Geologist Open Pit

About us  

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading 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. 

About Mungari  

At Mungari, now with a mine life through to 2038, our people have a longer future with opportunities to grow. With underground and open pit mining, and an expansion of the processing plant recently completed, the operational diversity and unique work opportunities at Mungari are great for building and uplifting careers. 

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 (i.e. novated car leasing, remote area housing), life insurance and income protection, quarterly performance bonuses, employee share scheme, short and long-term incentives, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and local employee benefits.  

About the role

With exciting growth happening across our operations, we are now looking for an experienced Open Pit Mine Geologist to join our team, supporting our growing open pit mines at our Mungari Operations:  

The Mine Geologist is critical to the performance of the Geology Team, execution of the mine plan, and seeking business improvement opportunities in line with our overall operational plans.  Typical duties include:   

• Performing accurate and detailed geological mapping and sampling.  
• Performing ore spotting when requested, regularly communicating with the mining team to optimise ore extraction. 
• Supervising grade control and resource development drilling programs and ensure that QAQC is maintained.  
• Assisting with the management of the Castle Hill open pit mining contractor, the ROM-to-ROM haulage contractor and geological drilling contractors. 
• Visiting ROM pads daily for accurate and timely reconciliation of stockpiles and ore movement tracking. Overseeing daily mine production data entry and tracking, to ensure accurate and timely delivery of all reports to key stakeholders and assisting with EOM reconciliations and stockpile balances. 
• Assisting the Senior Geologist and Project Geologist, where requested, in the design and coordination of geological drilling activities to provide appropriate data for low risk mine design and scheduling. 

About you

As a passionate Geologist, you demonstrate a ‘safety first’ mindset, strive for excellence, and take accountability.   You will be an effective communicator (verbal and written), able to quickly establish rapport with multiple stakeholders, adding value to a collaborative team, being open to constructive feedback, respect opinions and challenge constructively to build trust and create an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.    

You will be either be a resident of the Kalgoorlie/Boulder area, or FIFO from Perth working an 8:6 (12-hour day) roster, Thursday to Thursday.   

To succeed in this role, you will have:  

• Tertiary qualification in geology or geosciences.  
• 2-3 years industry experience in mine geology and grade control practices preferably in an open pit environment 
• A sound understanding of grade control processes.  
• Drilling contractor management experience an advantage 
• A sound understanding of geology work standards and practices including grade control processes and relevant sections of the Mines Safety and Inspection Act and Regulations. 
• Intermediate skills with modelling software (Datamine, Leapfrog or similar) and database software (acQuire or similar) with OrePro3D skills an advantage. 
• Experienced in technical report writing, with a strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities, comfortable with working to tight deadlines on multiple tasks. 

What we offer

• At Evolution we offer a range of employee benefits, including:
•  Attractive salary package (QPB) + local living benefits
• Salary packaging options including novated car leasing, and remote living costs.
• Complimentary life insurance and income protection.
• Future opportunities to work interstate and overseas.
• Referral bonuses available.

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 Mungari, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/   

We thank you for taking the time to submit your application.