Laboratory Assistant - Sample Receiving / PUSH Team

A Day in the Life

As a Full-Time Laboratory Assistant based in our Orange, CA Laboratory, you'll step into the lab where every detail matters. You'll play a key role in prepping and handling samples, keeping records accurate, and maintaining a clean laboratory to support on-time results everyday. You'll collaborate with a strong team of committed professionals, contribute to meaningful scientific work, and grow your expertise in a dynamic, quality-driven environment.

Pay and benefits

The compensation range for this role is $20.00 - $22.00, commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location.

Department: Sample Receiving / PUSH Team

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 11:00 am to 7:30 pm

To thrive in this role, you'll be comfortable taking ownership of the following responsibilities:

• Preparing and weighing samples for digestion or extraction as needed (includes but is not limited to: weighing soils, making composites, crushing samples, incremental sampling, product sampling, etc)
• Data entry
• Facility housekeeping/maintenance
• Perform support tasks as needed
• Comply with Onterris Quality Assurance Program and other policies
• Comply with Onterris Health and Safety Plan
• Other duties as assigned by the Group Leader or Lab Director

Your Expertise and Skills

These requirements reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities that help you do your best work here.

• High School Diploma
• Basic laboratory techniques (knowledge of PPE, use of balance, pipetting, glassware handling, etc)
• Basic Excel skills required
• Must have ability to follow directions and work in a team setting
• Must be comfortable working with strong acids and solvents
• Excellent communication skills required
• Detail oriented

Preferred Skills

• Prior Laboratory experience preferred but not required as this is an entry level position
• Knowledge of analytical method, analytical instruments, general lab practices and lab safety
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Good organizational skills

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Sitting, standing, and walking
• Must be able to work in a stationary position for entire shift duration
• Lifting, moving, and carrying up to 50 lbs
• Works in an office and/or laboratory environment

Additional information

Onterris is a leading global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect. Guided by our mission to advance the way of life without compromising the integrity of our environment, we believe environmental responsibility and human progress are fundamentally connected.

Our scientists, engineers, field teams and consultants apply systems thinking that unites science, data and practical expertise to deliver solutions that strengthen our clients' resilience, mitigate risk and protect the air, water and soil that sustain communities, while uncovering responsible paths forward for planet and progress.