Job Highlights

• 8:6/7:7, day shift & night shift

• FIFO from Perth

• For the right candidate, opportunities for fulltime employment in the future

About our Client

Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets. These assets include a world-class, integrated network of 15 iron ore mines, four port facilities, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure. Rio Tinto are expanding operations in the Pilbara to epic proportions while introducing next generation technologies to deliver greater efficiency, lower production costs and improved health, safety and environmental performance.

What You Will Be Doing

An ongoing opportunity exists for an experienced mine site laboratory operator at Rio Tinto's Mesa A mine.

Reporting to the Laboratory Supervisor, you will be physically testing (crushing, grinding, weighing, sieving) iron ore / base metals, conducting manual preparation using rotary sample dividers and other associated duties within a laboratory environment.

Skills & Experience

• Experience as a Laboratory Operator in a mining environment

• Current Australian 'C' class driver licence

• Software systems knowledge such as Starlims, SAP, FDMS, TIKS, SuperQ and ChemAlert

• Technical and analytical experience in flux fusion, Leco TGA, XRF, robotic sampling with Herzog equipment

About WorkPac

Awarded Large Recruitment Agency of the year by SEEK, WorkPac is Australia's leading, privately owned recruitment provider to the mining, construction, engineering, light industrial and healthcare sectors. We are proud to partner with some of the country's leading companies to deliver rewarding permanent, contract, temporary and traineeship recruitment opportunities

Apply Now

Click onto the apply button. For more information contact

• Fran Colorito - Recruitment Coordinator

• Phone contact: (08) 6462 1157

• WorkPac - Industrial Mining

• Reference no. TMPRIJ202375212

At WorkPac, we recognise we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.