H-1B Visa Lab Associate Jobs
Lab Associate roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a directly related field. Pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic research employers file LCAs through DOL and sponsor H-1B workers in this occupation regularly.
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Sunday-Thursday 11:00pm-8:00am
Are you ready to work making the world a safer, healthier place? Join our mission to continuously move science forward; to innovate and advance all aspects of our business to improve the health and safety of our communities and lives.
SUMMARY: Responsible for providing assistance, preserving, preparing, processing and maintenance of lab samples, which involve knowledge on fundamental lab support policies, programs and practices while completing appropriate forms, documents and databases. May include various forms of samples, such as environmental, biological, chemical, and related areas.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.
- Prepares lab for daily operations, including stocking materials, equipment, safety, cleanliness, and related areas.
- Supports analytical testing process using standard lab support knowledge in the collection and review of conditions, including preserving samples, completing sample preparation, documenting and communicating results.
- Picks up, transports, and maintains results, samples, documents, materials and other items as needed.
- Disposes of laboratory materials and samples using well established guidelines and instructions.
- Reviews, completes and processes standard degrees of logs, documents, databases, and related materials and information.
- Provides fundamental support in the application and assistance to staff and management regarding lab support policies, programs and practices.
- Provides support researching issues and developing recommendations to resolve process, department and related customer issues.
- Assists in the review and implementation of lab support policies, practices and programs to meet organizational, operations and management needs.
- Assists with ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; receives guidance and direction or escalates when required.
- Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the department's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
- Promotes and supports the overall mission of Pace Analytical by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with customers and staff; acts in a manner that promotes a harmonious and effective workplace environment.
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalent; experience in related work is preferred; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. One year of experience in a lab or environmental setting is preferred.
Required Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
- None
Required Knowledge and Skills
Required Knowledge:
- Fundamental principles, practices and techniques of lab support.
- Customer service principles and practices.
- Understanding of the daily administration of lab support programs, policies and procedures.
- Fundamental methods to resolve lab support or technical problems, questions and concerns.
- Ability to learn standard applicable organizational policies and procedures on sample maintenance.
- Computer applications and systems related to the work.
- Principles and practices to serving as an effective project team member.
- Methods to communicate with staff, coworkers, and customers to ensure safe, effective and appropriate operations.
- Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Required Skills:
- Performing fundamental lab support duties in assigned areas.
- Providing standard support within varied lab testing.
- Providing customer service.
- Serving as a team member working with customers and projects.
- Operating in a both a team and individual contributor environment.
- Interpreting, applying and explaining organizational policies and procedures.
- Maintaining databases, forms, documents and related information.
- Using initiative and judgment within established department policies and procedures.
- Using tact, discretion and prudence in working with those contacted in the course of the work.
- Performing effective oral presentations to groups and peers and the department.
- Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives and activities.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of individuals contacted in the course of the work.
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Mobility to work in a lab and office setting, use standard office and lab equipment and stamina to sit for extended periods of time; exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or move objects; vision to read printed materials and computer screens; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed in lab and office settings. Work is subject to exposure to blood or bodily fluids, chemicals, fumes, gasses, noxious odors and related items in a lab and environmental setting.
Find Your Place at Pace - We need you - your curiosity, your talents, and your drive - to help us advance this important work.
Benefits
When you join Pace®, you commit to work that makes a positive impact on our communities and our world. We commit to supporting you with benefits and perks that make a positive impact on your life. Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program which includes competitive salaries, medical, dental vision, 401K retirement savings plan (100% vested immediately in the employer match), life, disability and voluntary benefits, paid time off for holiday, sick and vacation days, HSA, wellness program, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, Employee Assistance program, parental leave, optional legal coverage and ID theft.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Pace® provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, creed, color, religion, genetics, protected veteran status, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
SHIFT:
Sunday-Thursday 11:00pm-8:00am
Are you ready to work making the world a safer, healthier place? Join our mission to continuously move science forward; to innovate and advance all aspects of our business to improve the health and safety of our communities and lives.
SUMMARY: Responsible for providing assistance, preserving, preparing, processing and maintenance of lab samples, which involve knowledge on fundamental lab support policies, programs and practices while completing appropriate forms, documents and databases. May include various forms of samples, such as environmental, biological, chemical, and related areas.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.
- Prepares lab for daily operations, including stocking materials, equipment, safety, cleanliness, and related areas.
- Supports analytical testing process using standard lab support knowledge in the collection and review of conditions, including preserving samples, completing sample preparation, documenting and communicating results.
- Picks up, transports, and maintains results, samples, documents, materials and other items as needed.
- Disposes of laboratory materials and samples using well established guidelines and instructions.
- Reviews, completes and processes standard degrees of logs, documents, databases, and related materials and information.
- Provides fundamental support in the application and assistance to staff and management regarding lab support policies, programs and practices.
- Provides support researching issues and developing recommendations to resolve process, department and related customer issues.
- Assists in the review and implementation of lab support policies, practices and programs to meet organizational, operations and management needs.
- Assists with ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; receives guidance and direction or escalates when required.
- Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the department's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
- Promotes and supports the overall mission of Pace Analytical by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with customers and staff; acts in a manner that promotes a harmonious and effective workplace environment.
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalent; experience in related work is preferred; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. One year of experience in a lab or environmental setting is preferred.
Required Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
- None
Required Knowledge and Skills
Required Knowledge:
- Fundamental principles, practices and techniques of lab support.
- Customer service principles and practices.
- Understanding of the daily administration of lab support programs, policies and procedures.
- Fundamental methods to resolve lab support or technical problems, questions and concerns.
- Ability to learn standard applicable organizational policies and procedures on sample maintenance.
- Computer applications and systems related to the work.
- Principles and practices to serving as an effective project team member.
- Methods to communicate with staff, coworkers, and customers to ensure safe, effective and appropriate operations.
- Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Required Skills:
- Performing fundamental lab support duties in assigned areas.
- Providing standard support within varied lab testing.
- Providing customer service.
- Serving as a team member working with customers and projects.
- Operating in a both a team and individual contributor environment.
- Interpreting, applying and explaining organizational policies and procedures.
- Maintaining databases, forms, documents and related information.
- Using initiative and judgment within established department policies and procedures.
- Using tact, discretion and prudence in working with those contacted in the course of the work.
- Performing effective oral presentations to groups and peers and the department.
- Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives and activities.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of individuals contacted in the course of the work.
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Mobility to work in a lab and office setting, use standard office and lab equipment and stamina to sit for extended periods of time; exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or move objects; vision to read printed materials and computer screens; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed in lab and office settings. Work is subject to exposure to blood or bodily fluids, chemicals, fumes, gasses, noxious odors and related items in a lab and environmental setting.
Find Your Place at Pace - We need you - your curiosity, your talents, and your drive - to help us advance this important work.
Benefits
When you join Pace®, you commit to work that makes a positive impact on our communities and our world. We commit to supporting you with benefits and perks that make a positive impact on your life. Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program which includes competitive salaries, medical, dental vision, 401K retirement savings plan (100% vested immediately in the employer match), life, disability and voluntary benefits, paid time off for holiday, sick and vacation days, HSA, wellness program, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, Employee Assistance program, parental leave, optional legal coverage and ID theft.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Pace® provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, creed, color, religion, genetics, protected veteran status, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Lab Associate
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires your degree to align specifically with lab associate duties. A biochemistry or life sciences degree supports most petitions, but a general science degree without relevant coursework can trigger an RFE. Review the O*NET profile for this occupation before applying.
Target employers with active LCA filings
Use Migrate Mate to filter Lab Associate openings by employers who have filed LCAs for this occupation, so you're applying where H-1B sponsorship is already established practice rather than negotiating it from scratch.
Confirm the role meets specialty occupation standards
Not every lab associate posting qualifies as a specialty occupation. Ask the hiring manager whether the job description explicitly requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Postings listing a degree as preferred, not required, weaken the H-1B petition.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your job title and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up Level I and Level II wages for lab associate roles in your target city before you discuss compensation.
Start the LCA process early after your offer
DOL typically certifies LCAs within seven business days, but your employer needs that certification before filing I-129 with USCIS. Factor this into your start date negotiation so there's enough runway between your offer acceptance and your intended first day.
Document lab-specific skills tied to your degree
Build a credential file that links your coursework and lab techniques directly to the job duties. Employers filing H-1B petitions for lab roles often face RFEs asking for evidence that the position requires degree-specific knowledge, not just general scientific aptitude.
H-1B Visa Lab Associate: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Lab Associate role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. If the job description requires a bachelor's degree or higher in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a related field as a minimum entry requirement, it generally qualifies. Roles where any science background is acceptable, or where the degree is listed as preferred rather than required, are more likely to face USCIS scrutiny during adjudication.
Which industries hire Lab Associates on H-1B sponsorship most consistently?
Pharmaceutical manufacturers, contract research organizations, biotechnology firms, hospital systems with clinical laboratories, and university research departments are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for lab associate roles. These employers have established immigration processes and file LCAs for this occupation on a recurring basis. You can browse verified sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate by filtering for Lab Associate openings with LCA filing history.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move from one lab to a different department within the same employer?
A lateral move within the same employer doesn't automatically require a new H-1B petition, but a material change in job duties, location, or wage level does. If your new department involves substantially different work from what USCIS approved, your employer needs to file an amended I-129. A new city or worksite also typically requires a new LCA before the transfer.
Can I negotiate my start date around the H-1B cap and lottery timeline?
If you're subject to the H-1B cap, your earliest possible start date is October 1 of the fiscal year for which you were selected. Registration opens in March and USCIS runs the lottery shortly after. Employers can file petitions starting April 1, and you can't begin work until October 1, so most cap-subject lab associate hires negotiate start dates that account for this six-month gap.
Does my employer need to be E-Verify enrolled to sponsor my H-1B?
E-Verify enrollment isn't a general requirement for H-1B sponsorship, but it is mandatory if your employer wants to hire you on STEM OPT before sponsoring the H-1B, and it's required for federal contractors. Many pharmaceutical and research employers are enrolled voluntarily. You can ask your HR contact whether the company is an E-Verify participant before accepting an offer.