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Senior Exploration Geologist - Canada

Employer
Barrick Gold
Location
Ontario, Canada
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jun 15, 2022

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About Barrick

Barrick is a gold industry leader with a vision of wealth generation through responsible mining; wealth for our owners, our people, and the countries and communities with which we partner. Our objective is to maintain and grow industry-leading margins, driven by innovation and our digital transformation; managing our portfolio and allocating capital with discipline and rigor; and leveraging our distinctive partnership culture as a competitive advantage. We aim to cultivate a high-performance culture defined by the following principles: a deep commitment to partnership, consistent execution, operational excellence, disciplined capital allocation, and continual self-improvement. We aim to hire talented individuals with fresh perspectives who challenge themselves to think differently as we transform Barrick into a leading 21st century company.

Position Description:

Are you a Geology professional who is looking for career growth? At Barrick, we are passionate about talent and seek out new perspectives while challenging ourselves to think differently as we transform Barrick into a leading 21st century company!

Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Exploration Geologist to join our Canadian Exploration team and lead Barrick's exploration programs. In this role, you will supervise Barrick exploration teams and be responsible for planning, leading and executing exploration activities in Canada with an objective of discovery or recognition of gold deposits that will add material value while working in full alignment with Barrick's values.

The Exploration team is pleased to be home to leading technical specialists in the geosciences, water, environment, and community relations. We combine the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, discovery-driven teams operating across the globe.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Exploration Geologist must show strength in the following:
  • Maintain a safe working environment for all employees, contractors and the public
  • Develop, coordinate, and lead exploration programs within budget
  • Motivate programs and effective reporting of exploration activities and implications of results
  • Proactively supervise 3rd party properties; initiate reviews as warranted
  • Forward planning to ensure efficient and timely coordination of resources required for preparation and conduct of exploration activities
  • Preparation of annual programs and budgets
  • Ensure programs are consistent with Barrick's strategic needs and goals.
Other responsibilities include:

  • Maintain a professional work environment and encourage technical excellence from team
  • Ensure the effective collection and interpretation of exploration data, including QAQC protocols
  • Ensure that company resources are optimally utilized
  • Implement approved programs, bringing targets to decision points in a cost effective and timely manner
Specific functional duties include:

  • Extensive travel required
  • Solid understanding of geology, mineral camps, and prospective geologic terrain for discovery of gold deposits
  • Coordinate peer reviews of exploration programs
  • High standard of safety. Objectively working towards the intention of zero harm with completing exploration projects and actively promote Barrick's safety culture
  • Coordinate the timely and accurate compilation of exploration results and review project progress for weekly reporting
  • Contribution to the preparation and presentation of quarterly reviews
  • Preparation of material as required for inclusion in company presentations
  • Participate in annual budget project reviews
Qualifications:

The successful applicant will fulfill the following education and skill level pre-requisites:
  • Proven commitment to safety, community and environment.
  • Discovery driven
  • Consistent display of visible felt leadership within the supervisorial role.
  • Bachelor of Science or Master of Science from a recognized institution.
  • 7-10 years of applicable experience and expertise in exploration for a variety of gold deposits with an emphasis on greenstone and intrusion related systems in variety of geologic environments
  • Self-motivated and driven
  • Continued professional development and technical training
  • Demonstrated competence in ArcGIS and 3D modeling software
  • Geological/geochemical/geophysical interpretive and integration skills
  • Firm understanding and recognition of mineralization models and geological processes
  • Ability to work within a robust team
What this opportunity can offer you:

  • A unique experience of high-level mapping in one of the high gold-endowed greenstone belt in North America
  • The opportunity to contribute to the discovery of new gold prospects in a grass root project
  • Valuable experience of standard practices in gold exploration and its many related activities
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
Barrick Goals for Safety and Sustainability:

Values

Underpin our daily actions and drive the work that will achieve our near-term priorities and our long-term goals. Our values have one common objective: Achieve excellence in all that we do. To realize our objective, we must work as a team and communicate clearly so that every decision is made with a purpose.

  • Zero Harm Workplace: Because our people are our greatest asset, safety is of paramount importance. It is inherent in every part of our business and is everyone's responsibility to adhere to our safety standards. As a business, it is an integral requirement to not only ensure the safety of our employees, but also the communities in which we operate. We aim to mitigate known hazards and target a zero-harm workplace.
  • Responsible and Accountable: Act as owners, respect each other as peers and work as a team towards achieving our mission (One team, one mission). Take initiative. Own up to mistakes and learn from them. Drive change. Lead by example and always look for ways to make things better.
  • Partnerships: We foster genuine partnerships and deliver on our commitments to partners. Earn trust and create transparency to build and enhance enduring partnerships between our employees, shareholders, stakeholders and with the countries and local communities in which we operate.
  • Build a Sustainable Legacy: We earn our social license by being a valued member of our host communities by creating economic activity. We manage the impact of our operations and strive to be the industry leader in safety, health and environmental practices.
  • Results Driven: We are results-driven through agile decision-making and disciplined execution. Keep it simple and deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
  • World-Class People: Attract and develop strong, world-class people who are informed and involved in the processes of the company. Who act with integrity and are tireless in their pursuit of excellence.
  • Be Honest, Transparent and Act with Integrity: We communicate directly, honestly and transparently. Create platforms to enable employees to feel free to voice their opinions. Act with integrity, always.


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