Senior Geostatistician

Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Apply deadline: 30 Apr 2012
Location: SA-PERU-Cajamarca

Job Description:

Description

 

Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont (www.newmont.com) is one of the largest gold companies in the world.  Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company has approximately 34,000 employees and contractors, with the majority working at Newmont's core operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia and Ghana.  Newmont is the only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index and in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.  Newmont's industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders.

 Purpose:

• Develop resource and reserve models for projects and sites, including scoping, pre-feasibility, feasibility level analyses and documentation.
• Supervise, mentor and train site and project modelers.
• Assist operations with modeling, ore control and reconciliation.

Essential Duties:

• Position will require sufficient familiarization with the Company’s reserve and resource issues to fill in as backup for the Geology Manager if needed.
• Generate resource models for operations and projects where assistance required.
• Mentor site and project modelers by training and reviewing work.
• Review ore control and resource models to support reconciliation analysis and validation.
• Prepare reserve, resource and NI 43-101 documentation in support of annual reserve and resource reporting.
• Support the Company's Five-Star Assessment program for reserves and NRM.
• Construct and audit databases for resource estimates.

The above duties and responsibilities are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive. Working Conditions:

• Position may work in a mine environment on a temporary basis.
• Position may be required to travel to and assist other domestic and international sites.

 

Qualifications

 

• A bachelor degree in a mining related field in geology, mining engineering or geostatistics is required with a master’s degree considered advantageous.
• A minimum of ten years of industry experience in the application of technical systems to mining or an equivalent combination of training and experience, including a background in geology, mining engineering or geostatistics.
• The above experience must include a minimum of seven years experience in Resource modeling with the skills to develop resource models including scoping, pre-feasibility analysis and documentation.
• A proficiency in applied mathematics and a strong background in problem solving and 3D visualization skills.
• A proficiency in applied mathematics and a strong background with technical programming skills (scripting, modifying software and/or writing code).
• Strong computer skills in mainstream PC applications such as Excel, Access.
• Must have a strong background in Vulcan, Minesight, or similar resource modeling software with a demonstrated proficiency in geologic and resource modeling that is applicable to both open pit and underground mining.
• Ability to develop and maintain short term models on a regular basis for forecasting purposes.
• Strong technical writing ability is required to prepare documentation in support of annual reserve, resource and NI 43-101 reporting.
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to develop new applications, test new technical concepts and methodologies for resource development.
• Able to work with minimal supervision, effectively plan, coordinate and complete projects in a timely manner.
• Must be able to review and develop ore control and resource model reports to support reconciliation analysis and validation.
• Must be a Competent / Qualified person by JORC and NI 43-101 standards.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills be able to develop interdisciplinary work teams to complete complex resource modeling efforts.
• Advanced degree in Geostatistics or equivalent Certification, Citation through the University of Alberta (example).
• Able to complete advanced modeling studies to determine resource risk assessment.
• Must be able to train and mentor resource modelers in standard and advanced modeling techniques. 
• Must be able to generate resource models both surface and underground for operations in the region as needed and coordinate the necessary activities to complete Newmont objectives.
• Capable of Feasibility level analysis and documentation.
• Spanish speaking skills desirable.

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