Forensic Chemistry Tech II - Lab Equipment & QC

Justice; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 37,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Carolina Department of Justice, State Crime Laboratory in Raleigh, is hiring a laboratory technician to monitor reagent usage, compile orders, and maintain equipment with routine calibration checks.

You will prepare reagents, document quality control tests, manage hazardous waste, and coordinate evidence transfers with the Evidence Control Unit, ensuring proper logging and traceability throughout analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in one of the chemical, biological, microbiological, environmental or natural resource sciences including related chemistry laboratory coursework from an appropriately accredited institution; or Associate's degree in one of the chemical, biological, microbiological, environmental or natural resource sciences or a closely related curriculum including related chemistry laboratory coursework from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of directly related chemistry laboratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor quantity used, compile orders, obtain quotations, and maintain laboratory equipment and instrumentation with repairs, upkeep, calibration checks, and logs.
• Prepare chemical reagents/buffers and quality control test samples, maintaining detailed logs.
• Maintain chemical and biological hazardous waste storage areas and perform quality control checks of extraction, quantitation, and amplification kits.
• Inventory sexual assault kits prior to analysis by a Section Forensic Scientist.
• Coordinate with the Evidence Control Unit to transfer evidence between intake and the forensic biology section vault and return it after analysis.

Skills

Laboratory safety

Record keeping

Quality control

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemistry/biological/microbiological/environmental or natural resource sciences

Associate's degree with 2 years of related chemistry lab experience

Tools

Laboratory instrumentation maintenance

Job description

The North Carolina Department of Justice, State Crime Laboratory in Raleigh, is hiring a laboratory technician to monitor reagent usage, compile orders, and maintain equipment with routine calibration checks.

You will prepare reagents, document quality control tests, manage hazardous waste, and coordinate evidence transfers with the Evidence Control Unit, ensuring proper logging and traceability throughout analyses.