Laboratory Technician

Kelly Science & Clinical is excited to bring you this opportunity! Lab Technician in Benicia, CA.

• Schedule : 1st 3-months (training) : 9am to 5pm
• After Training : Night Shift (flexible hours)
• Salary : $22-28 / hr. (DOE) + Shift Differential + Kelly Standard Benefits
• Full time / Temp / Hire

Job Description :

As a Lab Technician, you will join a team dedicated to providing cargo inspection and analytical assessment services to the petroleum, mining, minerals, and biofuels industries.

Leveraging years of expertise, innovation, and advanced analytical capabilities, we help customers optimize returns on cargoes and resolve complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities :

• Perform various chemical and physical tests based on American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methods or accepted industry standards in multiple test areas.
• Assist with equipment calibration, maintenance, quality control, and basic troubleshooting.
• Clean glassware and test equipment.
• Prepare reagents as needed.
• Record data on appropriate data sheets and report data to the LIMS system.
• Maintain quality records, control charts, and lab supply inventories.
• Comply with safety, quality, and housekeeping requirements.
• Participate in cross-training as needed.

Qualifications :

• High school diploma or GED.
• Prefer successful completion of at least one semester of college-level chemistry and / or prior work experience in a laboratory environment.
• Ability to multi-task in high production testing areas.
• Good math and observation skills.
• Proficiency in using LIMS applications and established chemistry lab processes.
• Excellent team communication, coordination, and cooperation skills.
• Ability to follow standard and non-standard procedures.
• Ability to utilize non-complex and complex instrumentation.
• Prefer proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to work overtime as business needs dictate.
• Ability to regularly lift / carry up to 44 pounds.
• Ability to occasionally lift / carry up to 49 pounds.
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods.
• Exposure to various chemicals.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources.

Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability.

As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account.

In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you.

Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals it's the way we think job searching should be.

Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.

About Kelly

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It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world.

Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

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