Laborer - Sample Preparation Technician

Role Overview

Teck Alaska Incorporated, Red Dog Operations, one of the world's largest producers of zinc concentrate, is recruiting for a Laborer, Sample Preparation Technician

Rotation schedule will be 2 weeks on-site with 2 weeks off-site

Reporting to the Assay Laboratory Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Use the required personal protective equipment in order to promote a safe work environment this includes but is not limited to respiratory protection in the form of a respirator or powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR), hard hat, coveralls, steel toed boots, gloves, coveralls, and ear protection
• Spend the majority of their shift, often in excess of 10 hours, split between the mill and sample preparation room. This is a very physically demanding position involving walking several flights of stairs, lifting heavy samples, and using sample processing equipment
• Process routine samples, demonstrating to the laboratory supervisor or a more senior Laboratory Assistant the knowledge of the specific processing requirements of each sample type
• Operate and maintain the equipment used in sample preparation in order to safely prepare samples for analysis
• Collect samples in the mill, at the appropriate collection times, in order to provide needed analytical samples to the Assay Laboratory
• Attend and actively participate in daily safety meetings in order to promote a safe work environment. As directed by the laboratory supervisor, the Lab Assistant 1 will present a short safety topic in a daily safety meeting, with assistance in preparation from the laboratory supervisor or a designated senior employee
• Perform moisture analysis on a variety of sample types in order to assist in providing needed information for mill operations or shipping
• Log in samples received in the sample preparation room in order to provide an audit trail should samples need to be tracked throughout their processing
• Learn to operate the XRF analyzers in order to provide routine assays of mine pit samples
• Safely operate the various crushing machines required to process geology samples
• Accurately weigh samples in preparation for digestion and analysis
• Prepare samples for Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis
• Wash labware
  
  EMS Functions:
• Properly dispose of waste material generated in sample processing to conform to all environmental regulations and policies

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• High school math required and science classes strongly preferred
• Six months prior experience preferred
• Computer skills such as email and word processing
• Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work proficiently with little to no supervision and must be able to work nights alone
• Ability to wear all of the personal protective equipment required for the job duties.
• Physically fit and able to lift heavy samples repeatedly
• Ability to lift up to 1 to 15 lbs frequently and occasionally lift 30 to 75 lbs