Award winning Iconic WA organisation
- Join an enthusiastic and motivated team and expand and develop your skills
- Casual contract
**About Us**:
The Perth Mint is an iconic Western Australian organisation operating on a truly global scale and delivering ground-breaking industry initiatives designed around customers evolving investment needs.
Situated in East Perth for over 120 years, The Perth Mint is an award-winning tourist destination, the 3rd largest exporter out of WA and a key player in precious metals markets around the world with an annual turnover of over $18 billion.
As the largest refiner of newly mined gold in the world, The Perth Mint processes the majority of Australia's annual production and gold from surrounding countries. It also houses leading-edge manufacturing facilities for the creation of cast and minted products, a premier jewelry shop and gold exhibition, and offers innovative precious metals investment and storage solutions, vaulting gold and silver on behalf of sovereign wealth funds, central banks and private investors.
Providing an energetic and dynamic work environment The Perth Mint is dedicated to delivering the highest level of customer service across our diverse and global customer base.
**About The Position**
Reporting to the Supervisor Technical Services, you will assist in the efficient operations of the Technical Services department.
**Main Duties & Responsibilities**:
- Conduct testing of coining and blanking products for a range of physical determinants, including white spot and red spot testing, and assay samples, and report these results in a timely manner.
- Generating a quality certificate of external product.
- Carry out test work relating to R&D and process improvement projects and communicate results to key stakeholders.
- Assist other departments in resolving technical issues that interfere with production demands.
- Perform additional tasks, including but not limited to shower alarm testing, vapour testing, calibration of equipment, and assisting production with recoveries at stocktake.
- Maintain the SDS database.
- Participate as a member of the emergency response team.
- Operation of the PVD unit.
- 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.
**About You**:
- A team player who can work collaboratively with their colleagues.
- Strong work ethic and a can-do attitude
- Previous experience working in a laboratory environment.
- Certificate 4 in laboratory techniques and science background will be highly regarded.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and sound computer knowledge
- Ability to pass a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol screening.
**Some of the benefits of working with us**:
- Purchase extra leave
- Discounted staff shopping
- Health and wellbeing programs
- Flexible working arrangements
- Salary continuance insurance
- Perth Mint Day
**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_._