EXPLORATION SUPERINTENDANT / MANAGER

Ad Posted:

05 Aug 2008

Location:

Tanzania

Salary:

UD$ EXPAT SALARY

Type:

Contract

Advertiser:

CA GLOBAL

Reference:

Full Description:

PURPOSE

Control and manage all the Greenfield and Brownfield Exploration work.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 An understanding of the tenement geology and development of geological models.
 Plan and manage all exploration work in tenements.
 The effective of development of budgets, work programmes, BUP, staff requirements and forward planning.
 Managing and supervising the exploration team.
 Managing and supervising relevant contractors and making sure that they adhere to standards.
 Building a good network system and beneficial relationship with other exploration companies and government institutions. e.g. ministry of minerals and energy, universities, and other geological training facilities.
 Building good communication with other sections and departments. Creating an interactive role for exploration in the department and in the greater team.
 Developing and supporting other staff in the exploration team and facilitating their further technical development with the geology manager.
 Writing all geological technical reports and recommending areas of additional resources for the mine, to the Geology Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

 B.Sc. in Geology
 Minimum of 7 years experience in Greenfields (grassroots) and Brownfields (mine-lease) exploration with a further of 4 years of experience in supervisory management.
 Experience or background in Greenstone hosted gold deposits is essential. A high level of understanding of geological software e.g. ArcGIS and or MIPS, Oasis Montaj and Datamine skills is necessary.
 Experience in the managing of drilling programmes and the geological interpretation thereof.
 Good experience in project initiation from reconnaissance stage to resource drilling stage.
 An understanding of geophysical and geochemical applications in exploration.

CONTRACT STATUS

The incumbent will be offered a married or single status contract.

REPORTING TO

The incumbent will report to the Geology Manager.

REMUNERATION

The successful expatriate candidate will be appointed on an expatriate 2 year contract, which may be renewed after the 2 year period, regular leave break will apply. The successful candidate would be offered a two-year US dollar based salary.