Laboratory Technician

Description

Job Summary: This role is responsible for performing routine chemical analyses in the laboratory, ensuring reliable results to support process control and operational decision-making. Key Highlights: 1. You will be part of a team that prioritizes safety and an inclusive environment. 2. Develop your career in a growing lithium business in Argentina. 3. Comply with laboratory safety, quality, and housekeeping standards. **Laboratory Technician** * Join a team that prioritizes safety and promotes an inclusive workplace. * Be part of a growing lithium business in Argentina. * Develop your career close to operations. * Location: Salar de Rincón, Salta. Roster 7x7\. **About the Role** This role is responsible for performing routine chemical analyses in the laboratory, ensuring reliable results to support process control and operational decision-making. Experience or knowledge in preparation of solid and liquid samples, handling of laboratory materials, and preparation of solutions and reagents is required. As part of the Laboratory team, your key responsibilities will include: * Performing routine chemical analyses following established procedures (SOPs). * Operating analytical equipment (ICP\-OES, titrations, gravimetry) under supervision. * Recording results clearly, accurately, and traceably. * Preparing reagents, samples, and solutions required for analyses. * Complying with laboratory safety, quality, and housekeeping standards. **About You** For this role, you must have: * **A strong commitment to your own safety and that of your team** * Tertiary or university education in Chemistry, Mining, Mineral Processing, or related disciplines. * Experience in similar positions, preferably in industrial process analysis laboratories. * Attention to detail, analytical ability, and orientation toward collaborative work. * Solid knowledge of analytical techniques and laboratory equipment operation; experience operating ICP is highly valued. * Training in Quality, Environment, and Safety management systems (desirable). **What We Offer** * A workplace where safety is a priority in everything we do. * A competitive remuneration package with annual incentives. * Top-tier health programs designed for your family. * An Employee Assistance Program to support you when needed. * Ongoing support for your personal and professional wellbeing. * Leave entitlements for all life stages (vacation, parental, and medical leave). **About Rio Tinto** Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win\-win situations and meet opportunities. **Where you will be working** Recognized as a pioneer and leader in the industrial minerals industry due to product quality, supply reliability and technical support; we are proud to make modern life work. Lithium is part of our portfolio of materials essential to a low\-carbon future and is a key element needed for low\-carbon technologies. The Battery Materials unit is comprised of the Borates operations in US, the Jadar Project in Serbia and the Rincon project in Argentina, leading in mining borates and lithium for a more sustainable future. The Rincon lithium project is a large undeveloped lithium brine project located in the heart of the lithium triangle in the Salta Province of Argentina, an emerging hub for greenfield projects. It is a long\-life, scalable resource with one of the lowest carbon footprints of lithium assets in the world. This acquisition is a significant further endorsement of our commitment to the battery materials sector and lithium's role in a low\-carbon future. **Respect and Inclusion** At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ\+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities, and people from different cultural backgrounds. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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.