Laboratory Technician (Mechanical Engineering) - #Staff
Part-timeBaltimore, MD · HybridPart-time / Per Diem$15.8–23.85/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks a Laboratory Technician to assist with 10 hours of departmental laboratory and facilities management. The technician performs routine laboratory processes and follows routine protocols under close supervision. The role is based at the Homewood Campus and is listed as hybrid, with a schedule of up to 10 hours weekly.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is looking for a Laboratory Technician to assist with 10 hours of departmental lab and facilities management. The Laboratory Technician performs routine laboratory processes and follows routine protocols under close supervision.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
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Operate standard equipment.
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Use standard procedures for specific laboratory tests and preparation techniques.
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Assist with laboratory maintenance, prepare solutions, and order supplies.
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Identify and report problems in the completion of routine lab processes.
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Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
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High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
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Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Some science coursework and/or training certificate from a technical institute.
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
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Inventory Control - Awareness
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Laboratory Equipment Maintenance - Awareness
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Laboratory Safety - Awareness
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Laboratory Troubleshooting and Technical Problem Solving - Awareness
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Record Keeping - Awareness
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Solution Preparation and Equipment Programming - Awareness
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Laboratory Technician
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB
Starting Salary Range: $15.80 - $23.85 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule: M-F, up to 10 hrs wkly
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,044 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.8–23.85/hr
- US median$22–26/hr986 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $19.83/hr, is 17% below the US median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 35 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Maryland and 2,044 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
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- 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 (879 postings).
- Education
- 287 of the 2,044 open Laboratory Technician jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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