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State of Florida · 2 days ago

OPERATIONS REVIEW SPECIALIST - 42001433(FOR INTERNAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY)

Tallahassee, FL

Internship

Onsite

Intern, Mid Level

$48K/yr - $54K/yr

4+ years exp

The State of Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking an Operations Review Specialist. The role involves independently collecting and organizing data from bureau laboratories to compile final reports, ensuring accuracy and timely communication, as well as overseeing administrative duties supporting laboratory operations.

Government Administration

No H1B

Responsibilities

Independently collect and organize data from all bureau laboratories to compile comprehensive final reports

Ensure all required reviews are completed and documented

Verify that all supporting details in final laboratory reports are accurate and consistent with corresponding inspection and collection reports

Maintain organized digital records of final reports and ensure timely communication with other bureaus regarding report publication

Collaborate with laboratories across the bureau to ensure analyses are completed on schedule and all reporting deadlines are met

Oversee the development and maintenance of section calendars to ensure efficient scheduling coordination across teams

Perform a wide range of administrative duties supporting laboratory operations, including documentation management, workflow optimization, and compliance with internal protocols and regulatory standards

Assist the Sample Custodian in tracking regulatory samples throughout the laboratory process (from receipt to disposal) and serve as a backup when needed

Support accurate documentation of sample custody, ensure proper logging and routing, and maintain secure sample storage

Work with supervisor, staff and laboratory quality manager to ensure quality assurance and ultimately, improvement, as required under ISO 17025

Ensures inventories (equipment and chemical/reagent) are current and complete

Ensures proper working of section, including equipment maintenance, maintaining supplies (including reagent and chemicals), ensuring laboratory and work areas are clean and orderly, etc

Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualification

Laboratory operationsISO 17025 complianceData collection methodsLaboratory safety proceduresComputer applicationsProblem-solving techniquesEffective communicationAttention to detail

Required

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of professional experience in systems analysis, management analysis, program planning, program research, program evaluation, engineering, laboratory administrative work, or laboratory operations

A master's degree from an accredited college or university can substitute for one (1) year of the required experience

Professional or nonprofessional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education

Graduates utilizing education attained in the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position will not be appointed until verification of the applicable degree has been obtained

Foreign trained graduates utilizing a degree attained outside of the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position must be prepared to provide a copy of a credential evaluation conducted by an Approved Credential Evaluation Agency

All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile)

Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position

Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile

Successful applicants must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, as a condition of employment

Knowledge of the methods of data collection

Familiarity with laboratory environment and safety procedures

Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments

Ability to communicate effectively

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

Ability to keep accurate research records

Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques

Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to the chemical sciences

Ability to comply with strict procedural and quality control/quality assurance guidelines in an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory

Ability to perform tasks that require a high level of attention to detail