Barrick - Senior Manager, Orebody Knowledge

Barrick Gold Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical, dental, and vision plan

401k retirement plan with employer contribution

Paid time off

Company match share purchase program

Job summary

A global mining company is seeking a Senior Manager, Orebody Knowledge for their United States operations. This role involves establishing geological frameworks, providing technical oversight, and driving integrated orebody understanding. The ideal candidate should have a master's degree in Geology or Geological Engineering, over 15 years of relevant experience, and strong team leadership skills. The position offers a comprehensive compensation package including medical plans and retirement benefits.

Qualifications

• Over fifteen years’ experience in mine geology or exploration required.
• Minimum three years in a senior role managing geologists required.
• Excellent ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Geological Technical Assurance Framework.
• Provide technical oversight of geological models.
• Drive integrated orebody understanding across the value chain.

Skills

Team leadership

Geological modeling

Communication

Safety leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Geology or Geological Engineering

Bachelor of Science degree with equivalent experience

Tools

Leapfrog

Deswik

Vulcan

Acquire

Job description

Overview

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Manager, Orebody Knowledge to join our team. The successful candidate will provide deep technical expertise to improve orebody understanding, geological models, and geometallurgical characterization across the portfolio strengthening the geological foundation for resource estimation, mine planning, and metallurgical performance to support resource growth and operational performance while ensuring technical assurance of annual disclosures.

At Barrick, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Geological Technical Assurance Framework, owning global standards across geoscience disciplines, tracking compliance, ensuring high-quality data collection across sites, and conducting independent peer reviews of geological data, modeling, metallurgical assumptions, and major capital studies.
• Provide enterprise-level technical oversight of geological models underpinning Mineral Resource estimates and mine planning, ensuring robust integration of structural controls, lithology, alteration, mineralization domains, and promoting best practices in 3D modeling and interpretation workflows.
• Drive integrated orebody understanding across the value chain by linking geology, metallurgy, mine planning, and exploration, advancing geometallurgical frameworks, and ensuring geological and metallurgical variability are incorporated into resource models, processing performance, and planning assumptions.
• Lead technical initiatives to improve orebody characterization, mineralization controls, and geological predictability, supporting enhanced drilling strategies, subsurface data acquisition, and reducing geological uncertainty while resolving complex geological challenges impacting resource confidence and mining performance.
• Build organizational capability by mentoring and developing geoscience talent, supporting SME competency and succession planning, promoting technical excellence, facilitating knowledge sharing and best practice transfer across operations, and escalating material geological and disclosure risks as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related field; or Bachelor of Science degree with equivalent experience required.
• Over fifteen (15) years’ experience in mine geology or exploration providing expert competence required.
• Minimum three (3) years’ in a senior role managing geologists and mining or exploration programs required.
• Familiarity with Leapfrog, Deswik, Vulcan, and Acquire software preferred.
• Proven ability to communicate optimally; both verbally and in writing required.
• Team leader with the ability to work collaboratively within a coordinated and agile multidisciplinary team, regardless of reporting structure required.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision required.
• Excellent safety record with ability to demonstrate safety leadership required.

What We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive compensation package including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution AND employer match, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase program, and much more!
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Endless opportunities to grow and learn with industry colleagues.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.