Fourmile - Geology Superintendent
Barrick Mining Corporation · Elko, NV · 1 wk ago
ManufacturingFull-time
Responsibilities
- Safety Leadership: Drive a zero-harm culture through visible felt leadership, reinforcement of stop-work authority, and adherence to safety systems and programs.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships across Engineering, Operations, Process, Environment, Growth, Exploration, Safety, and Finance to ensure alignment and delivery of business objectives.
- Drill Program Delivery: Own and execute Indicated and Inferred drilling programs to support Mineral Resource growth and conversion in line with business priorities.
- Orebody Knowledge & Modeling: Develop and integrate orebody knowledge into 3D geological models through high-quality data acquisition and geological interpretation, with a focus on representative estimation and geometallurgical domains.
- Capability Development: Lead training and development of the geology team, ensuring disciplined execution of drill programs with dynamic geological control, fit-for-purpose logging, sampling, and interpretation standards.
- Standards & QA/QC Assurance: Oversee QA/QC systems and sampling protocols, ensuring compliance with company standards, continuous improvement, and effective SOP governance and training.
- Resource Estimation Integration: Partner with the resource team to deliver accurate, fit-for-purpose Mineral Resource estimates, maximizing the value of all available data and geological understanding.
- Program Planning & Execution: Approve and oversee the design, costing, and execution of drilling programs, including proposals and expenditure requests.
- Budget & Cost Control: Support development of the MRM budget and maintain accountability for cost tracking, forecasting, and variance management.
- Business Integration: Ensure orebody knowledge is effectively embedded across planning, studies, and operational decision-making.
- Strategic Planning: Contribute to annual business planning, including risk identification and the pursuit of strategic opportunities.
- Performance Management: Monitor and deliver against departmental KPIs, including drilling, cost, schedule, and ounce delivery targets.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify improvement opportunities and lead change initiatives to enhance technical and operational performance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related field required.
- Minimum five (5) years’ experience with underground mine geology or exploration, preferred.
- Experience with leading technical teams with strong interdepartmental communication skills preferred.
- Excellent safety record with ability to demonstrate safety leadership required.
- Collaborative leadership of a multidisciplinary team required.
- Experience building orebody knowledge & estimation domains preferred.
- Proficiency in Leapfrog, and acQuire software and familiarity of Deswik, Vulcan or Datamine software preferred.
- Proven ability to communicate optimally; both verbally and in writing required.
- Proven track record of managing multi-drill rig fleet to deliver resource conversion plans required.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision required.
- Strong organizational capability and succession pipeline for technical streams preferred.
Benefits
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!
Pay
N/A
Schedule
N/A
Skills
N/A
Benefits
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
Endless opportunities to grow and learn with the industry colleagues are endless
Access to a variety of career opportunities across Barrick locations
Barrick is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer