Principal Geologist

**1. JOB DETAILS**:
**Position Title**:Principal Resource Geologist**

**Broad Band**:M12: Management**

**Talent Pipeline Layer**:Managing Self Expert Consultant (MS)**

**2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE**:
**3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS**:
**Qualification**:
**1. Master’s Degree in Earth Science related discipline**
**2. Professional Geologist Registration with a recognized professional membership**

**Experience**:
**1. 15 years’ experience as a Geologist of which 5 years in resource estimation**
**2. Extensive experience in open pit and/or underground mine geology**
**3. Extensive experience in structurally complex gold epithermal systems**
**4. Competent person signoff of Mineral Resources under JORC 2012**
**5. International experience**

**Skills**:
**1. Expert understanding of health and safety risks and safe operating procedures in operations [essential] in remote desert environment [desirable]**
**2. Senior first aid certificate [essential]**
**3. Demonstrable commitment to health and safety**
**4. Expert understanding of resource modelling and industry best practices of resource modelling and geostatistics**
**5. Expert working knowledge [five years] of targeted mineral deposit type**
**6. Computer literacy in Office suites including MS Project and Team as well as mining software e.g. Acquire, ArcGIS, ioGas, Leapfrog, Vulcan, MicroMine, Surpac, Datamine**
**7. Expert competence in data management and QAQC**
**8. Expert knowledge of ore control practices and ability to implement best industry standards if required**
**9. Business and Technical report writing**
**10. Expert understanding of the reporting of Mineral Resources in accordance with JORC Code 2012 (desirable)**
**11. Expert resource estimation methodology**
**12. Verbal, written, analytical and influencing skills in English**

**4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**:
**Focus Area**

**Get results through individual expert contributions, influence & efforts**

**Operational / Functional**

**1. Consistently deliver solutions which contribute to business results and improved competitiveness (consulting advice, business options)**
**2. Deliver quality solutions/ service cost effectively on time and within risk parameters**
**3. Provide advice that are generally accepted and implemented on programmes and systems, creating a competitive advantage for organization, leading to quality results**
**5. Deliver cost effective results**
**6. Risk results**
**7. HSE targets**
**8. Conduct research & development that leads to new solutions being implemented in the organization**

**1. Own the mineral resource model and associated geological databases using industry standards and best practices**
**2. Provide resource and reserve technical assistance to mining engineering and mine geology**
**3. Oversee and manage the development and improvement of the operational grade control block models**
**4. Oversee and manage the development and improvement as well as the implementation of industry standard resource estimation and geological modelling practices and procedures and assist with the transfer of skills to the Operations.**
**5. Lead the planning and execution of drilling programs that are in line with operational requirements**
**6. Develop drilling programs with the aim of continually improving the geological modelling, grade control processes and resource and estimation modelling.**
**7. Supervise the calibration and improvements of mineral resource and grade control block models based on reconciliation and production performance**
**8. Lead the development of drilling programs that add to the mineral resource, replenish ore reserve depletion and identified possible near mine targets.**
**9. Lead the ranking of near mine drilling targets and the strategic direction of any near mine exploration activities**
**10. Manage the analyses, interpretation and report of drilling programme results, data QAQC**
**11. Lead in the evaluation of near mine exploration targets including target ranking'**
**12. Provide senior level technical advice to the Chief Geologist, Principal Geologist, Geology Manager and Senior Director Geology**
**14. Ensure knowledge and compliance with applicable Ma'aden HSE codes, policies, procedures and practices**

**Leadership**

**1. Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals**
**2. Expert utilization & direction through selling and obtaining support for value adding ideas leading to business improvement**
**3. Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness**
**4. Expertise transfer, sharing and development**
**5. Plan and project management**
**7. Deliver expert solutions as a thought leader, to meet changing business & work requirements through Trends, analysis, problem solving and quality decision making**
**8. Process and risk impact, reporting and corrective action**
**9. Extract, capture and disseminate knowledge within knowledge management standards**