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Technician - Geology

Employer
Evolution Mining
Location
Mungari, WA, AU
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Apr 30, 2021

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Category
Geology & GeoSciences, Technicians
Work Term
Permanent
Work Load
Full Time
Language
English

Job Details

The purpose of the Geology Technician is to assist with the implementation, maintenance and management of Open Pit Mine Geological activities at Mungari Gold Mine in Kalgoorlie, WA.

  • Roster: 8 days on/6 days off
  • Great remuneration + generous benefits and rewards
  • Residential role in Kalgoorlie - be home with your family each night

At Evolution, we're passionate about Our Culture and Values.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity, offering exceptional career environments at our Sites and our Group Office, that are challenging, rewarding and fun for all employees. We are regularly supporting our employees' work-life integration and provide a stimulating and inclusive environment to foster development.

About us

Evolution Mining is a leading, growth-focused globally relevant gold company. We were created in late 2011 and operate five wholly owned mines across Australia and Ontario, Canada. In addition, we hold an economic interest in the Ernest Henry copper-gold mine in Queensland.

We are committed to supporting the communities in which we operate, with local applicants encouraged to apply.

About the role

As Geology Technician, you will work closely with the Mine Geologists by providing day to day assistance with logistics, ore mark ups and organisation of geological data. focus on the implementation and improvement of geological processes. Key result areas in this role include:
  • Supervise the use of and continually seek improve geological processes to achieve and or exceed specified goals, cost and safety targets.
  • Ensure that the Geology team supports the Mining Department to optimise the extraction of the mineral resource.
  • Prepping of all bags and chip trays for Grade Control programs.
  • Supervision of grade control drilling programs.
  • Ensure timely collection and submission of grade control samples.
  • Marking up of ore blocks as directed.
  • Database entry of daily data and circulation of associated daily report.
  • Regular stock-take and ordering of geological consumables.
  • Routine ore spotting and checks.
  • Provide input into budgets, forecasts and schedules.

About our Operation

Our Mungari gold operation is both open pit and underground, located 20km west of Kalgoorlie and 600km east of Perth in Western Australia. Being a residential mine, our employees go home every night, with many living in the local community of Kalgoorlie. Throughout the year there are many cultural and community events to enjoy and for families there are several schools, parks and sporting clubs. Our lifestyle friendly rosters give our employees a great work-life balance.

Safety is our priority

The safety, health and wellbeing of our people and the communities in which we operate are of paramount importance to us. We believe that every injury is preventable, and we are committed to providing a healthy and safe workplace and empowering our people to stop any unsafe behaviour, enabling everyone to work together towards an injury free workplace.

About you

As a Geology Technician you will work as part of the Geology team at Mungari Gold Mine. It is important that you have/ can demonstrate:
  • Experience in a Pit Technician/Geology Technician role within an open pit mining environment
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn and desire to deliver a high standard of work
  • Exceptional organisation skills
  • Ability to build effective stakeholder relationships
  • Competence with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint is essential, Experience with Acquire and Surpac is highly desired.
  • Demonstrate behaviours aligned with the Evolution Mining values.


Closing date: 30th April 2021

We thank you for taking the time to submit your application. For more information, you can contact Amanda.Gallagher@evolutionmining.com

We want your perspective and ideas to help us find better ways to build our team, so we encourage you to apply no matter your age, sex, race or cultural background. You can be part of a committed, highly skilled team who'll appreciate what you bring to the table. You'll set and achieve goals and make decisions that matter, as together we help shape and contribute to the Evolution vision.

As part of the application process, Evolution will be collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for the role.

Company

 The operation comprises the Red Lake, Campbell and Cochenour mines over a strike length of 7km. The Cochenour mine is connected to Red Lake by a 5km haulage drift, with ore processed at the Campbell Mill.

Red Lake is accessible by major highways, with commercial air services to the mine from Thunder Bay and Winnipeg. Red Lake is supported by an experienced and highly-skilled workforce largely residing in adjacent towns of Red Lake and Balmertown and benefits from strong community partnerships with Lac Seul and Wabauskang First Nation Groups.

Mining at Red Lake is undertaken predominantly via long-hole stoping. Processing at the Campbell mill is via conventional crushing and grinding followed by gravity concentration to recover free-milling gold, with refractory gold recovered by floatation followed by pressure oxidation, neutralisation and CIL.

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