Job Description

IVANHOE MINES is looking for a Senior Exploration Geologist / Data Integration-Lead Kazakhstan Projects.
Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future. Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa. The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula.
Play your part in our team succeeding...
To provide insight and input from Ivanhoe Mines (Ivanhoe) to the Kazakhstan exploration alliance (KEAP) to ensure geological knowledge continuity across Ivanhoes exploration projects.To conduct critical synthesis and analysis of extensive historical datasets (including soviet era data), incorporating new exploration findings to advance the evolving geological understanding of the Chu Sarysu sedimentary basin. To promote best practice guidelines aligned with Ivanhoes SOPs for exploration planning, diamond drilling, geological data acquisition and processing, and geological modelling. To contribute to future exploration discoveries on Ivanhoe Mines Kazakhstan JV Licenses.
Requirements:

• BSc Geology, BSc Hons Geology or related qualifications
• Post graduate degree in applied geology
• Valid Drivers License
• Fluency in English
• 5 to 10 years of related industry experience in exploration and mining with extensive field-based exploration experience, with international work exposure
• Sedimentary Hosted Copper Experience working in the Central African Copper belt of either Zambia, DRC or Botswana
• Experience in exploration management and geological interpretation utilizing advanced
• geological exploration software packages
• Experience of working with structural, geotechnical and geophysics data acquisition and interpretation
• Geological data synthesis and interpretation using the Mineral Systems Analysis and Sequence Stratigraphy, strategic analysis, target generation
• Cross-functional collaboration and collaborative interpretation, advanced technical writing and oral presentation skills.
• Experience of developing and mentoring junior geologists and helping them realise their potential
• Regulatory awareness, cultural sensitivity and cross-cultural communication, local engagement, adaptability.

Minimum advanced skills and knowledge in:

• Technical report writing
• Data collection and interpretation
• Quality Assurance
• Advanced and technical writing skills in English.
• Employee shall be proficient in the MS suite
• Technical Software; ArcGIS, Leapfrog, acQuire, relational databases, other application as specified.

Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to:

• Basin Review through Data Integration
• Regional Exploration Activities
• Geological Interpretation and Modelling
• Jurisdiction Knowledge Gathering
• Mentoring and Training

The finer details:
When applying, please submit a PDF version of your CV together with certified copies (certification within a 3-month period) of your ID/passport, drivers license and qualifications.
Should you not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, its important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences.