This role is a senior consulting geologist and project leader responsible for delivering high-quality exploration programs while actively contributing to business development, proposal success, and client growth. The position requires a balance of technical excellence, commercial acumen, and leadership, with accountability for securing and executing complex, multidisciplinary projects across Africa.
Responsibilities:
1. Project Leadership & Delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex exploration programs (planning → execution → reporting)
- Manage budgets, schedules, technical inputs, and client expectations
- Ensure compliance with international reporting standards (JORC, NI 43-101, S-K 1300)
- Integrate geology, geophysics, and data into defensible interpretations and outputs
2. Business Development & Proposal Success
- Lead and contribute to proposal writing, scoping, and pricing strategies
- Support pipeline development through client engagement and technical positioning
- Convert opportunities into awarded work
3. Technical Authority & Advisory
- Act as senior technical reviewer and sign-off authority (QP/CP)
- Provide high-level advisory to clients on exploration strategy and risk
- Ensure technical outputs meet best practice and regulatory standards
4. Data, Modelling & Interpretation Excellence
- Oversee geological data integrity, management, and QA/QC
- Expert geological modelling (Leapfrog, etc.)
- Lead integration of geophysics, GIS, and modelling tools (Leapfrog, QGIS)
- Ensure outputs support Mineral Resource estimation and decision-making
5. Technical Mentorship
- Undertake technical mentorship of the team
Requirements:
Master’s Level in one of:
- Economic Geology,
- Applied/Exploration Geology,
- Geophysics,
- Mining Engineering,
- Mineral Resource Estimation
- Additional consideration for:
- Geospatial/Data Science disciplines (GIS, AI/ML in geoscience)
- MBA or equivalent business/strategy qualification (asset)
- PhD
- Advanced degree preferred; however, equivalent experience in leading complex exploration programs, securing work, and delivering code-compliant technical outputs will be considered
- Professional designation with QP/CP sign-off
- Multi-commodity and multi-deposit experience
- Structural Geology
- Proven understanding of geostatistics/Mineral Resource estimation and declarations
- Proven experience across multiple exploration techniques
- Strong experience with JORC, NI 43-101, S-K 1300
- Demonstrated success in:
- Proposal writing and winning work
- Leading complex, multidisciplinary projects
- Advanced skills in Leapfrog, QGIS, and data management
- Strong technical writing and communication skills
Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
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