Experience

EL PASO WATER UTILITIES PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chemist

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  ●Train new personnel in various tests in WET chemistry, as well as GC/MS. Schedule employees’daily duties, as well as set-up weekend and holiday work schedules. Create DOC certificates andtraining files. Review employees work and data for quality control purposes during trainingand routine analysis. Conduct employee performance evaluations. Keep track of DOC schedules,as well as calibration schedules for various instruments.● Utilize IC, GC, and GC/MS for waste water and potable water analysis to identify variouscompounds; Troubleshoot issues and provide maintenance to machines, as needed.● Help to establish the basis for the current lab structure in the WETCHEM DEMAND section. Lookup quotes and recommend new instruments, lab equipment and supplies.● Conduct research and method development for Chlorinated Pesticide analysis on GC/MS andmethod development for the extraction process, as well.

• Laboratory Technician

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2017

  ● Run various WET chemistry analysis for waste water and potable water.● Troubleshoot and solve various problems with lab instrumentation and testing materials; calibrate labmachinery● Document test results and import them to the NWA & LIMS database systems● Aliquot samples to various sections within the lab; Create traceability numbers for various materialsand reagents used in the lab; Make reagents needed for lab work

• Utility Plant Technician

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

  ● Travel to pump stations and well sites to test the Chlorine levels of public water sources; Inspectthe machines and problem solve any malfunctions that may arise in mechanical or instrumentalequipment.● Read and log data from the machines and instruments used in the field and relay collectedinformation to necessary parties.