Job Description
About Petrolab
Petrolab is a successful and growing geological consultancy providing support services to the mining, minerals processing, materials and construction industries worldwide from its base in Redruth, Cornwall, UK. We provide dependable and accessible interpretative reporting to our clients helping them evaluate the potential of their mineral resources and solve materials related problems.
The role
We are looking to recruit a dedicated Junior Geomaterials Scientist to join our Geomaterials team. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity at a time of significant growth for the Company, supported by our technically experienced Geomaterials and Mineralogy teams working on high profile projects of local, national and international significance.
Throughout the role you will assist in providing petrological and mineralogical consultancy projects to clients in the minerals, mining and construction materials industries. This includes the preparation of sections and polished blocks from geological and construction materials for microscopic analysis, routine mineralogical and petrographic tests, recording and preparing samples for testing and operation of scientific instrumentation and software (e.g. optical/polarising microscopes, scanning electron microscope and ancillary equipment) to analyse a broad range of materials including concrete, aggregate, natural stone, rock core ...