- REFERENCE:HR0263353
- CONTRACT:Full-time
- PRIMARY LOCATION:Richards Bay, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
- DATE POSTED:11 Apr 2014
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto'sbusiness is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and Southern Africa. For more information, please visit http://www.riotinto.com/.
Located in the KwaZulu Natal province, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is part of the Rio Tinto Group (74% shareholding). RBM is an internationally recognized sand mining and mineral processing operations leader and is one of the world's foremost producers of titanium minerals, high purity pig iron and zircon.
Employing some 2 000 permanent staff and a number of well-established contracting companies, RBM is proud of the accreditation for ISO 9001 for quality, OHSAS 18001 certification for occupational health and safety management, and ISO 14001 accreditation for environmental management. The company has implemented a sound corporate social development programme and an internationally recognised environmental rehabilitation programme to restore the mined dunes to their natural state after mining.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Reporting to the Superintendent: Chemical, as the Technician: Chemical you will provide credible and timeous wet chemical analyses using titration methods and instrumental techniques towards ensuring accuracy and quality of deliveries.
JOB OBJECTIVES:
·Perform chemical and instrumental analyses on final products, raw materials and
ad hoc development samples.
·Execute analytical maintenance and calibration of instruments.
·Monitor control samples and take appropriate corrective action to ensure
compliance with set limits.
·Ensure shipments are certified within scheduled time.
·Issue certificates and non-compliance reports.
·Maintain and improve safety, health and environmental standards and practices
·Perform fair and reasonable tasks related to the job and working environment, at
the discretion the Supervisor
OUTPUTS:
·Accurate analyses within Certified Referenced Material (CRM) limits
·Timeous operations within Standard Analytical Methods (SAM)
·Good relationships with both internal and external clients
·Timely certification of shipments and reporting of ad hoc samples
·Safe working practices
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
·N6: Analytical Chemistry
·BSc: Chemistry would be an advantage
·2 years’ experience in a Lab environment
·1 year experience in Wet Chemical environment would be an advantage
·Drivers Licence:EB (Code 08)
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
·Sound knowledge of LIMS (Lab Information Management System)
·Computer literate: MS Office
·Strong relationship building skills
·High level of accuracy
·Diplomatic and calm under pressure
·Good team player in a multi-disciplinary team
·Strong initiative
·High level of emotional intelligence and excellent interpersonal skills
·Assertive
·Honest individual with strong work ethic
·Deadline driven without compromising performance
·Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills
Closing date: 25 April 2014
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