Senior Geologist: Mine Projects Lead (FIFO)

SOUTH32 Limited; Cannington Mine; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave 26 weeks

Superannuation 14%

Annual incentive bonus

Job summary

South32 Group Operations Pty. Ltd. seeks a Senior Geologist to lead geological projects from planning through delivery, ensuring safe, on-schedule, within-budget outcomes and strong contractor and team performance.

The role requires extensive underground/open-pit/exploration geology experience and leadership within a mining environment, plus proficiency with Datamine, Leapfrog, acQuire, Deswik and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Extensive underground/open-pit and/or exploration geology experience.
• Drill programme design, scheduling and implementation across surface drilling methods.
• Project, contractor and team leadership within a mining environment.
• Advanced capability with Datamine, Leapfrog, acQuire, Deswik and Microsoft Suite.

Responsibilities

• Oversee drill scheduling, logging, sampling, analysis and resource definition.
• Maintain accurate geological data and drillhole database integrity.
• Lead Project Geologists and support teams to deliver high-quality outputs.
• Partner with Environment, Cultural Heritage and technical teams to meet regulatory requirements.

Skills

Underground geology

Open-pit geology

Drill programme design

Team leadership

Datamine

Leapfrog

acQuire

Deswik

Microsoft Suite

Education

Geology degree

Mining Supervisor (G1/G8/G9)

Current Driver's Licence

Tools

Datamine

Leapfrog

acQuire

Deswik

Microsoft Office

Job description

South32 Group Operations Pty. Ltd. seeks a Senior Geologist to lead geological projects from planning through delivery, ensuring safe, on-schedule, within-budget outcomes and strong contractor and team performance.

The role requires extensive underground/open-pit/exploration geology experience and leadership within a mining environment, plus proficiency with Datamine, Leapfrog, acQuire, Deswik and Microsoft Office.