Principal Project Geologist

Reference Number: 2362VG

**Job Description**:
Our client is seeking a Principal Project Geologist that will be responsible for leading and directly supervising all exploration activities and maintainingin field activities on budget and plan.
He / She will be responsible for all the BFS activities leading to a mineral resource, reserve and mine plan, including the costing of the mining activities. This includes the coordination of relevant consultants.
To ensure, in close coordination with other members of the owner’s team, that the BFS represents an achievable and bankable project, completed on-time and on-budget, ready for the next phase (FEED).
Manage all permitting activities in related to mineral and water exploration, the EISA process and the permits linked to the provision of power and water.

**Responsibilities**:
Providing leadership in maintaining a safe and productive work environment for employees and contractors.
Supervision of mineral exploration activities, including geochemical and geophysical surveys, and drilling programs as and when required.
Ownership of QA/QC of the various workflows to ensure best quality data is obtained.
Interpretation of ore resource data across the company and giving management a perspective on the resource position, providing direction with regard to future resources and reserve management.
Assessment of the ore body and pit geological, geotechnical, hydrotechnical and metallurgical characteristics.
Managing and supervision of the relevant resource, mining and environmental consultants and resource geologists to access and interpret data.
Manage and understand all aspects of mine planning, including waste dump and site water management.
Providing critical inputs to the technical design of the heap-leach operations and related material handling operations.
Maintain tight financial controls and time management (during the exploration and study phase, and later construction).
Responsible for the preparation of operating and capital budgets.
As a member of the owner’s team, full authority to make day-to-day decisions required to deliver key parts of the study, and later the mine plan within budgets and project plans and other parameters agreed with the controlling shareholder.

Responsible for the selection and management of mining and blasting contractors and related supplies, including trade-off studies.
Ensure that necessary permits and appropriate procedures are in place to ensure full compliance with laws, regulations and internal environmental, health and safety policies and reporting requirements to governmental authorities.
Accountable and committed to the maintenance of social license to operate.
As a member of the owner’s team, report to the board and the peer review group (monthly and on an exception basis as required).
Process responsibility in exploration and mining pertaining to; Exploration field work, Geotechnical investigations, Pit and site layout and design, Mine planning, including trade-off studies, Mining cost optimisation and Licencing & permitting for mineral and water exploration and mining operations.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

10 + years within a project and operations environment in copper in Africa. Experience in Namibia a big plus and a stint with a consulting firm an added advantage.
As a minimum, tertiary degree in geoscience.
Knowledge and experience of the latest geochemical, geophysical and drilling exploration techniques.
Knowledge of GIS analysis, database compilation and 3D geological modelling.
Proven ability to successfully work within large projects, budgets and cost controls.
Must be fluent in written and spoken English. Afrikaans or German an advantage.

Vivienne Gower

Managing Director

CA Mining

JOB TYPE

Work Day:Full Time

Employment type:Permanent Job

Salary:Negotiable

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimal experience:Unspecified