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Laboratory Technician II - Analytical Chemistry

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Location
Houston, TX
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Job overview

Intertek is seeking a Laboratory Technician II – Analytical Chemistry in Houston to perform routine laboratory duties and support timely, safe, and high-quality services. The role includes receiving and preparing samples, conducting testing, maintaining equipment and records, and assisting with training. A bachelor's degree in a specified field is required, though extensive relevant experience may substitute; at least three years of GC experience is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Gas Chromatography, requiredGC-MS, requiredGC-FID, requiredGC-SCD, requiredGC-TCD, requiredIon Chromatography, requiredICP-MS, requiredICP-OES, requiredLC/MS, requiredInstrument Troubleshooting, requiredRoutine Instrument Maintenance, requiredAgilent Chemstation, requiredChromeleon, requiredMacros, requiredMicrosoft Excel, requiredData Processing, requiredPhysical Ability, requiredPositive Attitude, requiredWorking Under Pressure, requiredCommunication, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, or Geosciences or Extensive Relevant Experience, required3+ Years GC Experience, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Laboratory Technician II – Analytical Chemistry Houston, TX

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Lab Tech II – Analytical Chemistry to join our team in Houston, TX.

Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life

What are we looking for?

The Lab Tech II – Analytical Chemistry will perform the routine duties necessary to ensure that laboratory services are of the highest quality, and to ensure that such services are provided in a timely, safe, legal, and ethical manner.

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you’ll do:

  • To receive, examine, and record through a log-in process, inbound items for testing.

  • To deliver test samples to the sample staging area.

  • To monitor the availability of the supplies needed for the testing processes, and to make any needs for such supplies known to Laboratory Management.

  • To prepare samples and quality control specimens, to prepare and standardize reagents and solutions, and to calibrate equipment needed for the testing processes.

  • To perform testing of samples and quality control specimens using specified methodology.

  • To verify and communicate the results obtained, and to make the appropriate entries into instrument logs, control charts, calibration records, laboratory worksheets, and any other media, whether print or electronic, required to ensure the validity and traceability of the information.

  • To maintain documentation, equipment, and work areas in a neat and orderly condition.

  • To assist in the training of less experienced employees.

  • To carry out the above responsibilities, and all others which may be assigned, in a manner demonstrating support for and adherence to the Company’s Safety Policy and Procedures, Quality Policy and Procedures, Ethics Policy, Environmental Management System, Vision and strategy, and to exercise good judgment, commons sense, and diplomacy in so doing.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering, or Geosciences is required*

  • *Extensive years of relevant work expierence may be sufficient in lieu of Bachelor's Degree

  • A minimum of 3 years GC experience is required, including familiarity with GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-SCD and GC-TCD operations and/or IC, ICP-MS, ICP-OES, LC/MS

  • The candidate must have the ability to troubleshoot and perform unassisted routine maintenance of the Analytical Chemistry Lab Instruments systems

  • Basic knowledge of macro as it applies to Agilent Chemstation and Chromeleon software

  • The candidate must have very good knowledge of MS Excel for processing data files

  • Must be physically able to do the work required.

  • Must have a positive attitude, a high tolerance for job pressure and long hours, working weekends and holidays if needed, and the ability to work and communicate with people of diverse personalities and backgrounds

Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.

We Value Diversity

Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email [email protected] or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.

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*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,167 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$51–71K/yr262 salary ranges
  • Texas median$18–20/hr33 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 147 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Texas and 2,167 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 896 postings).
Education
280 of the 2,167 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 10, 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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