Gas Chromatography Chemist

Put Your GC Experience to Work — and Grow With Us

Meridian Analytical Labs is more than a testing laboratory. It’s a place where experienced laboratory professionals can use their technical skills, take on meaningful challenges, learn new technologies, and grow their careers while helping clients achieve their environmental monitoring, compliance, and cleanup goals.

We are looking for an experienced Gas Chromatography Laboratory Analyst who enjoys working with instrumentation, solving problems, and producing accurate, defensible analytical data.

This is not an entry-level GC training position. The successful candidate will bring current, real-world experience operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and performing laboratory QC on gas chromatographs. College laboratory experience alone does not meet this requirement.

At Meridian, however, your existing experience is just the beginning. As you become familiar with our methods, instrumentation, and clients, there will be opportunities to expand your technical skills, take on greater responsibility, learn additional analytical methods, and grow with a laboratory that is continually improving.

What You'll Do

Your days will be active, challenging, and varied. You will work with modern laboratory instrumentation while collaborating with other members of our technical team to deliver reliable results to our clients.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyze water, wastewater, and solid environmental samples for organic chemicals using Agilent gas chromatographs equipped with ECD, FID, and/or GC/MS.
• Operate, maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot gas chromatographs and associated laboratory equipment.
• Recognize instrument performance issues and take appropriate corrective action.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance and help keep instrumentation operating reliably.
• Prepare samples, standards, solutions, reagents, and quality-control samples.
• Collect, review, and interpret analytical data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with laboratory requirements.
• Perform laboratory QC and investigate results that do not meet established acceptance criteria.
• Follow laboratory SOPs, analytical methods, quality systems, and safety procedures.
• Work with laboratory colleagues to identify problems, improve processes, and keep analyses moving.
• Communicate effectively with team members regarding analytical issues, instrument performance, sample status, and priorities.
• Learn new methods, instrumentation, and technologies as the laboratory's capabilities grow.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Current, real-world experience operating GCs in a commercial or professional laboratory environment.
• Demonstrated experience with GC troubleshooting and routine instrument maintenance.
• Experience performing and evaluating laboratory quality control.
• College-level chemistry coursework or equivalent technical education.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow precise procedures.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems logically and independently.
• Good computer skills for data collection, processing, and review, including Microsoft Office.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Valid driver's license.
• Ability to lift up to 45 pounds without assistance or mechanical equipment.
• Ability to meet applicable employment screening requirements and U.S. work authorization requirements.

Preferred:

• Commercial environmental laboratory experience.
• Experience with GC/ECD, GC/FID, and/or GC/MS.
• Experience with environmental organic methods.
• Experience with laboratory information management systems (LIMS).
• Experience reviewing analytical data and laboratory QC.
• Experience troubleshooting chromatography problems such as calibration issues, poor peak shape, carryover, sensitivity problems, or other instrument performance issues.

Why Join Meridian?

At Meridian, you won't be just another analyst running samples. Your experience and ideas matter.

We are a growing laboratory that believes in developing our people. You'll have the opportunity to work with modern instrumentation, tackle challenging analytical problems, learn new methods, and develop a broader understanding of environmental laboratory testing.

As you gain experience with our laboratory and demonstrate your capabilities, you can take on greater technical responsibility, expand your analytical expertise, and become an increasingly valuable part of our team.

Our core values are:

Client Driven Fast & Flexible Continually Improving Cost Effective

We believe in doing good work, helping one another, continually looking for better ways to do things, and providing our clients with the responsive service they deserve.

If you're an experienced GC analyst who enjoys working with instrumentation, troubleshooting problems, learning new things, and making a difference, we'd like to talk with you.

Meridian offers:

• Great benefits
• A friendly, team-oriented work environment
• Modern laboratory technology and instrumentation
• Challenging and varied assignments
• Opportunities to expand your technical skills
• Opportunities for increased responsibility and career growth
• The opportunity to work with a team that values your experience and contributions

Interested?

Please submit your resume along with a brief cover letter highlighting your hands-on GC experience, instrumentation you have operated, maintenance and troubleshooting experience, and laboratory QC experience.

We want to know what you've actually done with a GC — not just what you've studied.

Meridian Analytical Labs is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $48,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Application Question(s):

• Have you operated a gas chromatograph equipped with FID, ECD or MS in a commercial laboratory?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Commercial Laboratory: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Wichita, KS 67210 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Wichita, KS 67210: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $48,000 - $52,000