Supervisor, Exploration

at  Centerra Gold Inc

• Become a valuable addition to Centerra’s Mount Milligan Mine operations team
• Boost your career by joining an established organization
• Receive a competitive annual salary between $108,000 - $125,000

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Overseeing exploration activity including geological/geotechnical logging, core cutting, etc.
• Safety management and leadership, working in an active open pit environment (haul trucks and other mobile equipment, blasting).
• Supervising and liaising with exploration employees and contractors (drilling, geophysical, etc.)
• Exploration employee and contractor management including hiring, scheduling, tracking, coordinating access to the mine site, safety document management, and timesheet/shift report approvals.
• Assessing lithology, alteration and mineralization in an alkalic porphyry copper-gold system.
• Coordinating with other mine departments as necessary (mine operations, geology, etc.).
• Reviewing drill core logs and data provided by geological and geotechnical staff.
• Providing information for daily and weekly progress reports to management.
• Planning and facilitating drilling programs (monitoring drilling progress and requirements including personnel, deciding drill hole terminations, assisting in drill hole planning).
• Coordinating with on-site surveyors, drillers, and contractors for surveying collars, building roads/pads.
• Managing drill hole logging software and database system used to collect and file information.
• Routinely generating and reviewing interpretive plans and sections on paper and digitally.
• Prospecting and mapping of target areas, geochemical sampling (rock, soil, silt, till).
• May include occasional work (grassroots to advanced stage exploration) on other Centerra Gold exploration properties.
• Deposit modelling for Exploration office using relevant software.
• Analysis and modelling of geochemical data from drilling or surface samples using relevant software.
• Documenting/developing standard operating procedures and instructing/training new hires, including regular performance reviews.
• Ensuring compliance with Provincial, Corporate and Mount Milligan health & safety and environmental regulations and policies (includes incident reporting, conducting toolbox meetings, work site inspections etc.).
• Supporting the Exploration Manager and Superintendent in their duties and responsibilities (targeting, technical presentations, reporting, etc.)

The following will be critical to successfully perform this role:

• Geology or geoscience related university degree(s).
• Active member (P.Geo.) of EGBC or equivalent provincial/territorial professional association preferred.
• Minimum 5 years work experience in mineral exploration and/or production geology.
• Sound level of computer literacy with previous exposure to Windows Office products.
• Working knowledge and experience with geological databases, GIS systems, or modeling applications (ArcGIS, MapInfo, MineSight, Leapfrog, IoGas, AcQuire).
• Professional attitude, teamwork-oriented collaboration and problem-solving skills in a respectful and safety-oriented environment, good interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Capable of operating a pick-up truck in an open pit and on remote exploration/logging roads.
• The position may require lifting and carrying boxes of drill core, field samples, etc.
• Must be able to hike in remote forested locations to complete tasks such as mapping, sampling, scouting, flagging, etc.
• Available to work in remote camps on a rotational schedule