, and you go out in the field when needed, so this should not be unexpected. It sounds like a lot in the job description but it is a manageable workload in practice.
The schedule is generally M-F, 8-5 with occasional weekends. The incumbent will be the person in responsible charge of the lab in my absence. Since my lab is not part of a treatment plant, the incumbent will not be expected to do any plant-related work like take field readings, nor does my staff collect any samples in our current organizational structure. We only receive and perform lab analyses. Our lab runs drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater samples, but I do not expect applicants to have expertise in all of those areas.
Thanks again, and I hope you all weathered the weekend safely!