Geologist - Mine (Underground)

About Us

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now an inclusive gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

At Cowal

At Cowal, our significant investment has led to a longer mine life as we have boldly reimagined our future to 2040. Located near West Wyalong in central New South Wales, Cowal is a residential site where we encourage our people to live nearby and enjoy the close-knit communities and lifestyles of the surrounding areas.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include:

• Relocation assistance
• Salary packaging, vehicle, housing options, life and income protection
• Housing provided whilst on shift for DIDO 
• Bonus’ including short and long-term incentives
• Employee referral bonuses
• Recognition program
• Study assistance
• Discounted health insurance and gym membership
• Convenient and comfortable bus transportation to site and from West Wyalong at the beginning and end of your shift

This roster will be 8/6 and a 12-hour dayshift only. DIDO or Residential role (we are unable to facilitate FIFO).

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Geologist (UG), this position, is responsible for the management and execution of daily underground grade control activities through the collection and validation of geological data to supply reliable technical information to the mine planning teams.

Key result areas in this role include:  

• Maintains and updates effective underground grade control systems and procedures
• Perform geological mapping of all operating development and any other development as instructed by the Senior Underground Geologist
• Communicate and collaborate with mining stakeholders to optimise ore extraction, minimise ore loss and reduce ore dilution
• Co-ordinate grade control activities with mine scheduling and daily mining operations
• Produce stope and level-plan reports to be used by mine planning and operations
• Manage, monitor and reconcile material movements from the underground mine on a daily basis
• Collaborate with the Open Pit Grade Control geology team on Mill feed strategies to achieve budget targets
• Collection, storage and validation of underground geological data
• Monitor and maintain underground sample QAQC to a high standard and action any exceedance from Evolution standards
• Assist with the design, scheduling, and execution of Grade Control diamond drilling programs
• Assist Underground Project Geologists with the supervision of diamond drilling contractors with completion of daily drill rig inspections
• Supervise, support and direct geology technicians to achieve their respective duties
• Assist with monthly reconciliation and End of Month reporting
• Contribute to long term improvement projects assigned by the Senior Mine Geologist
• Liaise with assay contractors to communicate requirements and manage issues    
• Ensure compliance with environmental procedures and policies
• Deliver and support in achieving CGO BBP Goals
• Maintaining health, safety, statutory, regulatory, and licensing standards, and principles, both within own workplace and through the identification of potential risks throughout Evolution
• Commitment to living and supporting the Evolution values of Safety, Excellence, Accountability, Respect 
• Leading a safety culture of continuous improvement and playing an active role in our Net Zero 2050 goal.

About you

• Tertiary qualification in geology or geoscience
• Membership of Professional Society (e.g. AusIMM or GSA)
• Post-graduate experience, with previous exposure to underground mine geology
• Demonstrated experience in underground gold mining highly regarded
• Experience with Geological and Block modelling or exposure to geostatistical methodologies highly regarded
• Previous experience and exposure of mine planning software (Deswik/Datamine), Leapfrog and industry standard databases for geological data highly regarded

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter.

To find out more about us and Cowal, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/   

We thank you for taking the time to submit your application