Chemistry Technician II
About The Position
The North Carolina Department of Justice, led by the Attorney General of North Carolina, represents the state, state agencies, and elected officials, and defends the rights of the people of North Carolina. The Department handles all state criminal appeals cases and assists district attorneys with complex criminal cases at their request. Additionally, the Department of Justice includes the North Carolina State Crime Lab, the North Carolina Justice Academy, and the Sheriffs’ and Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Divisions. The Technician in this position will be directly responsible for maintaining the laboratory equipment and instrumentation, performing repairs and upkeep, doing daily tunes and calibration checks, and keeping logs for multiple instrument systems. The Technician will also be responsible for preparing chemical reagents and solvents and keeping logs referencing these. The role involves assisting the Toxicology unit with the analysis of blood alcohol evidence and the screening of blood drug evidence. Additionally, the Technician will be responsible for pre-analysis preparation of blood tubes as they are received by the laboratory and will take kits from the Evidence Control section and prepare them for batch analysis by the Forensic Scientists in the Toxicology Unit. Some travel, including some occasional overnight stays are required. The selected candidate will undergo and must successfully complete a comprehensive background investigation which may take several months to complete. The background investigation includes: polygraph, credit and arrest checks, interviews with associates to include personal and business references, past employers, and neighbors, verification of education achievement, fingerprinting, and urinalysis drug screening. Out of state applicants may be required to return to the State of North Carolina multiple times at his or her own expense to undergo the background investigation process after the initial interview.
Requirements
- 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.
- Direct laboratory experience with pipettes, balances, and GC-MS instrumentation.
- Experience with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
Responsibilities
- Maintaining the laboratory equipment and instrumentation
- Performing repairs and upkeep on laboratory equipment
- Doing daily tunes and calibration checks for instrument systems
- Keeping logs for multiple instrument systems
- Preparing chemical reagents and solvents
- Keeping logs referencing chemical reagents and solvents
- Assisting the Toxicology unit with the analysis of blood alcohol evidence
- Assisting the Toxicology unit with the screening of blood drug evidence
- Pre-analysis preparation of blood tubes as they are received by the laboratory
- Taking kits from the Evidence Control section and preparing them for batch analysis by the Forensic Scientists in the Toxicology Unit
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
