Research Fellow

3 months ago


Perth, Australia Curtin University of Technology Full time

$114,307 - $135,408 (ALB) per annum, plus 17% superannuation.
- Three-year, fixed-term, full time position.
- Curtin Bentley (Perth, Western Australia) based

**Job Reference: 1262025**

Are you keen to play an integral role in a project delivering real-word differences including optimising mineral processing strategies?

This project is funded by the Commonwealth Government’s Trailblazer program, an industry partner and Curtin University.

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake academic research through an industry focused lens and will involve training from Trailblazer Fellows in industrial entrepreneurship

**Your new role**
The School of Earth and Planetary Sciences is seeking a research fellow to work on characterisation and mineral Processing of clay-hosted REE-bearing material from the Jupiter prospect in Western Australia.

This position relates to an industry-Trailblazer collaborative research project on Venture Mineral’s Jupiter prospect. The researcher will join a multi-disciplinary team that includes researchers from Earth and Planetary Sciences, the John de Laeter Centre, and the West Australian School of Mines.

The objective of the research is to characterise weathered, unweathered, and partially processed material from Jupiter and to use the results to derive a better understanding of the deposit and optimise processing strategies.
To be considered for the role, you will require a PhD in mineral processing and rock characterisation experience.

**About us**
The School of Earth and Planetary Sciences consolidates geology, advanced analytical techniques, geophysics and more to provide world-class training for geoscientific and geospatial careers. The school undertakes fundamental and applied research into the past, present and future of our planet and solar system that has been recognised by the latest Excellence in Research for Australia assessment, where we received the highest possible ranking for our research in geology and geochemistry.

With an impressive suite of facilities and expertise, and a range of funding from academic and industry sources, we undertake research projects all over the world in most fields of geoscience.

**About Curtin**
Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2023 rankings. Curtin has campuses in Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, and Mauritius, and delivers courses through more than 130 partner institutions worldwide.

We are an energetic and dedicated team of academics and professionals working to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life.

In addition, we offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package including generous superannuation, salary packaging provisions and leave entitlements; health insurance, travel, technology and retail shopping discounts to name a few

**Join us**
Please provide a cover letter, your CV and separate document addressing the selection criteria (noted below) to allow us to assess your suitability for this role.

**Essential Criteria**:

- A PhD in mineral processing or a relevant discipline.
- Knowledge of mineral characterisation techniques (EPMA, TGA, XRD, XRF and AAS knowledge will be highly regarded).
- Practical, academic, and industry experience in mineral processing and hydrometallurgy.
- Project management experience.
- Demonstrated high level communication and interpersonal skills with a commitment to the development of a collegial and supportive working environment and the ability to interact with students and staff with cross cultural sensitivity.

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Demonstrated ability to supervise HDR students less experienced team members.
- Quality research outputs/creative works evidenced by esteem measures appropriate to the output. These may include research impacts, journal ranking, citation indices, patents awarded, reputation and standing of publishing house or other outlets, independent review from distinguished scholars or critics,
- Evidence of a record of research outputs/creative works in high quality refereed journals/outlets consistent with the discipline.

**Applications close**:4pm AWST, 27 September 2024

**Disclaimer**:

- Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert._

Please note, only successful applicants will be contacted.


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