Senior Geologist – Group Technical Leader

Our client is an internationally recognized leading consulting firm with high profile Canadian and international mining projects. The firm boasts over decades of expertise within the mining and environmental sectors and a comprehensive range of services from feasibility, mine planning, production and mine closure.

Our client is a dynamic and entrepreneurial organization that offers outstanding career development prospects and the opportunity to work on major international mining assignment projects. The firm recognizes highly technical and entrepreneurial individuals through excellent bonuses in addition to the potential to gain shares in the firm.

Due to major ongoing projects our client has multiple requirements for a Senior Geologist- Group Technical Leader to take a key role within their Toronto operations.

The preferred candidate has ten plus years of experience, proven project/ team leadership experience and is technically proficient is geological modeling and resources estimation. This is an ideal opportunity to join an industry leader and to be recognized and rewarded for your years of experience and success.

Responsibilities:

• Lead major mining projects from conception to completion pertaining to estimation and maintenance of compliant resource and reserve statements for the companies mining operations and exploration projects
• Provide technical input into project reviews, feasibility studies for development projects or acquisitions by the Company
• Providing technical leadership to a diverse mining engineering team ranging from junior to Principal level staff
• Train and mentor staff in Resource Estimation Methodology
• Responsible for the timely execution of assessments of opportunities together with the co-ordination of all necessary technical work required to define, evaluate, advanced projects that meet the Company’s strategic objectives
• Develop complex geological models in support of resource estimates
• Conduct exploratory data analysis
• Perform variography and grade interpolation as well as verification and validation of resource models
• Classify high grade mineral deposits
• Perform grade control and reconciliation studies
• Actively supporting business development activities through participation in conferences, direct business development activities and strategic client relationship management
• Assist in the identification and recruitment of high quality staff in order to grow and expand the technical capabilities of the group.

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will have experience in developing and reviewing geological models and resource estimates; exploration and database management.
• A first degree in geology or mining engineering
• A minimum of 5-7 years of resource estimation experience (preferably including industry experience)
• Strong geostatistical skills
• Proficiency with computerised resource estimation tools
• Prior consulting experience is considered a major asset
• The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of geostatistical theory with resource estimation and operational mining experience
• Previous experience with the following responsibilities; analysis of the deposit data available including verification and database management; creation of 2D and/or 3D geological and mineralization models for the deposit; statistical and geostatistical analyses of the data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills