Role Overview

Reporting to the Group Leader, Analytical Services, the Technician, Analytical Services may provide analyses using optical emissions spectrometers, Leco C/S analyzer, AA spectrometers, calorimeter, alpha detectors, ICP-OES instruments, auto-titrators and the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

Workload and shift times are dependent on business area needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Observe safety and hygiene regulations and procedures in the performance of duties.
• Provide analyses by following established procedures, recognizing problems as they arise and correcting them.
• Work in a variety of sections to meet changing work requirements or priorities.
• Participate as a member of a team under the direction of a Senior Technician in special projects and method development projects aimed at extending the capabilities and service supplied by Analytical Services.
• Conduct routine and assigned quality control tasks to maintain accuracy of results.
• Use knowledge of Analytical Services and assaying procedures to train other technicians and trainees.
• Recognize interferences between elements and take action (complexing, removing) using instrumental principles to optimize sensitivities during instrument set-up.
• Enter results into the LIMS for direct reporting to Operations; report unusual conditions directly to customers.

Qualifications

• Applicants should have a certificate of efficiency in Assaying; or be graduates of a two-year chemical sciences program (or equivalent); or be a graduate with a B.Sc. in Chemistry with a minimum of three years’ analytical experience in a full-service metallurgical testing laboratory, or the equivalent.