Laboratory Technician

**Laboratory Technician**
- Great work-life balance working a day shift 8am - 4pm roster
- Training and support provided
- Join our Laboratory HSE Services team at Tiwai, Invercargill

**About the role**

**Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.**

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible.

Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

We are looking for a Environmental Laboratory Technician to support the NZAS Operation with sample preparation and analysis.

This is a great opportunity for a detail orientated, computer savvy individual who is keen to continue their career in a laboratory environment.

Reporting to the Superintendent HSE Services and working a day shift roster you will be:

- Undertaking the preparation, processing and analysing of samples;
- Compiling records and producing reporting;
- Maintaining laboratory equipment and apparatus;
- Ensuring the laboratory is maintained, clean and in an operational state;
- Applying, improving and optimising the different analytical procedures and methods.

**What you’ll bring**
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Knowledge and experience in a laboratory role would be beneficial but not essential
- At least NCEA Level 2 Science and Mathematics
- High attention to detail and ability to interpret and work with data
- Ability to complete repetitive tasks

**What we offer**

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
- A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
- A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
- Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
- Excellent retirement plan
- A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
- Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
- Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

**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.

**Where you’ll be working**

New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) is the sole operating site in New Zealand. Based at Tiwai Point in Southland, the operation is 79.36% owned by Rio Tinto and 20.64% owned by Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Company. NZAS is a tolling plant, producing the lowest carbon, highest purity aluminium in the world in the form of ingot, billet and rolling block. The smelter is a significant supplier of aluminium to Japan and maintains a broad market base including Asia, New Zealand, the United States and Europe. NZAS supports over 2,500 jobs across New Zealand and is a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy.

**Every Voice Matters**

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.