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If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!\nAbout Essential Utilities\nEssential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.\nOperating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. 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Perform extraction and other sample preparation techniques. Perform instrumental analysis of samples and extracts.\nPrepare chemical solutions and bottles used in analyses. Prepare sample kits for shipment to various lab clients. Maintain required logbooks and records for laboratory accreditation requirements. Prepare reports on all analytical work and create data packages.\nOperates sophisticated instrumentation, such as GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, and GC/ECD for chemical analysis. Must become proficient in electronic spreadsheets and software related to laboratory analyses.\nMust be able to work safely and productively in an analytical laboratory. Perform and document required quality control tests consistent with laboratory standard operating procedures, good laboratory practices and lab accreditation requirements. 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