Analytical Chemist - Laboratory

Analytical Chemist

• Integral part of the laboratory operation
• Permanent opportunity providing an attractive package
• Coastal location – Gove

About the role

We are looking for an Analytical Chemist to provide critical information about the mining and process to assist in maximising the production of bauxite in a cost effective, safe and environmentally responsible manner.

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced and technically competent individual who can work effectively within a team environment. Reporting to the Specialist - Laboratory, you will be:

• Maintaining and calibrating laboratory equipment including the commissioning of new equipment.
• Checking and validating results.
• Monitoring current trends in laboratory technologies and techniques.
• Supporting laboratory colleagues with their training and development whilst maintaining your own technical and analytical skills.
• Continuously improving and developing laboratory methods and procedures.
• Maintaining health, safety and environment standards.

About you

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or related discipline.
• ICP-MS, ICP-OES and XRF instrumentation experience.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Laboratory experience in an industrial or processing environment.

What we offer

• Domestic relocation assistance on offer
• Remote area allowance
• Remote area holiday travel assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share programme

Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more

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.

Rio Tinto Aluminium – Gove Operations

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.

With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017. 

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease in 2030 and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

“Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy please submit your application as soon as possible.”