# CBRNE Laboratory Technician

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $50,700.00 - $91,650.00
**Category**: Defence & Intelligence
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

The Non-Kinetic Effects Business Area at Leidos has an opening for a CBRNE Laboratory Technician at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) facility located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

As a Laboratory Technician, you will work with Federal Government staff and other Leidos personnel to support researchers in development, testing, and evaluation of novel materials, equipment, and method applications for chemical decontamination products and projects.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- Maintain and store chemicals in accordance with policies and procedures.

- Perform duties in compliance with chemical hygiene plan (CHP).

- Contribute to generation of various scientific technical information (STI) including presentations, publications, technical white papers, and dataset supplementation.

- Function as a team member with other engineers, chemists, and scientists in performing projects and assignments as directed by the Government-assigned Principal Investigator.

- Articulate and communicate assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and timeframes for completion.

- Perform chemical analyses using GCMS techniques that include liquid injection and thermal desorption applications.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- High School Diploma with 4+ years prior relevant experience or AS degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, environmental science, or related discipline with 2+ years relevant experience.

- Demonstrated experience with chemical handling, safety, and laboratory operations.

- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding in analyzing and reporting analytical data.

- Willingness to learn and to be a team player.

- Possess the ability to work independently with limited supervision.

- Must be able to perform tasks while wearing laboratory personal protective equipment.

- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Candidate must be a U.S Citizen.

- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret Clearance.

- Must apply and be admitted to the U.S. Army Chemical Personnel Reliability Program (PRP).

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- BS degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, environmental science, or related discipline.

- Prior experience in working with Toxic Industrial Chemicals and/or Toxic Industrial Materials.

- Previous work experience in managing laboratory hazardous waste and Department of Defense research project support.

- Demonstrated experience in operating analytical equipment such as GCMS and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer.

**Pay Range:** $50,700.00 - $91,650.00

## Skills

### Required
- chemical handling
- safety
- laboratory operations
- GCMS
- Microsoft Office Suite
- analytical data analysis

### Nice to have
- Toxic Industrial Chemicals
- Toxic Industrial Materials
- laboratory hazardous waste management
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer

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