Title:
Laboratory Technician & Analytical Support
Job Type:
Full-Time (Permanent)
Location:
Gladstone, QLD
- Join a highly innovative Australian company leading the world in high purity alumina and aluminium materials production.
- Play a key role in the commissioning and operational readiness for a greenfield facility.
- Build a long-term career with a global leader in sustainable advanced manufacturing.
The Organisation
Alpha HPA is a publicly listed, Australian-based company that has commercialised the world’s first solvent extraction (SX) purification technique applied to aluminium. This breakthrough process produces a growing range of ultra-high purity aluminium materials – oxides, hydroxides and nitrates – used across advanced industries such as LED lighting, synthetic sapphire, semiconductors and lithium-ion batteries.
Alpha HPA’s materials deliver market-leading purity levels with a significantly lower carbon profile. The Stage One HPA First Project in Gladstone is already in production – the first commercial application of Alpha HPA’s proprietary Smart SXTM process, producing >99.99% pure aluminium products.
Construction of the large-scale Stage Two facility is underway, with full-scale production targeted for mid-2027. Once operational, Alpha HPA will produce 10,000 tonnes of HPA equivalent per year, right here in Gladstone.
The Opportunity
Alpha HPA is seeking a day shift Laboratory Technician & Analytical Support to join the Gladstone team. This role plays an integral role in ensuring product quality and integrity by managing the receipt, testing, and analysis of samples in accordance with established standards and procedures. This position is responsible for maintaining laboratory equipment, troubleshooting non-conforming analytical instruments, and ensuring the reliability and accuracy of test results through validation processes. The role also involves the investigation and analysis of non-conforming samples to identify root causes and support quality improvement initiatives. In addition, the Laboratory Technician & Analytical Support produces clear and accurate analytical reports to support decision-making and maintain compliance with quality requirements.
Working both independently and alongside senior staff, the Laboratory Technician & Analytical Support also contributes to safe laboratory practices, effective workflow management, and continuous improvement initiatives. The position supports the safe handling, storage, and disposal of
chemicals while helping maintain a clean, organised, and compliant work environment aligned with safety and environmental regulations.
Key responsibilities
·Ensure that safety, risk and environmental rules and programs are strictly adhered to.
·Organise and store all chemicals substances, fluids and compressed gases according to safety
instructions.
·Ensuring safe disposal of contaminated waste, chemical residues and other waste in accordance
with current government regulation.
·Focus on housekeeping to maintain a safe, clean work environment.
·Escalate concerns of safety, quality and risk to appropriate staff members, if not able to rectify.
·High attention to Quality Control (QC); purity of product is critical.
·Reagent preparation for QC checks, ensuring accurate record keeping, reporting to senior staff if
any issues.
·Actively participate in evaluation and continuous improvement of processes.
·Conduct analysis of routine and non-routine samples as required, determining dilution factors if
needed.
·Liaise with senior staff regarding priorities, to maintain efficient systems for use and allocation of samples and equipment.
·Organise and prioritise daily workload to flexibly support current priorities and assisting with plant process issues.
·Prepare chemical solutions of known concentrations from concentrated acids.
·Working independently at times, safely managing and recognising chemical hazards.
·Ensure on-going training is provided to Laboratory Technicians.
·Provide Analytical Reports as directed by Laboratory Chemists.
·Adjust analytical methods for non-conforming samples as directed.
·Validate Analytical data and review analytical methods as directed.
About You
You’ll bring:
·Qualifications in Laboratory Technology or a degree in Science/Chemistry or working towards the
tertiary qualification (essential)
·Minimum 5 years’ experience in a laboratory analytical role in a similar industry (desirable)
·Proven and demonstrated experience within a chemical handling/process laboratory environment (desirable)
·Ability and experience in maintaining, operating, and calibrating laboratory equipment.
·Proven experience in using a Laboratory Management System (LIMS)
·Demonstrated knowledge of quality management systems and processes.
·Demonstrated experience with industrial safe work procedures and practices.
·Ability to operate independently.
·Self-motivated, highly pro-active and resilient attitude.
Your Reward
This is a permanent, full-time opportunity offering a competitive salary commensurate with experience, plus additional benefits.
You’ll be based at Alpha HPA’s Stage One HPA First Project in Yarwun, working within a collaborative and high-performance team and enjoy genuine long-term career growth as the commercial facility comes online.
How to apply
Please provide your current CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role and why you would like to join the Alpha HPA team. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and we may
progress before the advert closes.
