Login Lab Assistant - Temporary

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

The Bottle Login Assistant is the first quality checkpoint for client samples arriving at our laboratory. You’ll receive coolers and kits, verify chain-of-custody (COC), log samples into the LIMS, print labels, and route work to analytical departments—ensuring preservation, holding times, and custody requirements are met for environmental matrices (water, wastewater, soil, air).

Requirements :

• Unpack coolers; check custody seals, sample integrity, temperature on receipt (document cooler temp), and preservation status.
• Compare contents to COC, reconcile discrepancies, and document non-conformances (short holds, broken containers, wrong preservatives).
• Create work orders / projects, assign IDs, apply barcoded labels, and ensure correct test codes, methods, matrices, turnaround time (TAT), and client billing info.
• Capture field data (sample times, preservatives, locations, sampler) and special instructions.
• Maintain continuous chain-of-custody; prepare and deliver samples / aliquots to Wet Chem, Metals, Organics, Micro, Air, etc.
• Stage and refrigerate samples per method requirements; track holding times and prioritize rush / TAT work.
• Generate login paperwork and job packets; file COCs and temperature records; support internal and external audits.
• Elevate issues quickly to QA / Client Services; initiate RMA / re-collect requests when needed.
• Maintain bottle, preservative, and cooler inventory; assemble outbound sampling kits with labels, COCs, and instructions.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education :

High school diploma or GED.

Experience / Qualifications :

Work Environment and Physical Demands :

Equal Employment Opportunity :

Metiri Analytical Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive workplace for all employees. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.