Technician Assay

**About Us**:
Welcome to The Perth Mint, where golden career opportunities await.

The Perth Mint is an iconic Western Australian organisation operating on a truly global scale. Situated in East Perth for 125 years, The Perth Mint is a premier tourist destination, an award-winning exporter, and a key supplier of precious metals to markets throughout the world.

There’s no organisation quite like it, with a variety of roles available, from engineers and chemists to artists and technicians.

Foster your fascination and pride in our work. Get inspired every day by the world-class precious metal products we work together to refine, design, produce and then distribute all over the globe. Connect to the rich history of our industry in a workplace firmly rooted in the present — as leaders in sustainability and inclusion.

At The Perth Mint, you’ll be supported in a diverse team where differences are celebrated and your well-being matters — striking the right work-life balance with compassionate team benefits. And if your career goals change, you’ll be empowered to change roles with training and internal mobility.

**Our Benefits**:

- Competitive salaries and employee discounts
- Flexible work options available
- Extended leave options including purchased leave, leave at half pay and access to pro-rata long service leave
- Opportunity to work for an endorsed WORK180 employer
- Paid parental leave and secondary carer’s leave available after 6 months service. 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 6 weeks paid secondary care giver’s leave
- Training and development opportunities
- Opportunities to be part of our wide and active range of Employee Resourcing Groups: Reconciliation, Gender, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), Disability, Mental Health and Neurodiversity, and Perth Mint with Pride
- Charity and volunteer initiatives
- Income protection after an accident or illness
- Health and wellness programs, including an Employee Assistance Program, ongoing wellbeing initiatives, and workplace community building spaces
- Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by WORK180 can be seen on the WORK180 website

**In this role you will perform the routine preparation and analysis of refinery and customer samples by instrumental techniques such as ICP-OES, Spark-OES, XRF, titration and classical wet chemical techniques as required.**

**Your role as a Technician Assay will involve**:

- Performs receipt, registration and preparation of refinery customer and product samples
- Performs routine analysis of customer deposits, refined products, effluent, environmental, process and electrolyte samples by instrumental techniques such as ICP-OES, Spark-OES, XRF, titration and wet chemical techniques as required
- Prepares working stock, calibration and reagent solutions as directed
- Performs regular routine maintenance on existing analytical instruments
- Conducts and records daily instrument performance checks in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Assists Fire Assay coordinator bullion at peak times as directed by Senior Development Chemist
- Undertakes test work under the direction of senior development chemist with a view to making improvements in efficiency, accuracy and productivity in the laboratory. Assists in the commissioning of new equipment
- Ensure own safety and health at work and avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any other person through any act or omission at work
- Avoid adversely impacting the environment through any act or omission at work and report identified environmental hazards and incidents

**Experience**:

- Demonstrated experience in a similar role
- Minimum of; Diploma of Laboratory Technology or equivalent
- High level of attention to detail and time management
- Enjoys working collaboratively with others, and possesses strong emotional intelligence
- MS Office proficiency/computer literacy, and strong numeracy and data analysis skills

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:_**

Inclusion is at the core of what we do. We are committed to equality and celebrate the diversity of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all characteristics that make us unique as individuals.

To learn more about our diversity and inclusion initiatives please visit our website.

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