Laboratory Associate Temp Position 1st Shift Portland

Job Listing ID: 4318046 Job Title: Laboratory Associate Temp Position 1st Shift Portland

Application Deadline: 10/23/2025Job Location: Portland

Date Posted: 07/26/2025Hours Worked Per Week: 40

Shift: Day Shift

Duration of Job: Full Time, more than 6 months

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Job Summary: Laboratory Assistant Temporary Position

8:30am-4:30pm

$ 25 / HR

As a temporary Laboratory Assistant at IDEXX, you will be assisting with some of the many tasks vital to the running of our network of Reference Labs. We receive thousands of clinical samples (blood, urine, fecal samples) every day from Veterinary Clinics, and we run tests on those samples to help veterinarians identify what might be wrong with someone's pet. In this role, you will be helping to sort, tag, and prepare veterinary samples for testing. Every sample you help to move along quickly and accurately in the process means we are one step closer to finding out how or why the pet might be sick. Thanks to you, someone's very beloved pet will get the treatment plan they need - how great is that?

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IDEXX Reference Laboratories are a global network united by a shared commitment to enhancing pet care where the true strength in our name is the people behind it. Our reference laboratories make it possible for our customers to discover more with our unrelenting commitment to innovation, personalized support, guidance, and expertise, while providing the most complete and advanced menu of diagnostic tests along with technology and tools.

In This Role:

Currently our greatest need is in our General Lab Department.

You may be restocking supplies, such as chemicals or slide trays.

You could be helping to load analyzers with slides of samples.

You might be assisting with inventory counts.

You will be asked to help in out many ways - and your help is needed! Your daily tasks positively impact the lives of pets.

You will be responsible for following SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).

You can expect to work in one or more of the following departments:

Hematology

Chemistry/Endocrinology

Urinalysis

Immunology/Serology

You will be helping load IDEXX analyzers, restocking supplies,running serology kit tests, and more!

Pay & Schedule:

Hourly rates targeting: $ 25 / hr

The schedule for this position is: Monday-Friday

The hours for this position are: 8:30am-4:30pm

The shifts and hours may vary slightly depending on business needs.

Reliable and dependable attendance is an essential function of the position.

What You Will Need to Succeed:

You are able and willing to work the schedule above on the day shift.

You are reliable and flexible - attendance is an essential function of the position.

A willingness to work with and around veterinary samples, including blood, urine, fecal and biopsies.

You are excited to work in a fast-paced, high volume busy work environment.

You can read and interpret documents such as safety rules, standard operating procedures (SOPs), material safety data sheets (MSDSs), operating and maintenance instructions, government rules, and technical procedures.

You must have a demonstrated ability to prioritize and multi-task.

You possess strong initiative and follow through with outstanding attention to detail.

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IDEXX is an EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled Veteran employer

Job Classification: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

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Compensation

Salary: Depending on Experience

Job Requirements

Experience Required: None

Education Required: High School Diploma/GEDMinimum Age: N/A

Gender: N/A