Sample Preparer

About the Company

SGS is a Swiss multinational company and a world leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification services, with more than 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. In Peru, we operate in most economic sectors such as mining, agriculture, and fishing, forming part of the value chain of their products and services.

Responsibilities

• Perform the complete geology sample preparation process (reception, inspection, work order generation, labeling, coding, drying, crushing, splitting, homogenization, pulverization, and bagging)
• Perform drying of geology samples and moisture determination
• Perform specific gravity determination using paraffin wax
• Perform DrillHole sample selection
• Perform daily plant sample preparation (head, concentrate, and tailings): pulverization to #365 mesh for XRD testing

Requirements

• Completed secondary education or technical degree (Minerals, Chemistry, and/or Metallurgy)
• Minimum 1 year of experience in sample preparation and/or sampling
• Knowledge of physical assay preparation and exploration preferred
• Experience working at high altitudes (4500 msnm) preferred

Benefits

• Payroll enrollment from day one
• Life insurance
• Corporate agreements