What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Resource Geologist position at SSR Mining?
Who Are We?
SSR Mining Inc. is a leading, free cash flow focused intermediate gold company with four producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.
SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!
Job Description:
Principal Resource Geologist will have accountability for developing estimates and auditing resource models for the Company’s mines and advanced projects. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to optimize output from our portfolio of operations and ensure successful development of projects.
The Day to Day:
- Principal Resource Geologist will play a key role in geologic interpretation and geo-statistical analysis of the company’s mine and exploration projects
- Will be accountable for diligent production, tracking and updating of resource models for the company
- Will assist in developing and will follow policies and procedures related to the Mineral Resource and Reserve reporting process
- Review resource and reserve statements, block models, geological databases, QAQC information, mine designs, schedules, costs and technical reports
- Develop, execute and train site personnel on best-practice resource estimation workflows that are fit-for purpose to business needs
- Make recommendations to optimize exploration drill programs such that mineral resource estimates comply with industry norms for classification
- Support model-mine-mill reconciliation and use results to drive improvements in Resource Models. Continuously improve model performance through identification of deficiencies in geologic information
- Assist with due diligence reviews
- Assist/contribute to external reporting (Technical Report Summaries) as required
- Ability to manage short term exploration/drilling projects
Is this You?
- Bachelor or post-graduate degree in geology with some specialization in geostatistics desirable but not a requirement
- Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work under minimal supervision with managing several priorities/projects simultaneously to meet firm deadlines
- 10-15 years of experience in gold or polymetallic mineral exploration, geological modelling and mineral resource estimation.
- Demonstrated experience with:
- Surface and underground exploration planning, drilling, sampling, sample chain of custody, QAQC, and database management;
- Geological/geo-metallurgical modelling, geostatistical principles and analysis, mineral resource estimation, resource confidence classification, technical documentation.
- Advanced knowledge of geological modelling and database packages - Leapfrog preferred, advanced knowledge of other geological modeling packages acceptable.
- Experience or familiarity with mineral reserve estimation, underground and open pit mine production, grade control, ground control, production/development planning and reconciliation
- Professional registration for sign-off as a Qualified Person on Technical Report Summaries or the ability to obtain it.
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally
- Able to be cross-disciplined and work comfortably with other cultures
- Comfortable with working in multi-disciplinary projects (Corporate Technical Services team and site based Operational teams)
For applicants residing in CO, the salary range for this role is from $145,000-165,000 . Benefits: 401(k); medical/dental/vision insurance; employee share purchase plan, PTO, STI and LTI.
SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
