Laboratory Support Technician - Eurofins Built Environment Testing, North Phoenix, AZ

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

Eurofins Built Environment Testing is searching for a Laboratory Support Technician in North Phoenix.

The Laboratory Support technician must have excellent communication (oral and written) skills and pay careful attention to details.  Laboratory Support Technicians are responsible for receiving and opening sample packages from walk-in clients, FedEx, other mailing services and retrieving samples from drop box.  The Laboratory Support technician must ensure that all samples are then received and logged in to the Laboratory LIMS system, in a timely, efficient and accurate manner.  Individuals must be able to perform all required quality control procedures and interact appropriately with customers.   This includes responding to emails and answering phone calls.  Lab Support technicians provide direct support to the Project Management staff and Laboratory Analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Receive and Open Packages
• Receive and Login all projects and samples into the Laboratory LIMS
• Label and organize samples and projects according to laboratory needs
• Coordinate transfer samples and package samples for shipping
• Perform point of sale transactions for customer supply orders
• Ability to work productively, efficiently, and accurately in order to ensure client Turnaround times are met
• Support Project Managers and Analysts
• Performs necessary Quality Assurance procedures.
• Participates in Internal and External audits
• Participates in Lean initiatives as needed
• Follows company policies and procedures

Secondary Duties:

• Manages and disposes analyzed samples as needed
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, self-motivation, adaptability, and a positive attitude
• Performs root cause analysis and implements corrective actions for errors and issues as necessary
• Support remote locations with daily Login work volume
• Other responsibilities as deemed necessary by the Supervisor/Manager

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Minimum HS diploma or G.E.D.
• Must have proficient typing skills with 45 WPM
• 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.

Additional Information

Compensation Range: $17-$18.50 per hour depending on experience and qualifications.

Position is full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm with weekends and overtime as needed. 

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

We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays and vacation, personal days, 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 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 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.