Laboratory Assistant

Recruiter:

Bomikazi recruitment

Job Ref:

JHB000035/MK

Date posted:

Monday, January 26, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
An Engineering company based in the East of Johannesburg is looking for Lab Assistant to execute all tasks required! for the analysis of all submitted samples to determine their titles without compromise, ethically and honestly. In case of doubt regarding correctness of the results, these are to be deemed non-conclusive and need to be repeated, unless the supervisor decides to approve the results.

POSITION INFO:
Day-to-day fire assay analysis, IPGM preparation and analysis as well as ICP analysis and all the laboratory tasks in accordance with ISO 17025 quality standard as assigned by the lab supervisor are to be executed in line with the daily production plan, committed to:

Complete all fire assay analysis as per the Company Standard Operational Procedure
Develop, modify and validation of methods.
Report, review and authorize results.
Complete the fire assays (or the tasks assigned to the lab assistant) according to the deadline and production plan.
Complete fire assay according to the priority (only the lab supervisor can change priorities)
Prepare and complete PGM samples according to the priority (only the lab supervisor can change priorities)
Report any delays and incidents immediately so that relevant parties are notified, and corrective measures can be evaluated.

MINIMUM REQUIREMETS:

Education: National diploma in Analytical Chemistry
Experience: Minimum of 2 years of analytical laboratory with Fire Assay experience or PGM experience or both.
Technical knowledge: Fire assay fusion, Fire assay cupellation
Able and willing to be trained on ISO 17025 systems
Skills: Communication, analytical thinking, time- management

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