Laboratory Technician, Environment Testing, Cranston, RI

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

The Laboratory Technician I has some knowledge of commonly used microbiological concepts, practices and procedures. Has working knowledge of formulations for various media used in the laboratories’ techniques. 

This position is out of our Cranston, RI laboratory.  Schedule is 9/9:30am-6pm  Saturday, Sunday and 3 weekdays. (flexible on what 3 days Mon-Fri).  Saturday and Sunday are a MUST  

Compensation is $19-20/hour (DOE)  plus full benefits

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for receipt of and proper logging in of all samples received into the laboratory
• Responsible for ensuring the correct analysis is performed on all samples received into the laboratory
• Ensures that proper Quality Control/Quality Assurance tests are performed on all analyses for the day
• Correctly utilizes all QC/QA documentation/logbooks
• Assists MLT III to ensure that the QA/QC task schedule is completed as necessary
• Input and review data entry from the bench sheets to the Laboratory Information Management System (currently Element) • Interface with clients
• Work with MLT III and LD to order supplies necessary for the day to day running of the laboratory
• Responsible for running routine and non-routine, specialized microbiological analyses
• Perform field work as necessary
• Prepare media necessary for various analyses in the laboratory

• Laboratory Maintenance

Work evenings, weekends, holidays as needed on a rotating basis

Qualifications

Requirements:

• An Associate’s degree in a related field
• 2 years’ experience in a microbiology laboratory performing various environmental analyses
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship
• Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.
• Be a person of good moral character
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Some computer proficiency
• Good customer service skills
• Must have a valid US drivers license without recent incident.
• Must be able to perform light lifting and light housekeeping duties.
• Also must be able to tolerate unpleasant odors
• Perform other duties as assigned

Additional Information

Please note - Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work.  We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and Eurofins Scientific 2/2 March 2023 agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

• We do not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role.
• Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
• Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.