Senior Research Technician

• Sustainable Minerals Institute

• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers 

• Partner with people educating future generations & solving the world’s problems 

• Plan for your future with a generous 17% superannuation allowance 

• Based at Experimental Mine Site at Indooroopilly

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

The Senior Research Assistant/Technician provides technical research support and subject matter expertise in support of MIWATCH activities at all stages of the research life-cycle in the lab, field and in report delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and supports logistical aspects of fieldwork at mine waste sites

• Assists in the running of mine waste lab-based studies, under supervision of senior staff

• Assists in the conduct of major MIWATCH field sampling campaigns across Australia

• Undertakes maintenance and upkeep of facilities and equipment

Safety

• Contributes to the safe and efficient operation of research equipment, infrastructure, methodologies and protocols

• Ensures the appropriate storage, handling and disposal of chemicals, equipment, stores and/or samples/specimens

Research and administrative support

• Assists with drafting research documentation, including ethics and funding applications

• Undertakes literature searches and reviews

• Assists with routine team administration

• Assists with preparing reports, graphs, figures and presentations on research outcomes at different stages of the research cycle outcomes

About the WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (BRC)

The WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (BRC) is apart of UQ's Sustainable Minerals Institute and is focused on creating industry impact through applied research and training in the areas of mining and geology.

BRC maximises the value of geoscientific data across the mining value chain in the pursuit of sustainable and responsible mineral production. All of our staff have strong industry links and deep knowledge of real world industry challenges. Our staff have a unique combination of industry and academic backgrounds, with strong academic track records complemented by over 150 years of combined real world industry experience.

The Centre’s capabilities combine economic geology, geophysics, environmental geochemistry, geotechnical, underground mass mining, mineral chemistry, structural geology and tectonics, geometallurgy, mineral processing and data analytics. We bring these skills to a broad range of geoscientific problems. For more information, please refer to the BRC website .

This is Full-time, 100% FTE Fixed-term position through to March 2025.

At HEW level 5, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $77,396.47 - $86,029.78, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $90,553.87 - $100,654.84 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

About You  

The Research Professionals (Technical) Job Family provides a range of technical and specialist skills and services, which support and enable research activities. This role involves lab and fieldwork as well as report writing and literature reviews.

• Completion of a degree level qualification in environmental geoscience; or completion of a Diploma with relevant work experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training

• Excellent practical research skills and experience in relevant research methodology or techniques required for this body of research

• Experience in acid base accounting lab experiments and mine waste fieldwork

• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues

• Ability to work independently on routine procedures

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Well-organised, methodical and self-motivated

• Previous experience in a similar role would be considered favourably.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox [email protected] .

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] .

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 19 March at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number – R-36294).