Do you want a job where your talents can be recognized, and your career elevated? Do you want to be part of an intelligent and diverse team of individuals? If so, submit a resume today! We are currently recruiting for a Lab Technician with a fantastic company that has been established for 30 years and which services over 40 countries around the world! If you want to work for a company that uses top of the line, state of the art technology and you take pride in knowing you are helping to provide a service to an international audience, submit your resume ASAP!
The Microbiology Lab Tech position is a full-time temp to hire position in Salinas, CA. The schedule is Tuesday-Saturday with hours from 3pm to midnight or similar. Any candidate must have open availability to include nights and weekends. Pay rate for this position is $16 to $18 an hour (DOE).
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Long Term Disability coverage, along with retirement benefit 401k (with employer match), Vacation, and Sick leave
**Must be 21 to drive company car**
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Process incoming samples
- Accurately record detailed data
- Perform Quality Assurance (QA) checks of the lab
- Perform facility and field sampling of product & water
- Use of lab equipment (e.g. scales, autoclaves)
- Clean glassware, laboratory areas, and utensils
- Media preparation
- Perform pipetting and serial dilutions
- Retrieve samples from various locations, as needed
- All other duties assigned by management.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Laboratory skills, including aseptic technique a plus, but not required
- Ability to multi-task & adapt to a changing fast-paced environment required
- Computer literacy and experience with Microsoft Office
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Clean DMV record
- Flexible schedule with availability to work weekends, evenings, and overtime
- Strong math skills
- Ability to lift 35 lbs.
- Self-motivated, with excellent work ethic
- Bilingual (Spanish) a plus
- Science background a plus
- Professional skills a plus
We provide equal employment opportunities in hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, and all other employment decisions. These opportunities and other conditions of employment are extended to qualified applicants and employees without regard to an individual’s ancestry, race, color, religious creed, sex, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity (including transgender) or expression, age, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, military or veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.