Summary:

Coordinate and supervise all drilling activities, ensuring the quality of geological data, operational efficiency and compliance with the technical and QA/QC standards established by the project.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and supervise diamond drilling activities, ensuring compliance with work plans, deadlines and safety standards.
• Manage and organise all drilling-related information, ensuring its integrity, traceability and availability.
• Analyse, validate and verify drilling data, ensuring the identification of potential errors before they are entered into the database.
• Conduct QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control) analyses of laboratory results, identifying inconsistencies and proposing corrective actions.
• Participate in and guide the geological and geotechnical description of drill core samples (core logging).
• Develop, review and propose continuous improvements to operational procedures, aiming to increase efficiency, data quality and project productivity.
• Provide technical support, guidance and coaching to junior geologists and field technicians.
• Ensure compliance with the environmental, health and safety standards applicable to operations.
• Prepare periodic technical reports on the progress of drilling activities and data quality.
• Report unsafe conditions, near misses, incidents and accidents in accordance with safety regulations.
• Contribute suggestions for improvement to operational and field processes.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Geology or a related field.
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in mineral exploration projects.
• Proven experience in coordinating diamond drilling programmes.
• Experience in graphite exploration projects is an advantage.
• Solid knowledge of geological data management and validation.
• Experience in using databases; knowledge of MS Access is an advantage.
• Experience in the geological and geotechnical description of drill core samples.
• Strong critical analysis and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) skills.
• Valid driving licence (category B).
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.