Job Summary

Reporting to the Superintendent, you will be part of the Geology Department. You will ensure that the Company’s goals and objectives are achieved while promoting and respecting Equinox Gold’s values, Health & Safety Code of Conduct and the environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentoring of subordinates and ensuring that Departmental objectives are met on time
• Upholding Health and Safety standards
• Approval or dig block releases
• Approval of drill and blast plans
• Approval of bench master plans and providing parameters to Engineering
• Participation in daily, weekly and monthly planning meetings and approvals of plans
• Liaising with Engineering and Mine Operations to provide guidance on grade control and Geology
• Preparing monthly reconciliations
• Preparing reports, presentations and projects as requested by the Superintendent
• Overseeing Reverse Circulation drilling campaign
• Filling in different roles as needed during staff shortage periods
• Preparing Standard Operating Procedures as needed

Required Experience and Skill Set

• Good knowledge and understanding of Open Pit mining operations.
• Experience with Archean Orogenic gold deposits and their controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in Geology or equivalent.
• Eligibility to register as PGeo (Ontario).
• 5+ years of experience in production Geology in a senior role, in an open pit mine;
• Excellent working knowledge of Deswik, Ore Controller, LeapFrog, Studio RM and OrePro. All Microsoft Office Suite applications, especially Excel.

Education