Fire Assayer

Casual role | Monday to Friday - weekly rotating days, nights and afternoons
- Onsite training available
- Hourly rate of $33.53 / hour with shift allowances

**Imagine your future with us**
At ALS, we encourage you to dream big.

When you join ALS, you join a purpose and values-driven team that empowers you to innovate, create, and thrive.

Our global team turns up each day with passion and commitment to do amazing things, always challenging our thinking to find ways to solve some of the world’s most complex problems for a safer, healthier world.

**The role**
ALS Geochemistry is looking for a **Fire Assayer** to work in our Fire Assay section at our facility in **Malaga**. Fire Assay is a pyrometallurgical process for analyzing precious metals.

This is a hands-on role requiring strong attention to detail. Working within a team, you will be trained so that you can weigh samples, add flux reagents, fuse the mixture in a high-temperature furnace, and collect precious metals (gold) through cupellation and prilling on a daily basis.

Before sending the sample prills to the laboratory for testing, you'll need to thoroughly inspect the samples, fusion pots, lead buttons and prills to ensure the correctness and record any anomalies.

To be suitable for this role, you must be able to perform the procedure promptly, organized and accurately. In addition, as this will employ a combination of intense heat (900 - 1100°C) produced by a furnace, dry chemicals and refractory materials regularly, you must proactively look out for safety issues and practice fire assay safety procedures.

**The hourly rate of $33.53 per hour **is a starting rate. In addition, you will receive shift allowances of 15% for the afternoon shift and 20% for the night shift. As you build your experience in this role, you can secure a full-time position and earn higher pay rates. Additionally, penalty rates are paid for any weekend or other overtime (optional) and are added to the hourly rate advertised.

This **Casual** position will involve working a **rotating 8-hour shift, 5 days per week, with 1 week each of Days, Nights, and Afternoons.**

Responsibilities include:

- Perform fire assay techniques such as fluxing, fusing and cupellation
- Cleaning Maintain and record equipment faults
- Maintain productivity and turnaround time
- Quality Control and compliance to procedures
- Communicating and working with team members

**The essentials**
- Ability to follow set procedures and attention to detail
- Clear communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
- The ability to create and encourage teamwork
- The ability to work in a hot, manual-intensive work environment
- To be flexible and reliable to meet the high demands of the section

At ALS, we are also looking to develop the leaders of tomorrow and offer opportunities for staff to build careers in leadership. If you want to expand your leadership skills beyond the role above, the following competencies are well-regarded.
- Strong leadership skills and attributes
- Pursues learning and development
- Strong quality service attitude and approach.
- Projects enthusiasm and motivation
- Creates and encourages teamwork

**Working at ALS**
Our people drive our success at ALS.

We are a diverse and dedicated community united by our passion to make a difference in the world. We reward excellence and uphold our values in our work and how we treat each other.

At ALS, you’ll be supported to expand your skills and develop new ones so you can reach your full potential. We invest in our people with a range of programs and provide opportunities across the company, giving our people scope to grow diverse careers and develop as leaders.

We want everyone to have a safe, flexible and rewarding career that makes a positive impact on our people, the planet and the communities where we work.

Our benefits include:

- Health fund discounts with Bupa
- Opportunity to salary sacrifice car costs with Autopia
- Corporate superannuation benefits with Australian Retirement Trust
- Online learning system with extensive modules of choice
- Friendly working environment with accessible management
- Influenza Vaccinations

**Everyone matters**
ALS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where the strengths and perspectives of each employee are both recognized and valued.

**About ALS**
ALS is a global leader in scientific testing, providing comprehensive testing solutions to clients in more than 60 countries across a wide range of industries, including environment, food and beverage, mining, personal care, pharmaceutical, healthcare and equipment reliability. Using state-of-the-art technologies and innovative methodologies, our dedicated international teams deliver the highest-quality testing services and personalized solutions supported by local expertise. We help our clients leverage the power of data-d