Operator Laboratory

2 weeks ago

Perth, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Laboratory Operator**
- ** Be a part of a high performing team with supportive leadership**:

- ** Fantastic opportunity to progress your career further**:

- ** Attractive work/life balance roster**

**Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs**

**About the role**

An opportunity has arisen for a **Laboratory Operator** to join our Yandi Laboratory Team on a permanent basis to operate and maintain equipment in a highly automated robotic laboratory to identify tonnage grade, all within accordance of the safety, environmental and statutory requirements. This role is a great opportunity for an individual with an understanding of quality control and technical aspects that is typical of automated robotic laboratory.

Working a** 8 days on, 6 days off 7 Nights on 7 Days off roster, **reporting to the Laboratory Supervisor, you will:

- Actively work within Rio Tinto’s Safety Policies and Procedures to achieve and maintain zero injury
- Prepare and analyse process plant samples appropriately
- Perform equipment checks and calibration checks to maintain the continuous operation of the sampling devices
- Assist in troubleshooting and breakdown maintenance of Automated Laboratory equipment and systems
- Perform sampling, sample preparation, chemical and physical analysis on designated samples and liaising with service customers (Grade Control, Geology, DESTEC).
- Operate and maintain automated sampling, preparation and analysis equipment which includes: StarLIMS, SCADA, and Panalytical XRF’s. The automated robotic: Analytical cell, Production, Archive and Pit cells.
- Operate Particle Analyser and Haver Shakers.
- Monitor, fault find and escalate non-conformance that occurs with preparation and analytical equipment or non-compliance with analytical data
- Actively participate in our continuous improvement system to optimise the service provided in the areas of turnaround, quality and cost

**About you**

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

- An Australian manual C-Class Drivers licence
- A Certificate III or higher in Operations or a related discipline and/or Mechanical trade or discipline would also be desirable.
- Experience with the mentioned computers systems as well as Microsoft office an Excel
- Strong analytical and mechanical aptitude to diagnose faults and problems in laboratory equipment and SCADA systems
- The ability to make informed decisions and act promptly when dealing with breakdowns and stoppages
- The ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time

**What we offer**
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
- 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid, or half paid parental leave
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
- Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
- Attractive share ownership plan
- Company provided insurance cover
- Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
- Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
- Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more); and
- Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

**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.

**Where you will be working**

Located 95km north-west of Newman, Yandicoogina offers a range of fly in fly out rosters. As one of Australia's largest-producing iron ore mines; operating a fleet of autonomous trucks and drills, it generates more than 55 million tonnes of Hammersley Iron Yandi (HIY) fines each year.

Yandicoogina is known for its culture of teamwork, can-do attitude and pioneering spirit, leading the way with innovation and technological advances in autonomous operations and robotics.

**About Rio Tinto**

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, alumin

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