Analytical Chemist – SoluQ Customer Implementation

Purpose

To ensure the successful implementation, operation, and customer adoption of SoluQ by providing technical expertise, analytical support, and accurate interpretation of results, while serving as the key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and R&D.

Role accountabilities

The Analytical Chemist – SoluQ Customer Implementation is a senior professional in the Technology Commercialization team, responsible for running SoluQ, Draslovka's solution-chemistry analytical tool, at customer sites and laboratories. The role sets up and calibrates SoluQ, supports customer sampling, interprets results and reports them to customers and to the GLT team. It is based mainly in Latin America, with travel to customer sites worldwide as needed, and works closely with R&D, which remains responsible for SoluQ development and validation.

Critical relationships

• Technical Commercialization Manager;
• GLT commercial;
• GLT Technology Leaders and implementation teams;
• R&D and Laboratory teams in Perth.
• Customer plant and laboratory teams.
• Equipment and consumables suppliers.

Key responsibilities

• SoluQ Customer Implementation; Set up, calibrate and run SoluQ at customer sites and laboratories, and deliver accurate results on schedule.

• Sampling & Calibration Support; Support customer sampling and calibration (including MQi), and compare SoluQ results against standard analytical methods.

• Sampling & Calibration Support; Interpret measurement data and prepare clear reports in Spanish and English for customers and for the Technical Commercialization Manager.

• Safety & Compliance; Work in compliance with the safety rules and regulations of the country and customer site where the role operates, including cyanide handling.

• Field Feedback to R&D Share field observations and customer needs with the R&D team to improve SoluQ.

• Customer Training & Collaboration; Train customer personnel on SoluQ and work with the commercial, implementation and R&D teams to meet customer expectations.

• Metallurgical Test Program Support & SoluQ Interpretation; Participate in metallurgical test programs and interpret SoluQ results within the context of process objectives and performance.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering or a closely related discipline. A Master's degree or PhD is preferred but not required.
• Minimum years of laboratory and applied experience in mining or minerals processing, including solution chemistry analysis.
• Experience on a mine site, in a plant or in an analytical laboratory is essential. Customer-facing or field experience is an advantage.
• Solid knowledge of analytical and hydrometallurgical chemistry, especially solution chemistry in gold and base metals processing (cyanide and glycine-based systems)
• Hands-on experience with analytical methods (titration, ICP, AAS, spectroscopic methods) Instrument calibration; knowledge of the safety and chemical handling rules of the country and site where the role works.