Process & Lab Technician — Minerals

Mariana Minerals; Moab, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Mariana Minerals is seeking a Process & Lab Technician to support safe and efficient process development studies and analytical testing. You will work with R&D and engineering to build, operate, and maintain ore leaching columns and perform timely chemical analyses of ore, process streams, and final products.

This role bridges leaching research with laboratory analytics and plant operations to ensure robust, scalable processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in minerals processing, metallurgy, chemicals or related industrial environments.
• Familiarity with chemical processing (pumps, columns, instrumentation) or crushing equipment is a plus.
• Ability to read and follow SOPs, equipment manuals, and safety guidelines.
• Mechanical aptitude and ability to perform basic mechanical fabrication and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience operating analytical or similar equipment.

Responsibilities

• Drive ore handling including crushing, sorting by particle size, and taking representative samples.
• Prepare samples for analysis using digestion, dilution, and/or filtration.
• Perform elemental and compositional analysis of solid and liquid samples using ICP, NMR, XRF, Titrator, or similar analytical techniques.
• Document analytical results in laboratory information systems and maintain clear experimental records and material metrics.
• Follow strict environmental, health, and safety protocols.

Skills

Minerals processing

Analytical equipment operation

SOP reading

Mechanical fabrication

Team collaboration

Safety awareness

Tools

ICP

NMR

XRF

Titrator

Job description

Mariana Minerals is seeking a Process & Lab Technician to support safe and efficient process development studies and analytical testing. You will work with R&D and engineering to build, operate, and maintain ore leaching columns and perform timely chemical analyses of ore, process streams, and final products.

This role bridges leaching research with laboratory analytics and plant operations to ensure robust, scalable processes.