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Position Details

• Job Title: Fire Assay Laboratory Technician
• Location / Department: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Jeddah (South Jeddah) – Minerals Laboratory
• Reporting to: Production Manager

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Specialty: Chemistry / Science / Geochem
• Education: Bachelor’s Degre or Diplom 
• Experience: Minimum 3 years in a testing laboratory or equivalent

Technical Knowledge:

• Proficient in laboratory testing procedures
• Familiar with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements
• Acquainted with national and international testing standards
• Skilled in laboratory tools and equipment
• Knowledgeable in safety protocols

Responsibilities / Authorities / Accountabilities (Primary Functions)

• Accurately weighing samples and metal materials.

• Mixing samples with litharge inside extraction cupboards.

• Loading prepared samples into crucibles and melting them in furnaces.

• Pouring controlled quantities of molten material into moulds.

• Moving materials safely using a hand‑held pump truck.

• Maintaining a clean, safe, and well‑organised furnace and assay area.

• Cupellation Process — Performing cupellation to separate precious metals.

• Lead Button Handling — Cleaning, preparing, and weighing lead buttons.

• Flux Preparation — Preparing flux mixtures (litharge, borax, soda ash, silica).

• Muffle Furnace Operation — Operating and controlling muffle furnace temperatures.

• Precious Metal Collection — Collecting and polishing precious‑metal beads.

• Bead Weighing — Weighing gold/silver beads using microbalances.

• Fire Assay Calculations — Calculating precious‑metal concentrations based on bead and sample weights.

• Quality Control Standards — Running blanks, duplicates, and standards to ensure accuracy.

• Sample Tracking — Documenting each step from sample receipt to final reporting

QHSSE Responsibilities

• Implementing BV safety programs within the team
• Comply at all times with all applicable legal requirements, BV HSE
• Policies, procedures and practices.
• Maintain personal work areas tidy and hazard free and report any deviation/fault/hazard immediately to the location manager/line manager/HSE Representative
• Report immediately to HSE Representative any newly identified hazard and participate in devising suitable operational control to eliminate/minimize the pertinent risk.
• Report immediately to HSE Representative any HSE incident and cooperate in investigating Reporting all incidents and taking action whenever they see an unsafe act or condition
• Take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do).
• Co-operate with others on health and safety, and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for your health, safety or welfare.