Chemistry Technician II (Triad Laboratory) ()

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THE STARTING SALARY FOR THIS POSITION IS LIMITED TO $40000 - $52530.Salary offers for the selected candidate are based on the candidates education and experience related to the position as well as our agency budget and equity.

The primary purpose of this chemistry technician (technician) position is to provide technical support to the forensic scientists in the Drug Chemistry and Toxicology Units of the Triad Regional Laboratory.

Toxicology & Drug Chemistry Unit Duties:

The technician 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 assist the Toxicology unit with the analysis of blood alcohol evidence and the screening of blood drug evidence.

Evidence Processing Duties:

The technician will be responsible for pre-analysis preparation of blood tubes as they are received by the laboratory. The technician will take kits from the Evidence Control section and prepare them for batch analysis by the Forensic Scientists in the Toxicology Unit. When the analysis has been completed it will be the responsibility of the technician to gather and disseminate the blood tubes to ECU and reports to the proper agencies.

General and Administrative Duties:

The technician is responsible for the following duties throughout the laboratory including but not limited to:

• Preparing chemical reagents and solvents and keeping logs referencing these.
• Washing glassware and cleaning laboratories.
• Cataloging and maintain a constant supply of specialty gases used by each instrumental system in the laboratory.
• Maintaining all critical and general scientific chemicals and supplies including compiling orders and keeping track of quantities used.
• Pipette maintenance and verification.
• Serve as the backup Safety & Chemical Hygiene Officer to ensure that the section is in compliance with laboratory safety procedures.

The technician conducts consultations and participates in pretrial conferences with prosecutors and defense attorneys and testifies in both state and federal court in a professional unbiased manner while conveying a clear knowledge of the subject matter and specific details of the case. This technician must testify in court as to his/her part of any analysis of the evidence.

Some travel including some 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
• urinalysis drug screening

Out of state applicants: After the initial interview this may require the applicant to return to the State of North Carolina multiple times at his or her own expense to undergo the background investigation process.

Note to Current State Employees:

The salary grade for this position is NC07. State employees are encouraged to apply for positions of interest even if the salary grade is the same as or lower than their current position. Please detail ALL work history including non-state service experience. If selected for this position a new salary will be recalculated taking into consideration the quantity of relevant education and experience funding availability and internal equity. Based upon these factors a pay increase MAY or MAY NOT result.

The State of North Carolina offers employer paid health insurance plus twelve paid holidays generous vacation and sick leave accrual dental vision and other insurance options and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at Employee Benefits.

Division Information:

TheState Crime Laboratory of the Department of Justice maintains a full-service forensic science laboratory to assist all law enforcement agencies in North Carolina in the investigation of criminal matters. The Laboratorys mission is to provide state-of-the-art forensic services in the areas of drug analysis blood alcohol/drug content firearms latent prints footwear and tire tracks forensic biology computer forensics and trace evidence. The services are provided from a central laboratory in Raleigh N.C. and regional laboratories located in Edneyville N.C. and Greensboro N.C.

The primary purpose of the Greensboro (Triad) Regional Laboratory is to provide forensic laboratory analyses technical field assistance and expert witness testimony in the areas of controlled substances blood alcohol blood drug drug dilution drug tampering and clandestine drug laboratories and latent evidence.

Department Information:

Management preference:

Direct laboratory experience with pipettes balances and GC-MS.

Bachelors degree in one of the chemical biological microbiological environmental or natural resource sciences including related chemistry laboratory coursework from an appropriately accredited institution;
OR
Associates 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.

Note the following:If multiple applications are submitted to an individual posting only the most recent application received prior to the closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM on the closing date.

Resumes and cover letters:To receive credit for your work history and credentials you must list the information on the online application form. This information is used to determine if you meet the requirements of the position and if you are selected it is used to determine a salary offer.

Using the terms See Resume or See Attachment will not be accepted and your application will be rejected as incomplete. Cover letters are highly encouraged but not required.

Transcripts:Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. A copy of your transcripts indicating the degree received can be uploaded with your application. If a transcript has been requested your application will be considered incomplete if you do not provide one. Using a photograph of your diploma is not acceptable.

Credit for foreign degrees will only be given if verification of degree certification is attached to your application. Transcripts for foreign degrees have to be evaluated by an organization like World Education Services to determine US equivalency.

Any licenses or certificates must be included in the appropriate section of the application form.

Applicants seeking Veterans Preference must attach a copy of their DD-214 or discharge orders.

Applicants seeking National Guard Preference must attach a NGB 23A (RPAS) if you are a current member of the NC National Guard in good standing. If you are a former member of the NC National Guard who served for at least 6 years and was discharged under honorable conditions you must attach either a DD256 or NGB 22.

Application status:To check the status of your application please log in to your account. Upon the closing date applications are Under Review and will be screened by Human Resources for the qualified applicants. The hiring process may take an average of 6 8 weeks. All applicants will be notified by email once a position is filled.

If you are having technical issues submitting your application please call the NeoGov Help Line at . If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status please contact the NC DOJ Human Resources office.

The NC Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The NC Department of Justice uses Merit-Based Recruitment to select from among the most qualified applicants to fill positions subject to the State Human Resources Act.

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