Create Alert Environmental Laboratory Technician - relocation to Anchorage AK ID-10479

FT 40 hrs seasonal position in ANCHORAGE AK!  This position is an hourly opportunity and it is eligible forovertime pay.


Looking for an opportunity in the last frontier


SGS Alaska Division has been the leading fullservice environmental laboratory in Alaska for over 50 years. You will be a part of a team that understands the importance of employing qualified enthusiastic resourceful people. SGS Anchorage is a full service ISO accredited laboratory analyzing a variety of matrices for environmental pollutants. You will help provide local service to Alaskan clients that report to government regulatory agencies and private individuals.


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You will have the opportunities to advance your knowledge by working in the only fullservice environmental lab in Alaska. You will be trained in one or several departments throughout the laboratory. This position will build on your science education and through hard work will advance your skill set by gaining nonacademic laboratory experience.


After your extensive onboarding training you will be placed in one or several of the following departments. In the Waters Department you will work on bench chemistry methods including colorimetric gravimetric and potentiometric techniques. In the Metals digestions department you will work with strong acids using HotBlock and AutoBlock techniques. In the Organic Extractions department you will work with Solid Phase Liq/Liq and Horn Sonication techniques. Finally in the Sample Control department you will receive samples and log them into our LIMS following the CoC. You will prepare sample kits and transfer samples throughout the whole laboratory. Beyond these departments there are potential roles in VOA prep TCLP and WeighRoom.


Qualifications :


As the ideal candidate you would use your scientific knowledge from your BA/BS and your strong work ethic from your Service and Retail positions in order to help serve our environmental clients in Alaska. You would be expected to work overtime when workload requires.


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 companys rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.


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