Laboratory Technician

Rio Tinto
Invercargill, NZ
Competitive
Apr 23, 2021
May 08, 2021
1673042702
Permanent
Full Time
English
Laboratory Technician
  • Varied role working a day shift 8am 4pm roster
  • Ongoing career development and training provided
  • Based in Tiwai, Invercargill

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Laboratory Technician to support the NZAS Operation with sample preparation and analysis.

This is a great opportunity for a detail orientated, computer Savvy individual who is keen to work in a varied role.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Reporting to the Superintendent HSE Services and working a a day shift roster you will be:
  • Undertaking the preparation, processing and analysing of samples;
  • Compiling records and producing reporting;
  • Maintaining laboratory equipment and apparatus;
  • Ensuring the laboratory is maintained, clean and in an operational state;
  • Applying, improving and optimising the different analytical procedures and methods.

What you will bring
  • A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
  • Basic computer knowledge and application, e.g. MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook
  • Strong commitment to health, safety and environment
  • Knowledge and experience in a laboratory role would be beneficial but not essential
  • At least NCEA Level 1 Science and Mathematics

What we offer
  • A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
  • A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
  • Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
  • Excellent retirement plan
  • A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
  • Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
  • Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

Where you will be working

Based at Tiwai Point in New Zealand's south, NZAS makes aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world, and it is the only aluminium smelter to produce ultra-high purity metal using renewable hydroelectricity. Receiving the majority of its alumina from our Yarwun and Queensland Alumina Limited refineries in Gladstone, Australia, the smelter produces more than 335,000 tonnes of aluminium each year.

In January 2021, NZAS reached a new electricity agreement which will extend operations to December 2024. By joining us now, we will set you up for the future. Work is already underway to reskill and retrain our people, with skills transferrable to other industries.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Advert closes : 6 May 2021