Laboratory Technician
Raleigh, NCFull-timePosted 2 days agoStill listed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Laboratory Technician supports microbiology testing of food and dietary supplements. The role learns sample accession, preparation, and laboratory information system tasks, and conducts enumeration and detection testing for USP and AOAC microbiology samples. It also involves applying GMP/GLP and aseptic techniques, communicating discrepancies, and handling customer inquiries with assistance. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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Job Description
Demonstrates and promotes the company vision. Shows regular attendance and punctuality. Applies GMP/GLP in all areas of responsibility, as appropriate. Position will be introduced to food and dietary supplements for microbiology testing. Learns sample accession tasks including opening, registering, tracking, labeling, sending, and disposing of samples. Learns to coordinate with client services to establish or update customer service procedures, with guidance, as appropriate. Learns to communicate discrepancies to appropriate personnel and assist with problem solving. Learns to handle internal customer inquiries, solve problems with assistance, and contact internal clients for clarification as needed. Learns Eurofins Laboratory Information System (eLIMS) and how to use in daily duties. Learns how to weigh and prepare samples for basic USP and AOAC testing. Applies proper aseptic technique when prepping samples. Registration of samples IAW KGD and local guidance Conducts testing by enumeration and detection of all USP and AOAC Micro samples Conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner. Performs all other duties as assigned. Schedule: M-F 1:00pm - 9:30 pm.
Qualifications
A minimum of an Associate’s degree (in related science is preferred). Experience may be substituted for education. Working knowledge of computers. Customer service skills including attention to detail, accuracy, confidentiality and communication skills (is preferred). Ability to identify and communicate client’s service needs. Ability to learn new tasks. Ability to think critically and solve problems quickly and efficiently. Reside within a commutable distance to Raleigh, NC lab.
Additional Information
Will be exposed to potential food allergens (ex. Milk, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, etc.). Overtime, weekend and holiday work as required. Job requires long periods of time sitting or standing at a computer. Must be able to lift approximately 35 lbs. for short periods of time. Expected to understand the process for handling hazardous wastes and receive on-the-job training for handling specific waste types in their job area. Your data:
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
Eurofins USA Food Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,192 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$51–71K/yr251 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$23–31/hr32 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Laboratory Technician jobs in North Carolina and 2,192 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Advocate Health16 open
- Labcorp12 open
- Actalent5 open
- Experience
- Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (903 postings).
- Education
- 286 of the 2,192 open Laboratory Technician jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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