Senior Geologist - Operational Support at Anglo American

Job Description

As a Senior Geologist - Operational Support, you will provide services as required and your responsibilities will include:

• Operational support to optimise the short to medium term processes i.e., solids modelling, estimation, demarcations and reconciliation.
• Standardising of short to medium term processes through researching and benchmarking best practice.
• Liaise with production geologists at mining operations to address process shortcomings.
• Ensure site personnel within the teams have the knowledge and skills to perform their roles in terms of solids modelling and reconciliations.
• Implementation of software and processes to support VBOC initiatives.
• Liaise with long term modelling and estimation to ensure alignment.
• Development of quality checks within existing systems to ensure quality inputs into resource modelling and estimation.
• Support operational teams in integration with short term technical disciplines to ensure quality inputs and alignment.
• Directly liaise with production geologists at the mining operations, other geological disciplines at corporate office and other technical services disciplines at corporate office.
• Interaction with External Service Providers contracted by Kumba Geosciences to assist with the implementation of software solutions

This role is in the Geosciences, Mining Geology Department on a Band 6 reporting to the Principal, Mining Geology.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Geology as a minimum requirement.
• A post graduate qualification in Geostatistics is preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of 5-10 years’ geological experience preferably within mining geology
• Experience in open-pit mining reconciliation - preferred
• A thorough background in solids modelling within Leapfrog, Surpac and Datamine modelling software - preferred.
• A fundamental knowledge of resource estimation and scripting - preferred.