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Specialist, Chemist Laboratory Iii

Ma’aden-Arábia Saudita

1. JOB DETAILS:
**Position Title:Specialist: Chemist Laboratory

Broad Band:E1: M09: Professional

Reports to
*Department & Function:
*Job Code:
Date Prepared/Revised:
**Talent Pipeline Layer:Manage Self Operational (MS)

2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
*3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
*Qualification:
Higher education diploma (Chemistry) / B Tech

**Experience:
4 Years

**Skills:

  • Acute safety awareness and attitude
  • Sound chemistry knowledge and skill
  • Sound competence using (advanced) laboratory equipment
  • Proficiently skilled in basic conversion techniques & maths to convert data to value add information
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Effective oral and written communication
  • Proficient attention to detail
  • Sound judgement and decision making skills
  • Problem sensitivity and sound problem solving skills
  • Effective self time management, planning and organising skills
  • Ability to cope with pressures and setbacks
  • Sound ability to gather information and accumulate data
  • Deductive & inductive reasoning
  • Innovative and curious
  • Sound working knowledge using applicable software and systems
  • Ability to adapt and respond to change
  • Proficient knowledge of Ma'aden commercial practices
  • Sound awareness and understanding of HSE legislation and regulations
  • Sound knowledge of discipline processes and procedures
  • Following rules, regulations and procedures

4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
*Focus Area
*Operational / Functional

Legal:
1. Consistently achieve all delivery targets (e.g. tons, products, services)

  1. Ensure all work is met through quality results (agreed standards, quality, quantity and due dates)

  2. Cost awareness and control

  3. Resources utilization and efficiency through optimizing available resources and contained cost

  4. Consistently achieve all HSE targets

  5. Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials
  6. Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment
  7. Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy
  8. Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications
  9. Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas
  10. Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits
  11. Provide technical support or assistance to colleagues, scientists, or engineering staff
  12. Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment
  13. Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies
  14. Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses
  15. Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products
  16. Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results
  17. Calibrate & operate a variety of instruments / modification of equipment
  18. Ensure credibility of test results and accuracy of instruments and test methods
  19. Safely carry our work according to work instructions, quality requirements, deadlines and schedules with limited supervision
  20. Understand and follow work request & prioritization systems and close off & communicate all requests on completion
  21. Ensure optimal maintenance & usage of equipment
  22. Practical implementation of safety, accuracy and reliability
  23. Maintain appropriate spares and consumables levels for general lab equipment
  24. Troubleshoot, and address problems with general lab equipment
  25. Commission or participate in commissioning new equipment
  26. Ensure full compliance to SHERQ requirements and standards
  27. Plan, organize and control own work and progress - keep line informed
  28. Report on work & progress - verbal, written and presentation
  29. Manage requests on time, within budget, and to quality and customer requirements
  30. Resolve work obstacles and issues impacting performance quickly and positively
  31. Motivate for procurement of new equipment

**Leadership
1. Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals

  1. Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness

  2. Takes responsibility, agree on and review personal performance goals and achievement of high performance goals

  3. Plan, organize, control and report own work and consistently ensure that work is completed to plan

  4. Resolve work obstacles and issues positively through problem solving and decision making

  5. Take responsibility for continuous personal performance, improvement and skills development
  6. Expand own analytical knowledge, skills and understanding of equipment, methods and specifications
  7. Capture and share information and own knowledge and skills