Company Description
SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.
Job Description
Join our team as an Assistant Laboratory Manager at our Pilgangoora site and play a key role in supporting daily laboratory operations in one of WA’s major lithium hubs. Working an attractive 8:6 day shift roster (Monday to Monday), you’ll help ensure the timely and accurate analysis of samples, while contributing to the smooth and efficient management of the laboratory alongside the Lab Manager. If you're ready for a hands-on leadership role in a fast-paced mining environment, we want to hear from you.
Other responsibilities include, however not limited to:
* Ensuring timely and quality analysis of samples.
* Liaise with clients on a day to day basis.
* Analysis as requested by clients.
* Organize work priorities to meet client’s needs.
* Assist in maintaining all site manuals.
* Staff training.
* Perform the Laboratory Manager’s duties in their absence.
* Supervise laboratory personnel.
* Ability to produce high quality accurate results.
* Issue completed and confirmed reports.
* Maintain and improve own knowledge to be able to contribute towards progression of laboratory.
* Work in and maintain a safe work environment.
Qualifications
* Experience in laboratory work and chemical knowledge
* Experience in sample preparation
* Experience, or become familiar with sodium peroxide and lithium metaborate fusions
* Experience with ICP-OES (ICP-AES),ICP-MS, TGA and XRF
* Wet chemistry, creating and validation of standards
* People skills
Additional Information
WHY WORK FOR SGS?
Working at SGS means joining an innovative, Global company. Here are some of the benefits to working for SGS.
• As a company, we have embraced the shift to flexible work
• Sustainability is embedded in our culture and the way we do business
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time for volunteering day and blood donations
• Corporate health & wellbeing offers
• Ongoing learning & development
• Career development opportunities (Nationally and Globally)
• SGS Rewards: Our employee benefits platform with access to retail and online discounts and cashback
COME TO WORK AND BE 100% YOU
SGS Australia supports a diverse workforce, we encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our SGS Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We truly believe the diversity among us will continue to foster a strong, innovative, and forward-thinking workplace.
SGS Australia acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.