Mineral Processing Lab Technician: Tests & Analysis

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH; España; On-site; PHP 2,169,000 - 3,254,000; Full time

Job summary

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH in Manresa, Spain, invites applications for a Researcher profile as First Stage Researcher (R1) in the Department of Mining, Industrial and ICT Engineering (EMIT). The mission is to develop processes and tests in the mineral processing laboratory, supervising tasks and delivering KPI-driven reports.

Responsibilities include design and execution of tests (ball/rod grinding, flotation/gravimetric separation), MLA analysis, data

Qualifications

• Knowledge of physical, chemical, mechanical and mineralogical characterization of mineral solids and waste.
• Physical processing of solids.
• Liberation processes: grinding.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the execution and performance of scientific and technical tasks.
• Monitor deliverables, KPIs, and progress reports, organize meetings, write minutes, organize travel, manage documents and networking spaces, etc.
• Develop ball and rod grinding tests and Bond crushing and abrasion tests.
• Carry out sink/float, XRD, PSD, XRF, MLA analysis and examine the results.
• Design of flotation/gravimetric separation/slurry/mechanical, chemical and physical characterization tests.
• Connect the separation results with the MLA of the products and the food.
• Optimize separation/mulching processes.
• Write technical and management reports and those linked to research projects and companies.
• Solids separation technology: froth flotation, gravimetric and magnetic.
• PSD, XRD, XRF and MLA analyses.

Skills

Laboratory management

MLA data interpretation

Project documentation

Tools

Laboratory equipment

Bench assembly

Pilot-scale

Job description

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH in Manresa, Spain, invites applications for a Researcher profile as First Stage Researcher (R1) in the Department of Mining, Industrial and ICT Engineering (EMIT). The mission is to develop processes and tests in the mineral processing laboratory, supervising tasks and delivering KPI-driven reports.

Responsibilities include design and execution of tests (ball/rod grinding, flotation/gravimetric separation), MLA analysis, data