Lab Assistant

7 days ago

Parksville, Canada Blue Coast Research Ltd. Full time

**Job Title: Lab Assistant (Summer Contract)**

Location: Parksville, BC

Experience: No prior mineral processing or analytical experience is required

About The Company:
Blue Coast Research Ltd. (BCR) is a growing consultancy and metallurgical testwork laboratory located in Parksville, British Columbia. BCR is focused on providing high quality metallurgical testwork, data and interpretation to the global minerals industry.

BCR is looking to hire an entry level Lab Assistantto be part of our expanding laboratory team.

About The Position:
Sample prep duties include:

- Be a visible health and safety leader, with a focus on providing a safe and respectful environment for Blue Coast employees, clients and contractors
- Bucking (drying, weighing, homogenization, pulverization, subsampling, bagging, labeling) of testwork samples from the mineral processing laboratory.
- Crushing of drillcore or rock samples.
- Blending of bulk samples, splitting into charges and head assay subsampling ahead of downstream mineral processing testwork.
- Particle size distribution analyses according to the standard procedure.
- Assist senior technicians in testwork as requested
- Move and organize boxes, samples, equipment as required by lab supervisor.

Prior experience in a scientific or industrial setting will be viewed favourably, however we provide a robust on-the-job training program to accommodate all experience levels.

The position will be a permanent full-time hourly position based upon up to 40 work hours per week.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary Contract

**Salary**: Hourly wage starting at $18.00/hr. Entry Level

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay
- Off-shift premium for evening/weekend shifts

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift, Monday
- Friday or Wednesday-Sunday

Work remotely:

- No

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 4-6 months

**Salary**: From $18.00 per hour

Additional pay:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

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