Exploration Geologist

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Perth; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM is seeking a motivated Perth-based Geologist to join our team and support projects across Australia and internationally. This role is ideal for a geologist with 1-5 years of industry experience who enjoys fieldwork, technical problem-solving and working collaboratively.

Join ERM to contribute to environmental, mining and sustainability projects, with opportunities for GIS and 3D geological modelling work across diverse terrains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Geoscience or related discipline.
• 1–5 years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated field competency in drill program supervision, sampling programs, geological mapping, QA/QC implementation and monitoring, field safety and risk management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel and undertake fieldwork as required.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute exploration field programs.
• Plan and oversee drilling programs, ensuring safety and QA/QC.
• Collect, validate and manage geological, geochemical and spatial datasets.
• Undertake geological mapping, sampling and field investigations.
• Interpret geological data and contribute to technical reporting and client deliverables.
• Develop and maintain GIS databases and spatial analyses.
• Support 3D geological modelling and visualization.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on environmental, mining and sustainability projects.

Skills

Fieldwork

QA/QC

Data management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Geology/Geoscience

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

Leapfrog Geo

Job description

ERM is seeking a motivated and capable Perth-based Geologist to join our team and support projects across Australia and internationally. This role is ideal for a geologist with 1-5 years of industry experience who enjoys fieldwork, technical problem-solving and working collaboratively.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain ERM's high standards for health and safety, and technical excellence.
• Plan and execute exploration field programs.
• Conduct and oversee drilling programs, ensuring strong safety performance and adherence to QA/QC protocols.
• Collect, validate and manage geological, geochemical and spatial datasets.
• Undertake geological mapping, sampling and field investigations.
• Interpret geological data and contribute to technical reporting and client deliverables.
• Develop and maintain GIS databases and spatial analyses.
• Support 3D geological modelling and visualization.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on environmental, mining and sustainability projects.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Geoscience or a related discipline.
• 1-5 years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated field competency in: Drill program supervision Sampling programs Geological mapping QA/QC implementation and monitoring Field safety and risk management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel and undertake fieldwork as required.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work across a variety of projects.

Highly Valued

• Experience with GIS software (ArcGIS and/or QGIS).
• Experience using Leapfrog Geo for 3D geological modelling and interpretation.
• Exposure to geochemistry, mineral resource evaluation or exploration targeting.
• Experience working with environmental consulting projects.
• Reporting experience in accordance with industry standards (JORC familiarity advantageous).

Who We Are

As the world's leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM beliefs that include Together we Challenge, Expertise is our Superpower, and Impact Ignites us. At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world's largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world's leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM's purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a "boots to boardroom" leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.