Company Description
Eurofins Scientific is a network of independent companies providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
With over 50 laboratories and more than 40 service centers nationwide, Eurofins Environment Testing provides full-service environmental analysis across all 50 states. Our network supports public and private clients—including DoD, DOE, and municipalities—through robust logistics and continuous investment in people, technology, and infrastructure.
We offer comprehensive testing for air, water, soil, sediment, tissue, and waste, covering a wide range of analytes including PFAS, metals, VOCs/SVOCs, dioxins/furans, radiochemicals, and more.
Job Description
Eurofins Environment Testing is seeking a Shipping Technician to join our team in Folsom. The Shipping Technician is responsible for the accurate, efficient, and timely packaging and shipment of air sampling equipment, including canisters, flow controllers, and associated sampling accessories. This is a physically demanding, high-volume production position requiring frequent lifting, repetitive movements, attention to detail, and the ability to meet daily shipping deadlines.
The technician works under the direction of department leadership and coordinates with laboratory and project management teams to ensure client orders are prepared and shipped accurately and on time.
Essential Job Functions
- Assemble, build, and prepare shipping boxes, including reusable shipping containers and protective packaging materials.
- Pack air sampling canisters, flow controllers, sampling kits, and accessories securely to prevent damage during transportation.
- Handle, pack, and ship high pressure compressed gas cylinders
- Review shipping orders and verify equipment types, quantities, labels, shipping addresses, and delivery requirements for accuracy.
- Prepare shipping labels, documentation, and tracking information using FedEx, UPS, and other courier websites and shipping systems.
- Coordinate daily outgoing shipments to meet established carrier pickup times and client delivery deadlines.
- Lift, carry, load, unload, and move shipping boxes, canisters, and equipment throughout the workday.
- Receive, unpack, inspect, sort, and organize returned shipping containers and sampling equipment.
- Maintain accurate shipping records and update order status in internal tracking systems.
- Monitor shipping supplies and maintain an organized inventory of boxes, packing materials, and related equipment.
- Identify and promptly communicate shipping discrepancies, equipment shortages, damaged materials, and potential delays.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe shipping area while following established safety procedures and proper material-handling practices.
- Support other shipping, receiving, inventory, and logistics activities as assigned.
Qualifications
Skills, Abilities & Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Previous experience in shipping, receiving, warehousing, fulfillment, or logistics preferred.
- Experience using FedEx, UPS, or other shipping courier websites and systems preferred.
- Basic computer skills, including data entry, email, and order-tracking applications.
- Ability to accurately follow written instructions, shipping procedures, and safety requirements.
- Strong attention to detail to ensure orders are packed correctly and shipped to the proper destinations.
- Ability to work efficiently, manage multiple orders, and meet daily deadlines in a high-volume environment.
- Good organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with team members, supervisors, and other departments.
- Dependable, adaptable, safety-conscious, and committed to quality and productivity.
- Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.
- Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship
Physical Requirements
- Frequently lift, carry, and handle boxes and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, using appropriate lifting techniques and mechanical or team assistance when needed.
- Perform repetitive lifting, packing, unpacking, bending, reaching, gripping, and handling of shipping materials throughout the workday.
- Stand and walk for extended periods, with frequent movement between workstations, storage areas, and shipping locations.
- Frequently use hands, wrists, and arms for assembling boxes, taping, packing, handling canisters, and operating shipping equipment.
- Bend, stoop, squat, twist, and reach above and below waist level to retrieve, pack, and move equipment.
- Push and maneuver loaded carts and other material-handling equipment.
- Possess sufficient manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, vision, and hearing to safely perform shipping and receiving tasks.
- Work in a fast-paced, physically active environment with repetitive tasks, fluctuating workloads, and strict daily shipping deadlines.
Additional Information
Compensation Range: $20 - $23 per hour depending on level of experience and qualifications.
Position is full-time, and eligible for overtime pay. Candidates must be available to work the shift listed below with overtime and weekends as needed:
- Monday - Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm
Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes, the actual base compensation may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill set, base compensation of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.
We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays and vacation, personal days, and dental and vision options.
We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! At Eurofins, we believe sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our vision to be the Global Leader in “Testing for Life,” our mission to contribute to a healthier and safer world, and our core values, we are building a strong foundation for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Eurofins’ commitment to sustainability begins within our own companies through a shared responsibility to people and the planet. With climate change posing an imminent threat, Eurofins and its many companies recognize their duty to proactively reduce or offset the environmental impact of essential operations while also helping our clients do the same—serving as a true ESG Enabler.
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/
Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.
In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Compensation: USD
20 - USD
23 - hourly
