Mineral Processing Technician

Intrepid Potash; Carlsbad (NM); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K with employer match

PPE provided

Boot vouchers

9/80 schedule

Job summary

Intrepid Potash, Inc. in Carlsbad, New Mexico is seeking a Technical Services professional.

You will complete pilot and laboratory test programs, perform basic analysis (solids, insols, XRD, ICP, organics), monitor equipment, and support process optimization and maintenance reporting. The role emphasizes accuracy, data integrity, and collaboration with maintenance and operations staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Previous lab or maintenance support experience preferred.
• Ability to accurately enter, review, and maintain lab records.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-up, and data accuracy.
• Ability to communicate professionally with maintenance supervisors, planners, operations personnel, and other site staff.

Responsibilities

• Completes pilot and laboratory test programs to ensure quality.
• Enhance process optimization.
• Assisting with small piping jobs and tracking parts.
• Auditing sampling stations for accuracy.
• Monitor equipment, including speed, horsepower, air rate, and other operating parameters.
• Fulfilling projects to completion, including curing dryer gas consumption, water addition to curing dryer, lang breakage.
• Measure and monitor chemical usage for surface operations and provides warning if usage is up.
• Generates process reports and calibrates plant instruments, including pH meters and Marcy scales.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data accuracy

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Tools

ICP

XRD

Job description

Technical ServicesCarlsbad,New Mexico
Salary: USD 34.00 - 48.88 Annually

Support Safe, Reliable Production Through Accurate Testing and Process Improvement

How You Will Create Value

• Completes pilot and laboratory test programs to ensure quality. You will perform basic laboratory analysis, measuring percent solids, insols, XRD, ICP, and organics.
• Enhance process optimization.
• Assisting with small piping jobs and tracking parts.
• Auditing sampling stations for accuracy.
• Monitor equipment, including speed, horsepower, air rate, and other operating parameters.
• Fulfilling projects to completion, including curing dryer gas consumption, water addition to curing dryer, lang breakage.
• Measure and monitor chemical usage for surface operations and provides warning if usage is up.
• Generates process reports and calibrates plant instruments, including pH meters and Marcy scales.

What You Will Need to Be Successful in the Role

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Previous lab or maintenance support experience preferred.
• Ability to accurately enter, review, and maintain lab records.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-up, and data accuracy.
• Ability to communicate professionally with maintenance supervisors, planners, operations personnel, and other site staff.
• Ability to prioritize daily tasks, meet reporting deadlines, and handle multiple requests in a fast-paced maintenance environment.
• Good safety and attendance record.
• Safety-conscious, self-motivated, dependable, and committed to supporting accurate maintenance reporting and documentation.

Why Work for Us?

• We impact lives for the better!Our efforts as a solution miner are essential for agriculture, animal feed, and other industrial operations.
• Our quality, agility, reliability, and speed differentiate us with customers.We act with integrity and trust.
• We are financially healthy with strong revenue, cash flow, and no long-term debt.
• We have both a proud history and a compelling future, focused on sustainable and superior operational excellence and customer service.
• We offer medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage; a 401K (k) with immediate vesting and a generous employer match; PPE, uniform shirts, and boot vouchers; and career growth opportunities.
• A 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off!

Physical Requirements

Job physical requirements include standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, making visual inspections, twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching, and grasping. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. and push and/or pull up to 50 lbs. Must be able to climb stairs and/or ladders and potentially work at heights, as well as perceive color differences. Will be required to wear personal protective equipment as needed and engage in strenuous physical activity.

One Team. One Purpose. Intrepid Proud!

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Intrepid Potash Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.