Remote Mineral Exploration Data Scientist | ML & Geodata

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 1,468,000 - 2,936,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Remote work

Health coverage

Home office setup

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Exploration Data Scientist to join a mining division. You will analyze geological, geochemical, and geophysical data to identify mineral targets and optimize exploration strategies, leveraging ML, statistics, and data pipelines.

Requirements include a Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field, 5+ years of data science experience (preferably geoscience/mining), Python or R, cloud platforms, and data visualization with Tableau/Power BI.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, CS, or related field.
• 5+ years data science experience, preferably in geoscience/mining.
• Proficient in Python or R with ML libraries like Pandas/Scikit-learn.
• Experience with cloud platforms and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML models for predictive targeting of mineral deposits.
• Perform advanced statistical analysis on exploration data.
• Build data pipelines for large, diverse datasets.
• Visualize results and communicate findings to geologists and management.
• Collaborate with geologists and geophysicists to define data needs.

Skills

Data science

Python

R

Machine learning

Statistical modeling

Data visualization

Education

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

AWS

Azure

GCP

Tableau

Power BI

Pandas

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Exploration Data Scientist to join a mining division. You will analyze geological, geochemical, and geophysical data to identify mineral targets and optimize exploration strategies, leveraging ML, statistics, and data pipelines.

Requirements include a Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field, 5+ years of data science experience (preferably geoscience/mining), Python or R, cloud platforms, and data visualization with Tableau/Power BI.