Lab Tech Sr.

Title: Lab Tech Sr.

Location: Santa Rosa, California

Duration: 6 Months

Top 5 Skills:

• Multitasking
• Follow written instructions/SOPs
• Independent worker
• Customer service/communication
• General lab skills (would like 1-2 years experience but manager is flexible on this)

Job Responsibilities:

• Receive and log in evidence for processing in a production laboratory.
• Receive, store, transfer and return evidence from user agencies, as well as maintaining the physical security of the evidence.
• Initiate/maintain the chain of custody for evidence using a computerized database
• Organize short and long-term evidence storage areas, return evidence when requested and destroy evidence at prescribed times.
• Perform inventory and order laboratory supplies as authorized.
• Ability to follow universal safety precautions when handling biohazards such as blood.
• May have to testify in court regarding how a specific item of evidence was received and handled.
• Ability to create reagents required for certain assays
• Pour or quantitatively pipet biological specimens and standards in varying volumes
• Prepare and/or extract analytes of interest for subsequent instrumental analysis Interface with analytical instruments (LCMS/MS) to schedule sample acquisition

Education:

• Minimum associate degree (bachelor preferred) Life or physical sciences (chemistry preferred

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.