Gold Assay Lab Chief | Lead Chemist & QA Excellence

Solidus Resources, LLC; Winnemucca (NV); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Solidus Resources, LLC is seeking a Chief Chemist to lead the analytical laboratory supporting the Spring Valley Mine in Lovelock, NV. This hands-on role ensures accurate, timely gold assay results to support operational decisions during feasibility, permitting, and construction.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in mining or metallurgical labs, strong expertise in gold assaying, QA/QC, and LIMS, and proven leadership of a laboratory team of up to 25 personnel.

Formación

• 5+ years of progressive experience in a mining, metallurgical, mineral processing or commercial assay laboratory.
• Experience supervising laboratory personnel and daily operations.
• Strong knowledge of gold assaying, free-gold sample preparation and QA/QC practices.
• Working knowledge of LIMS and laboratory data management.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization and problem-solving skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead laboratory operations, including analytical performance, staffing, safety and quality assurance.
• Develop and maintain laboratory procedures, standards and best practices.
• Oversee gold assaying programs and methods that minimize nugget-effect bias, including LeachWELL with residue fire assays, screen metallic fire assays and routine fire assays.
• Manage QA/QC programs using standards, blanks, duplicates, audits and corrective actions to ensure accurate and reliable results.
• Administer LIMS and maintain complete, secure, auditable data, reports and chain-of-custody records.
• Support laboratory commissioning, startup and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate resources to meet operational priorities and turnaround targets.

Conocimientos

Gold assaying

QA/QC

LIMS

Laboratory leadership

Analytical data interpretation

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry

Herramientas

LIMS system

Descripción del empleo

Solidus Resources, LLC is seeking a Chief Chemist to lead the analytical laboratory supporting the Spring Valley Mine in Lovelock, NV. This hands-on role ensures accurate, timely gold assay results to support operational decisions during feasibility, permitting, and construction.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in mining or metallurgical labs, strong expertise in gold assaying, QA/QC, and LIMS, and proven leadership of a laboratory team of up to 25 personnel.