Analytics Intern 2026-27

Mint Innovation; Auckland; On-site; NZD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Mint Innovation in New Zealand seeks an Analytics Intern to join the Research, Development and Laboratory Services team, characterising process samples using analytical techniques like spectroscopy and helping refine how we track mass balance and batch-level chemistry data across the business.

You'll be mentored by our Analytical Scientist and Lab Manager, gaining hands-on exposure to instrument operation and troubleshooting, turning raw lab data into actionable insights for the wider R&D team.

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in analytical chemistry techniques and data quality drives process improvement.
• Comfort working with structured data (Excel or lab information systems) is essential.
• Motivation for sustainability and resource recovery.

Responsibilities

• Characterise process samples using analytical techniques like spectroscopy.
• Help track mass balance and batch-level chemistry data across the business.
• Get hands-on exposure to instrument operation and troubleshooting.
• Turn raw lab data into actionable insights for the wider R&D team.

Skills

Analytical chemistry

Data handling

Excel

Education

Undergraduate or postgraduate degree (science)

Tools

Spectroscopy

Lab Information Systems

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 16th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

Why Mint Innovation

At Mint Innovation, we pioneer clean technologies that recover valuable metals from complex waste streams to help restore our planet. Our proprietary low-carbon technology recovers critical and valuable metals from printed circuit boards in electronic waste and returns them to local economies and supply chains. This technology has been commercialised inAustralia, andbuilding our second facility in the United States. OurAnalyticsteam is what keeps that technology improving: characterising process samples, refining recovery methods and building the data systems the rest of the business relies on to make decisions.

The Role

As our Analytics Intern,you'llworkinour Research, Development and Laboratory Services team, characterising process samplesusinganalyticaltechniqueslikespectroscopy, andhelping refine how we track mass balance and batch-level chemistry data across the business. Mentored by our Analytical Scientist and Lab Manager,you'llget hands-on exposure to instrument operation andtroubleshooting, andhelp turn raw lab data into something the wider R&D team canactually acton.

Thispaid internshipis an amazing opportunity for an enthusiastic, curious, and driven student to work alongside a supportive and welcoming team on afull-time basis(40 hoursper week) for10 weeks.Ideally,we are looking at a start date betweenmid November
-earlyDecember 2026.

The ideal candidate will have a solid grounding in analytical chemistry techniques and genuine interest in how data quality drives process improvement in a hydrometallurgical setting. Strong attention to detail and comfort working with structured data (Excel or lab information systems) is essential, alongside a motivation for sustainability and resource recovery.

To be eligible for these internships, you must:

• Be studying, or have recently completed, an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or qualification at NZQA level 6-10. If study has been completed, the closing date of your final semester should be less than 12 months ago.


• Be studying science New Zealand tertiary education institute.


• Be legally permitted to work in New Zealand.


• Not have been previously employed by Mint unless in a part-time or temporary role.


• Not have undertaken more than two Experience Grant internships with Mint.

For more background on Mint see our website - https://www.mint.bio/

We embrace diversity and inclusion and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Mint. We’dlove to chat to see ifyou’llbe agreatfit!