Chemist (Remote)

Step into an exciting role as a Chemist 2 with the Department of Environmental Protection. This position allows you to apply your scientific skills to protect Pennsylvania’s environment. You will work with advanced laboratory instruments and play a key part in ensuring accurate chemical analysis. Join a mission driven team that values precision, curiosity, and environmental stewardship.

This position performs laboratory testing to identify chemicals in environmental samples and ensures results meet quality standards. This role supports laboratory operations, maintains equipment, and follows safety and quality procedures. As a Chemist 2, you will perform the following duties:

Instrument Operation: Run chromatography instruments and interpret analytical data

Equipment Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance and coordinate repairs for laboratory equipment

Safety Compliance: Follow laboratory safety rules and report unsafe conditions

Quality Control: Review QC records and ensure testing meets required standards

Assist with developing and improving laboratory methods and procedures

Full‑time employment

Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday‑Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch

Some travel as needed

Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part‑time (ad hoc basis) upon successful completion of the probationary period. To telework you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.

Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $59,345 (before taxes)

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

One year as a Chemist 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); One year of professional chemical analytical experience, and a bachelor’s degree that includes 30 credits in chemistry or biochemistry; A graduate degree in chemistry.

Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

You must possess and maintain a REAL ID or passport for this position. Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility must be provided on the application (i.e., If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.

Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Veterans

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If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).

Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.