Laboratory Technician (12 Month Maximum Term)

Yara International; City Of Karratha; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Karratha housing allowance

Regional location allowance

Shift allowance

Health and Wellness allowance

Utilities reimbursement (electricity/w

Relocation assistance

Salary packaging

Social Club

Job summary

Yara Pilbara is recruiting for a 12-month maximum term Laboratory Analyst to join our laboratory team in Karratha. You will provide safe, accurate and timely analytical services to support our ammonia and nitrate production operations, including start-ups, shutdowns and environmental compliance.

The role involves sample collection, wet chemistry, GC/IC/ICP-OES analysis and other instrumental techniques with a strong focus on safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Cert IV or Diploma in Laboratory Techniques, Laboratory Operations, or equivalent.
• Experience in an industrial laboratory environment, ideally within chemical processing, mining, oil and gas, petrochemical, or related industries.
• Proficiency in sample preparation, wet chemistry, quality control practices, and analytical instrumentation.
• Australian/New Zealand citizenship, permanent residency, or unrestricted Australian work rights.

Responsibilities

• Sample collection, preparation and preservation.
• Digestion and sample preparation.
• UV/Vis and IR analysis.
• Bench Chemistry including wet Chemistry, titrations, pH, conductivity, gravimetric and potentiometric techniques.
• Instrumental analysis including GC, IC, ICP-OES, TOC & TKN.
• Ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate product and process analysis.
• Gas, water, process and environmental sampling and analysis.

Skills

Sample preparation

Wet chemistry

Quality control

Analytical instrumentation

LIMS experience

Safety culture

Education

Cert IV or Diploma in Laboratory Techniques or equivalent

Tools

GC

IC

ICP-OES

Job description

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About The Role

This 12-month maximum term role has become available within our laboratory team and reports to the Laboratory Superintendent.

The role contributes directly to providing safe, accurate, reliable and timely laboratory analytical services in support of our ammonia and technical ammonium nitrate plants, including routine operations, start-ups, shutdowns, maintenance, troubleshooting and environmental compliance activities.

What you’ll do day-to-day

• Sample collection, preparation and preservation
• Digestion and sample preparation
• UV/Vis and IR analysis
• Bench Chemistry including wet Chemistry, titrations, pH, conductivity, gravimetric and potentiometric techniques.
• Instrumental analysis including Gas Chromatography (GC), Ion Chromatography (IC), ICP-OES, TOC & TKN.
• Ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate product and process analysis
• Gas, water, process and environmental sampling and analysis

Your work-life balance

• 6 weeks paid annual leave
• 4 Days On, 4 Days Off roster
• Residential role based in Karratha - no FIFO

What’s on offer

• $46,000 per year Karratha housing allowance
• $35,000 per year regional location allowance
• $15,000 per year shift allowance
• $1,000 per year Health and Wellness allowance
• $3,000 per year utilities reimbursement (electricity/water)
• Relocation assistance
• Salary packaging and active Social Club

Why Yara?

• Low turnover, long‑tenured workforce
• Strong internal promotion culture

About You

• Cert IV or Diploma in Laboratory Techniques, Laboratory Operations, or equivalent.
• Experience in an industrial laboratory environment, ideally within chemical processing, mining, oil and gas, petrochemical, or related industries.
• Proficiency in sample preparation, wet chemistry, quality control practices, and analytical instrumentation.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement.
• Well-developed communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with LIMS and hazardous chemical handling is advantageous.
• Australian/New Zealand citizenship, permanent residency, or unrestricted Australian work rights.

Yara reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement prior to the closing date without prior notice.

Recruitment Agencies

Yara engages recruitment agencies by invitation only. Please no unsolicited contact regarding this role.

About Yara Pilbara

Yara Pilbara is part of Yara International, a global crop nutrition company. The Pilbara site is one of the world’s largest ammonia production facilities, with downstream processing through the Yara Pilbara Nitrates Technical Ammonium Nitrate plant, a joint venture with Orica. Together with ENGIE, Yara Pilbara is also developing a renewable hydrogen plant to produce renewable ammonia.

Find Out More About

Yara International:Yara International | Responsibly feed the world and protect the planet

Yara Pilbara:Yara Pilbara | Yara Australia

Knowledge grows through differences

Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.