Job Title: LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
OVERVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT
The Lab Tech position will support the laboratory and chemists performing laboratory analyses. The Lab Tech will be responsible for sample handling, sample media preparation, sample extraction, solution preparation, and other duties relevant to production laboratory operations.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
For this assignment, candidates referred should possess the following background:
1. Education A minimum of twenty-four (24) semester units (36 quarter units) in chemistry is required which must include the following courses: general chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical methods, and the applicable laboratory sections. Courses in instrumentation, mathematics (at the calculus level), statistics and introduction to data processing are desirable. The most competitive candidates will also have a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or similar field.
2. Experience – Laboratory experience is highly desired. Candidates with the most directly-related or transferable experience will be given highest consideration.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
1) Your resume.
2) Copies of your transcripts from an accredited US college or university, documenting education.
DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT: This assignment is expected to last approximately 4-6 months (with a possibility to extend up to 12 months), working 40 hours per week.
WORK SCHEDULE: The schedule is expected to be four 10-hour days (7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), Tuesday through Friday, however, on occasion, the schedule may switch to Monday through Thursday, or Wednesday through Saturday. Interested individuals must be willing to work these schedules within a Monday - Saturday timeframe. Flexibility is important for this assignment.
Work Location: Diamond Bar, at the junction of the 57 and 60 freeways parking is free; there is a cafeteria on-site.
This agency takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified employees and applicants who are special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans.
