Joshua Marques
Salt Lake City,UT
Summary
Experienced mid-level Laboratory Technician professional with 20+ years of expertise in lab work. Proven track record of creating and implementing process recommendations throughout the company, specifically with safety and waste reduction. Excellent work history working with large groups and independently. Great attention to minor details.Personable and adapts/handles change well (previous employers required change on a weekly basis.)
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Laboratory Technician 2
FlSmidth
Midvale, UT
11.2012 - 10.2025
- Main priority of micro splitting, potting of samples into epoxy resin mounts, and multi stage polishing of mounts to a mirror finish to be ran on scanning electronic microscopes.
- Loading of specific measurements and samples into electronic microscopes.
- Logging in and assigning types of tests of samples into LIMS according to customers’ needs.
- Met and exceeded daily, monthly, and yearly goals of direct supervisor and upper management.
- Developed new and efficient procedures to maximise output throughout the lab.
Laboratory Technician
Johnson Matthey
Salt Lake City, UT
08.2010 - 11.2012
- Weighing up samples for corrective fire assay or ICP analysis according to type of assay desired.
- Digesting, decanting, titration, spiking, pipetting and completion of preparation of samples for gravimetric weigh back or ICP.
- Assaying samples by fire assay. Weighing, unique sample fluxing, fusing, scorifying, cupelling and cleaning of samples.
- Maintained and presented department communication board to management.
Analytical Laboratory Lead Technician
Robinson Nevada Mining Company
Ely, NV
05.2005 - 07.2009
- Assigned employees on shift to work duties. Controlled workflow throughout the lab.
- Daily safety evaluations. Ensure all safety equipment in working order, no gas leaks, acids properly labelled, all equipment in working condition. Safety of all employees working on shift.
- Ensured all samples were labelled, weighed out, and properly processed either for acid digestion to be ran on AA or ICP, or fire assay.
- Reviewing of data from instruments including calculations and conversions of assays, as well as ensuring reports of daily results were reviewed, updated and reported.
Education
High School Diploma - Chemistry, Bio/Chem, Earth Science, Geology, Algebra, Algebra 2
White Pine High School
Ely, NV06-2003
College Courses - English, Spanish, Algebra, Geology
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, IDSkills
- Completed 10 hour general industry safety and health OSHA training
- Annual MSHA training while working on Mine site
- Active member in Employee Environmental Health and Safety committee
- Completed and passed numerous lab safety courses eg handling, storage and uses of gases, acids and lab equipment
Equipment Experience
- QEMScan
- Mira
- QATM Autopolisher
- High powered microscopes
- AA
- ICP
- XRD
- XRF
- Fire assay ovens
- Routine mechanical maintenance (preventative and repair)
Timeline
Laboratory Technician 2
FlSmidth
11.2012 - 10.2025
Laboratory Technician
Johnson Matthey
08.2010 - 11.2012
Analytical Laboratory Lead Technician
Robinson Nevada Mining Company
05.2005 - 07.2009
High School Diploma - Chemistry, Bio/Chem, Earth Science, Geology, Algebra, Algebra 2
White Pine High School
College Courses - English, Spanish, Algebra, Geology
College of Southern Idaho