Mineral Processing Technician: Lab Testing & Process Optimization

Intrepid Potash, Inc.; 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

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.