Supervisor – Laboratory / Chemist
Full Time NEW

About the role

As the Supervisor – Laboratory at Ernest Henry, you will play a critical role in coordinating laboratory operations to support safe, reliable and high-quality metallurgical performance across site.

Reporting to the Metallurgy Superintendent, you will lead a team of Laboratory Technicians, ensuring the delivery of accurate and timely analytical services that are essential to plant performance and production outcomes.

You will combine strong technical capability with hands-on leadership, driving quality, safety and continuous improvement across laboratory activities while maintaining high operational standards.

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Leading with safety and ensuring compliance with site standards
• Supervising and coordinating laboratory personnel
• Overseeing sampling, preparation and analytical testing
• Ensuring QA/QC and data integrity
• Supporting metallurgical performance and plant outcomes
• Maintaining and troubleshooting laboratory equipment
• Coordinating training and competency of team members
• Providing performance feedback and direction
• Supporting incident investigations
• Maintaining housekeeping, consumables and sample control

About you

You are an experienced laboratory professional with strong leadership capability and a passion for safety, quality and continuous improvement.

You bring a hands-on approach, enjoy leading and developing teams, and are comfortable working in an operational environment.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience

• Certificate IV or higher in Laboratory Techniques or similar
• Previous supervisory experience – preferred mining or processing
• Strong QA/QC understanding
• Experience with laboratory instrumentation
• Proficiency with LIMS and Microsoft Office
• Current driver’s licence
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills

About us

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company.

At Ernest Henry

At Ernest Henry, our mine life extension to 2040 and a doubling of ore reserves offers more operational diversity on site, and a bright future for our people and the community.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation assistance, salary packaging (i.e. novated car leasing, remote area housing), quarterly bonuses, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, recognition programs, study assistance, discounted health insurance, and allowances for DIDO and local employees.

At Ernest Henry, you can choose what suits your priorities. Work an attractive fly?in/fly?out (FIFO) roster from Brisbane, Townsville or Cairns or a drive?in/drive?out (DIDO) roster and take advantage of our top?class camp, or live local in the close?knit community of Cloncurry and be home every night.

This roster is 8/6 and a 12?hour day.

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

To find out more about us and our Ernest Henry Operation, click here.