LAB ANALYST I - WATER RENEWAL

Nampa, ID

City of Nampa

LAB ANALYST I - WATER RENEWAL

Hiring Salary (DOE): $23.56 - $27.47 per hour

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Department: Water Renewal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Travel Required: Minimal

Position Type: FT

Benefit Eligible: Yes

Persi Eligible: Yes

Reports To: Lab Supervisor - Water Renewal

Schedule: Wednesday through Saturday - 7:00 am-5:30 pm

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE!

The City of Nampa offers competitive benefits and growth opportunities, including the following for full-time positions in City Government Departments:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PERSI Retirement Plan, with 11.96% employer contribution
• 401k & 457 Retirement Plans
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (at least 4 weeks per year)
• Life Insurance with AD&D
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employer-Funded HRA VEBA Health Savings
• Wellness Program & Rewards
• Opportunity for student Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Harward Recreation Center Discounts
• Other Great Benefits!
  
  

Position Summary

The principal function of an employee in this class is to analyze plant and industry samples for plant process control, to ensure compliance with all Federal and State regulations, and for billing significant industrial users. The work is performed under the supervision and direction of the Laboratory Manager, but considerable leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative. The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Wastewater Assistant Superintendent, Wastewater Superintendent, other City employees, and the general public. The principal duties of this class are performed in a laboratory environment with exposure to dangerous chemicals and harmful pathogens.

Essential Functions

• Performs daily analyses of Plant and industrial wastewater samples for NPDES/EPA permit limits, process control, and for billing purposes as required.
• Runs quality assurance and quality control analyses to ensure accuracy of laboratory techniques.
• Interprets and evaluates laboratory results to determine feasibility, reports any unusual findings to designated personnel, and/or recommends or implements the appropriate corrective measures to ensure an expedient resolution.
• Maintains related logs and records in an accurate and current manner, including, but not limited to, maintaining daily worksheets in hard copy, monthly logs in hard copy computer logs, and all archived logs.
• Maintains the laboratory and equipment in a clean and orderly manner to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.
• Prepares supplies for tests, including making chemical numbering, washing, and weighing filters and pans before each use.
• Performs daily performance inspections of equipment, including recording temperatures, calibrating, and observing equipment operation as required.
• Replenishes chemical supply as necessary, including making chemicals utilized during the course of the day.
• Conducts specified tests on a weekly basis to ensure the Plant meet all permit limits, including running suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, total phosphorous, orthophosphate, total Kieldahl nitrogen, nitrate, nitrite, turbidity, and hardness, and special tests on the primary digester, primary clarifier influent and effluent, and the final clarifier, and other related tests as a scheduled.
• Maintains an efficient inventory of laboratory chemicals, supplies and equipment to ensure efficient operations, including monitoring stock levels, and reporting stock deficiencies to immediate supervisor as required.
• Performs any special testing as requested for authorized personnel as required.
• Verifies the performance of plant equipment on a monthly basis as scheduled, including verifying performance of equipment, confirming the deionized water standards are satisfied, calibrating lab and plant thermometers, and preparing stock cultures of bacteria as required.
• Performs scheduled tests on an annual basis, including soap residue tests.
• Prepares a chain of custody for each sample and makes complete and accurate logbook entries of all samples sent out for analysis, ensures the preservation of samples in transport in accordance with EPA guidelines.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.
• Maintains an efficient inventory of laboratory chemicals, supplies and equipment to ensure efficient operations, including monitoring stock levels, and reporting stock deficiencies to immediate supervisor as required.
• Performs any special testing as requested for authorized personnel as required.
• Verifies the performance of plant equipment on a monthly basis as scheduled, including verifying performance of equipment, confirming the deionized water standards are satisfied, calibrating lab and plant thermometers, and preparing stock cultures of bacteria as required.
• Performs scheduled tests on an annual basis, including soap residue tests.
• Prepares a chain of custody for each sample and makes complete and accurate logbook entries of all samples sent out for analysis, ensures the preservation of samples in transport in accordance with EPA guidelines.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.
  
  

Additional Functions

• Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Analytical Skills – Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Commitment to Safety – Understands, encourages, and carries out the principles of integrated safety management; complies with or oversees the compliance with safety policies and procedures; completes all required training; takes personal responsibility for safety.
• Detail Oriented – Ability to pay meticulous attention to all aspects of a situation or task no matter how small or seemingly unimportant.
• Innovative – Ability to look beyond the standard solutions.
• Judgment – The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
• Problem Solving – Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
• Reliability – The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Time Management – Ability to effectively utilize available time for the completion of necessary job tasks.
  
  

Required Education, Experience, & License/Certifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required
• Bachelor's Degree (four-year college or technical school) Required, Field of Study: Biology, Chemistry, or a closely related field
• 1 plus years of experience in laboratory work or wastewater treatment
• Any combination of experience and training which provides the equivalent scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.
• Ability to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned task and the ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
• Excel, Word, Access, and other related software
• Obtain a Class I Laboratory Operator License through the Idaho Department of Occupational and Professional Licenses within two years of hire.
• Valid State of Idaho Driver's License
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of basic chemical and biological characteristics and analytical methods of industrial and domestic wastewater, industrial waste, sludge, and receiving waters.
• Knowledge of related safety practices and emergency protocol.
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative analysis, and reference materials and sources relating to wastewater and industrial waste analyses.
• Knowledge of NPDES permit requirements and limits, including holding times and preservation method guidelines.
• Knowledge of the safe and proper use of standard laboratory equipment.
• Knowledge of basic principles of record keeping.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and City safety rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of mathematics, physics, and fluid flow to ensure accurate and efficient measurements and calculations.
• Ability to analyze mathematical and physical data in an efficient and precise manner. Ability to collect and analyze wastewater and sludge samples.
• Ability to work with hazardous chemicals and potentially lethal pathogens in a safe and proper manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions.
• Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.
• Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to perform standardized chemical control tests and other related laboratory tests as required.
• Ability to analyze mathematical and physical data in an efficient and precise manner.
• Ability to collect, tests, and analyze water samples.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with assigned supervisors, other City employees, and the general public.
• Integrity, ingenuity, and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
  
  

Work Environment

Work is performed primarily indoors in a laboratory, outdoors for sampling, and the employee in this class is subject to inside and outdoor environmental conditions.

The City of Nampa has a Drug/Alcohol Free Workplace Policy. Any offer of employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug test and background check.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. A reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Eeo Statement

The City of Nampa is an equal employment opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Position : 316101

Code : 2026088-1

Type : INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Posting Start : 04/23/2026

Posting End : 05/10/2026

HOURLY RANGE: $23.56-$27.47