APPOINTMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular (FTR-A)

LOCATION: Huntsville, AL

PURPOSE:

Qualified candidates will work with a team with a keen attention to detail to process and document firearms evidence, following strict protocols regarding the custody of evidence, testing procedures and reporting guidelines.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Receive and account for boxes of evidence and related material from evidence submissions.

• Visually inspect and process evidence and related materials for firearms evidence; photograph evidence and related materials; remove hairs and fibers from evidence and related materials; create microscopic slides for hairs and fibers; mount hairs and fibers on fibers on slides; and create inventory slides.

• Enter information into various databases as required

• Record case notes, photographs, chain-of-custody for all forensic material under examination support activities, functions, or duties, as required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science degree with at least twenty-four (24) credit hours in the physical sciences.
  

• Basic computer skills, to include use of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Access, Outlook); organization skills
  

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities
  

• Ability to analyze complex or challenging situations
  

• Familiarization with QA / QC, experience with a Laboratory
  

• Information Management System (LIMS)
  

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
  

• Candidates must be US citizens and able to pass a background check, drug screening, and a polygraph (if required).
  
  

* This is a contingent opportunity