Chemist

🌍 Work with world-renowned products and services.

🕒 Permanent role with flexible hours.

💰 Competitive salary of $111,945 base, plus Super!

About Us:

Welcome to The Perth Mint, where golden career opportunities await. 

The Perth Mint is an iconic Western Australian organisation operating on a truly global scale. Situated in East Perth for over 125 years, The Perth Mint is a premier tourist destination, an award-winning exporter, and a key supplier of precious metals to markets throughout the world. 

There’s no organisation quite like it, with a variety of roles available, from engineers and chemists to artists and technicians. 

Foster your fascination and pride in our work. Get inspired every day by the world-class precious metal products we work together to refine, design, produce and then distribute all over the globe. Connect to the rich history of our industry in a workplace firmly rooted in the present — as leaders in sustainability and inclusion.

At The Perth Mint, you’ll be supported in a diverse team where differences are celebrated and your well-being matters — striking the right work-life balance with compassionate team benefits. And if your career goals change, you’ll be empowered to change roles with training and internal mobility.

We value inclusion and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including First Nations people, people with disability, LGBTQI+ communities, culturally diverse groups, youth, and seniors. If you need accommodations, please contact recruitment@perthmint.com.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for an experienced laboratory professional to join our team, with an immediate start available. Based at our refinery site near the Perth Airport, this role offers free onsite parking and the opportunity to work in a highly specialised, safety focused environment where accuracy matters.

In this role, you’ll support daily refining operations through laboratory analysis of precious metals, and treated wastewaters. You’ll operate and maintain analytical instruments, carry out routine and non-routine testing, and ensure results are accurate, timely, and compliant with required standards.

You’ll be hands on with instrumental and wet chemistry techniques, contributing to troubleshooting, calibration, method development, maintaining inventory stock and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a role for someone who values integrity, precision, structure, and accountability, and who takes pride in producing high quality analytical results.

About You:

You’re a qualified chemistry professional with practical experience in laboratory analysis. You’ve worked with analytical instrumentation such as ICP, Spark-OES, XRF and auto-titrator, and can confidently operate at least two of these techniques.

You’re organised, efficient, detail focused, and comfortable following procedures in a regulated environment. You understand the importance of safety, accuracy, and turnaround times, and take ownership of your work from start to finish.

You’re also a collaborative and approachable team member - someone who communicates clearly, supports others, and contributes to a positive laboratory culture. You hold tertiary qualifications in chemistry (Bachelor of Science, majoring in chemistry or similar) and are ready to apply your skills in a role where quality and consistency are essential.

Our Benefits:

• Competitive salaries and employee discounts
• Flexible work options available
• Opportunity to work for an endorsed WORK180 employer
• Training and development opportunities
• Opportunities to be part of our wide and active range of Employee Resourcing Groups: Reconciliation, Gender, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), Disability, Mental Health and Neurodiversity, and Perth Mint with Pride
• Charity and volunteer initiatives
• Health and wellness programs, including an Employee Assistance Program, ongoing wellbeing initiatives, and workplace community building spaces
• Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by WORK180 can be seen on the WORK180 website

It’s easy to dismiss the perfect opportunity if you don’t see yourself as the perfect fit. If this role feels right, no matter your background or personal circumstances – please submit your application.

Applications close on 20 February 2026. The Perth Mint reserves the right to close applications prior to this date.

Candidates must have the right to work in Australia and pass our national security check.