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Crime Laboratory Technical Specialist

Salary

$4,770.00 - $8,589.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

419-214328-JAS

Department

DPS-Office of State Police

Opening Date

10/29/2025

Closing Date

11/3/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

At the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory, our mission is to empower communities and improve lives by delivering responsive, inclusive, and forward-thinking public services. We are proud to serve the people of Louisiana with integrity, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.

We’re looking for aCrime Laboratory Technical Specialistto join our Seized Drugs unit. This position will serve as the technical lead/subject matter expert in Chemistry—Seized Drugs Unit and will have functional and technical oversight of Crime Laboratory Analysts in operations related to analysis. The candidate will also have expertise in certification, quality assurance, training, emerging technologies and methods, or other specialties and will serve as the supervisor’s designee in the supervisor’s absence.

If you're driven, collaborative, and ready to make an impact—this could be the opportunity for you!

Minimum Qualifications

A baccalaureate degree with twelve semester hours in biology or chemistry and an additional twelve semester hours in a biological science, chemistry, forensic science, molecular physics, physics, criminalistics or pharmacology plus four years of professional level crime laboratory experience.

A combination of coursework is allowed.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Graduate training in qualifying fields will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience; a combination of coursework is allowed.

NOTE:

Applicants must meet the current educational requirements of the hiring agency’s accrediting body for the laboratory.

NOTE:

Criminal justice is not considered a qualifying educational field.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=174010) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Details:

As a Technical Specialist, you will conduct forensic analyses at the request of local, state, and federal law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies. Duties will include:

+ Provide technical support to team members in the areas of data analysis, equipment operation, advanced equipment troubleshooting, reagent preparation, forensic database queries, and evidence collection.

+ Demonstrate advanced knowledge in the areas of casework, data collection, and interpretation.

+ Conduct technical and/or administrative reviews in their discipline, which includes reviewing the analytical data and scientific analysis reports of analysts and initiating corrective actions if required.

+ Review and make recommendations regarding current forensic analytical methods and research while implementing new forensic analytical methods.

+ Draft new and/or modify existing forensic policies, procedures, and regulations.

+ Be able to provide expert testimony regarding the analytical process, the work involved in preparing the evidence for analysis, and the instrumentation used during analysis.

+ Remain up to date on the accreditation standards in their specific forensic discipline.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Job Appointment, Probational, and or Promotional

Career Progression: This position will be filled as a Crime Lab Technical Specialist.

Work Schedule:Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link (http://Laworks.net) and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Name of Contact Person: Joel Sunsin

Agency/Department Name: Human Resources Analyst

Mailing Address: PO Box 66614, Baton Rouge, LA 70896

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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To ensure compliance with DPS-PSS Policy 01-02.01 Nepotism, no individual may be hired, promoted, demoted or transferred within DPS, if the individual is related to another employee who is, or would be, within their line of supervision. Relative is defined as: child, step-child, sibling, spouse, parent, step-parent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandchild, grandparent, and any "in law" relationship. Are you related to anyone employed with the Department of Public Safety, Public Safety Services?

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If you answered "yes" to the above question, please list the name of your relative and the relationship. If you answered "no" to the above question, enter N/A.

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Do you possess a baccalaureate degree with twelve semester hours in biology or chemistry?

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If yes, please list the relevant coursework in the space below. Please include the COURSE TITLE, NUMBER OF HOURS, and the ACADEMIC INSTITUTION WHERE THE COURSE WAS COMPLETED. If no, please type "N/A". (Ex. BIOL 1001 – General Biology – 3 hrs - LSU)

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Do you have an additional twelve semester hours in a biological science, chemistry, forensic science, molecular physics, physics, criminalistics, or pharmacology?

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+ No

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If yes, please list the relevant coursework in the space below. Please include the COURSE TITLE, NUMBER OF HOURS, and the ACADEMIC INSTITUTION WHERE THE COURSE WAS COMPLETED. If no, please type "N/A". (Ex. BIOL 1001 – General Biology – 3 hrs - LSU)

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Did you list ALL of your job experience and education on your application? If not, please add before submitting.

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State of Louisiana

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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

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