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Laboratory Technician

Kelly and Careers
Pittsburg, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/26/2026
Laboratory Technician

Kelly® Science & Clinical is seeking a Laboratory Technician for a temporary position at a chemical manufacturing company in Pittsburg, CA. If you’re passionate about bringing the latest scientific discoveries to life and are ready to take the next step in your career, trust The Experts at Hiring Experts.

Pay Rate:
$28/hour

Overview:
As a Laboratory Technician, you'll conduct routine and non-routine analyses on product samples, make quality decisions, and communicate results across departments while operating and maintaining lab equipment, supporting a 24/7 manufacturing environment. This role requires strong technical, analytical, and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Schedule:
Night Shift, rotating schedule

Responsibilities:
  • Conducts routine and non-routine laboratory analyses on product samples to ensure quality standards are met.
  • Operates, calibrates, and troubleshoots a variety of laboratory instruments and equipment.
  • Accurately enters testing data and makes accept/reject decisions based on pre-established specifications.
  • Communicates laboratory results and feedback to managers and other departments as needed.
  • Operate basic lab equipment including balance, micropipettes, desiccators, burettes, and pH meters.
  • Operate and troubleshoot intermediate and advanced instruments including UV/Vis spectrophotometer, auto-titrator, GC, ICP, TOC analyzer.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with 1 years of professional laboratory experience OR Associates degree in Chemistry with 2 years of professional laboratory experience.
  • Ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation by working shift work and overtime. This does include graveyard shift and a rotating shift schedule.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and perform minor maintenance on laboratory equipment.

What happens next:
Once you apply, you’ll proceed to next steps if your skills and experience look like a good fit. But don’t worry – even if this position doesn’t work out, you’re still in our network. That means our team of expert Science & Clinical recruiters will have access to your profile, making your opportunities limitless.
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan.


Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?

Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it’s the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.


About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Salary : $28

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