
Laboratory Technician
Swedesboro, NJFull-time$20/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Laboratory Technician conducts hands-on laboratory analysis, prepares chemical solutions, and completes applicable laboratory reports. The role includes keeping current with analysis methods and safety and reporting techniques, and assisting with equipment maintenance and calibration. The position is full-time and on-site, with a 40-hour workweek.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Compensation
$20.00 - $20.00 / Hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Job Description
Full-time
Compensation: USD 20 - USD 35 - hourly
Company Description
We are SGS - the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.
Job Description
Job Functions
Responsible for conducting laboratory analysis (hands on working on the bench).
Complete all laboratory reports as applicable.
Understand and keep current with all laboratory analysis methods.
Assist with the maintenance and calibration of equipment.
Understand and keep current with all laboratory safety and reporting techniques.
Adheres to internal standards, policies, and procedures.
Prepare chemical solutions according to standard formulas.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Must be willing and able to work shift work and on-call schedule if required.
Good organization skills, detailed oriented and completes tasks in a timely manner. (Required)
Able to work in a routine repetitive fast paced work environment (Required)
Able to stand on feet for long periods of time (Required)
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions as may be furnished in oral, written, diagram, electronic or schedule form. (Required)
Acts accordingly to the SGS standards of ethics and integrity (Required)
Must be able to work with all chemicals, petrochemicals, and petroleum products. (Required)
Must be able to manage time effectively and identify ways to increase efficiency and manage workload.
Physical Demands of the Job
Stand:
Move or traverse:
Sit:
Use hands:
Reach with hands and arms:
Climb or balance:
Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl:
Talk/hear:
Taste/Smell:
Lift/carry/push or pull: Occasionally 25 lbs
Qualifications
Qualifications, Education and Experience
High School Diploma or GED (Required)
Associate degree in a science discipline (Preferred)
1-year experience working in a laboratory setting (Preferred)
Additional Information
SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.
This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company's rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
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Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
744000156415869-5842
How this job compares
Set against the 2,179 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20/hr
- New Jersey median$20–23/hr37 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr1,042 hourly ranges
This rate, $20/hr, is 11% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Laboratory Technician jobs in New Jersey and 2,179 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- SGS6 open
- Actalent5 open
- EMSL Analytical, Inc.4 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 (913 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,185 of the 2,179 open Laboratory Technician jobs (54%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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