Senior Project Geoscientist

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Hire Resolve are currently seeking candidates for their open Senior Project Geoscientist position in null, Gauteng through Go Job Search. Are you an experienced candidate looking to take up a Senior Project Geoscientist role such as with an industry leading company like Hire Resolve?

Job DescriptionThe client is looking for an experienced Senior Project Geoscientist for their Johannesburg location. A successful applicant will be reporting to the Regional Geophysicist and working in a collaborative community within the Geology department. They will lead a large project or a suite of small projects within a program and identify and evaluate targets with the potential to deliver to the group or bodies capable of becoming large, low-cost, long-life mines within the region.Role Responsibilities Managing project resources effectively, applying exploration techniques and technologies, compiling and interpreting geological data and information, collaborating with multi-functional teams, fulfilling technical milestones and monitoring project progress against these to enable continual project prioritisation and presenting results and recommendations to managementProviding specialist/discipline services at a high level of technical competence to meet project requirements and quality checking of various geophysical data, including airborne, ground and down-hole surveys.Supervising contractors and service providers through the tender process, the content of the contract and monitor the contract deliverables by RT standards and manage contractors and service providers through the tender process, the content of the contract, and monitoring the contract deliverables by RT standardsSupporting the discipline by collaborating on and integrating technical processes to achieve project deliverablesGenerating targets to deliver discovery by providing technical innovations, geoscientific data and available resources.Managing or providing specialist support to specific components of project work that may include early-stage generative through to order of magnitude and handover to product groupPlanning and conducting work by all HSEC and compliance policies by setting and monitoring objectives to ensure standards are met, and anticipating and managing risksAligning the program and or projects in the district/country/base with the regional RTX strategyLed the team to continuously focus on improving the technical aspects of a project or program.Identifying, recommending and implementing improvements to address any gaps identified as hindering exploration activitiesUnderstanding advances in technology from research organisations and applying new techniques/technology to projects/program that facilitates discoveriesCollaborating with potential customers in other business units to understand requirements and align deliverables to resourcesSupervising project team staff, including junior professional staff, geotechnical officers, field support staff and contractors.Coaching less experienced staff focusing on improving their technical expertise and skills Required attributes include: A commitment to the safety of oneself and the teamDemonstrated understanding of technical concepts and principles and their application in an exploration environmentWell-developed project management skills to effectively manage resources, and competing priorities and deliver project milestonesBroad knowledge of mineral deposits and exploration techniques across a variety of commoditiesProven ability to work collaboratively with program leaders and peers to achieve outcomes through sharing expertise, skills and technical capabilityDemonstrated ability to guide and coach project staff and manage contractors.Ability to work productively with a wide range of people in a cross-cultural, multi-language environmentA good knowledge of sedimentary hosted copper deposits, Kimberlite exploration.Highly developed analytical skills to collate and interpret technical data, measure performance outcomes and contribute to technical innovation and improvementLeadership skills to develop and coach technical/professional staff and manage contractors Education and Qualifications Tertiary degree in geophysics or related field (with honours)7+ years of relevant experience with high-level technical competenceExpert in GIS softwareProficient in Microsoft Office applications and Experience in Geosoft, Arc GIS or another modellingA strong background in Geophysical data processing and interpretationFull drivers’ license with 4 x 4-wheel drive training advantageous

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