Chemistry x 2 Interns 2025-6

Why Mint Innovation     

At Mint Innovation, we pioneer clean technologies that recover valuable metals from complex waste streams to help restore our planet. Our proprietary low-carbon, technology recovers critical and valuable metals from printed circuit boards in electronic waste and returns them to local economies and supply chains. This technology has been commercialised in Australia, and we are now building our second facility in the United States. Our mission is to deploy a network of facilities around the world to tackle e-waste where it's produced and supply circular green metals to help support future industries. As we gear up for global impact, we are looking for a driven and passionate Chemistry Intern to join our team to help in achieving our ambitious goals.  

The Role 

As a company that was born in a dingy basement, everyone at Mint has a “can do, no fuss” attitude.  Mint is seeking two Chemistry Interns to support our R&D teams in expanding the scope and capability of our core processes. 

You will
be pursuing the next generation of product development,
through the recovery of additional metals from complex waste streams such as printed circuit boards and lithium-ion batteries, and the exploration of new feedstocks. You will assist with experimental design, hands-on lab work, and the systematic testing of hypotheses around material extraction and process optimisation. 

This is a paid, full-time, fixed term internship, and will be located at our HQ in Mt Wellington, Auckland. The internships will start in mid November, ideally looking for a start date of 18 November. 

These internships are an amazing opportunity for enthusiastic, curious and driven students to get hands-on experience with our brilliant teams, making real impact. The successful candidate will gain key research skills that will set them up for future scientific roles.   

The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of inorganic chemistry in addition to a passion for recycling and/or green chemistry. An interest in inorganic, coordination and biological chemistry in addition to being strongly motivated by sustainability is preferable.   

To be eligible for these internships, you must: 

• Be studying, or have recently completed, an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or qualification at NZQA level 6 -10. If study has been completed, the closing date of your final semester should be less than 12 months ago. 

• Be studying science, technology, engineering, design or business at a New Zealand tertiary education institute. 

• Be legally permitted to work in New Zealand. 

• Not have been previously employed by Mint Innovation unless in a part-time or temporary role. 

• Not have undertaken more than two Experience Grant internships with Mint Innovation. 
    

Want to apply?   

Make your CV and application shine!  We will use these to short-list applicants. Ensure you detail why you're interested in Mint Innovation and the contribution you will make to our team.  

Note:  Applicants will only be considered and must apply through the link below: 

https://mintinnovation.bamboohr.com/careers/36?source=aWQ9MjI%3D 

We’re aiming to shortlist and interview candidates in mid September  

We embrace diversity and inclusion and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Mint. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit! 

For more background on Mint see our website - https://www.mint.bio/