Project Geologist Open Pit

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 completed, the operational diversity and unique work experience opportunity at Mungari is great for building and uplifting careers. 

Located in the Western Australia Goldfields, at Mungari you can choose what suits your priorities. Work an attractive fly-in/fly out (FIFO) roster or live local and enjoy our close-knit communities and local lifestyles.  

Your Benefits

At Evolution we offer a range of employee benefits, including: 

• Attractive salary package + quarterly bonus + local living benefits. 
• Salary packaging options including novated car leasing, remote living costs etc. 
• Complementary life insurance and income protection. 
• Future opportunities to work interstate and overseas. 
• Referral bonuses available. 

About the role 

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

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

• Develop, implement, and execute optimal drill programs (grade control, resource definition) to provide accurate delineation of economic mineralisation, and potential extension of economic mineralisation. 
• Manage and coordinate all geological open pit drilling activities and geology projects to comply with budgeted allocations, providing input into budget and forecast planning.
• Assisting with supervision and management of geology contractors alongside performing critical analysis (validation) on all drilling, core and chip logging and sampling (QA/QC) to ensure the accuracy of data and thus integrity of the database.
• Assist interpretating grade control data to produce wireframe models, assisting in the production of grade control block models, and ensuring accurate and timely reconciliation of mining production and stockpiles as required.

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.
• 3-5 years industry experience in mine geology with preferably 2 years 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 to advanced 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.

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.