Sample Disposal Technician - Eurofins Environment Testing Southeast - Atlanta, GA

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Eurofins Environment Testing is seeking a Sample Waste Disposal Technician in Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities include

• Proper disposal of samples.
• Maintaining cleanliness and organization in the waste disposal room and loading dock area including waste removal throughout the day.
• Properly utilizing personal protective equipment at all times while disposing of samples.
• Load and unload pallets/ boxes/ materials.
• Assist with sample transfer between departments within the laboratory.
• Assist Sample Custodian with sample location as well as returning samples to cooler in proper storage locations (temperature = 4˚C) for 3-4 hours per day.
• Organize samples located in waste disposal room.
• Help clean and organize coolers.
• Remove samples from coolers to table, & sort them accordingly
• Learn & become knowledgeable of bottle types, sample test codes and preservatives
• Must adhere to analytical and quality control protocols described in SOP’s, the QA Manual, and project specific requirements.
• Will assist with other assigned projects as needed. 

Basic Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• High school diploma or GED.
• AA degree in a life or physical science (biology, chemistry, environmental studies, etc.) preferred. 

Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Valid driver's license

Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

Detail oriented, flexible, dependable, with a willingness to learn new things

Must be a team player and have good communication and organizational skills

Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen

Position is full-time, Monday – Friday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm with overtime as needed.  Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Atlanta, GA are encouraged to apply.  

Pay rate: $18/hr

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

To learn more about Eurofins, please explore our website www.eurofinsus.com.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and Eurofins Scientific 2/2 March 2023 agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.