Director – Typhoon Geophysics

Ivanhoe Electric•Casa Grande, AZ

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Director – Typhoon Geophysics is a senior technical leadership position within Ivanhoe Electric’s Exploration team, leading deployment of Ivanhoe Electric’s proprietary Typhoon DC-IP survey technologies and geophysics personnel across IE’s global portfolio of projects to drive exploration discoveries.

Requirements

Commitment to implementing the highest operational and technical safety standards.
Experience developing budgets and managing remote technical teams.
Specific experience with the acquisition, processing, inversion and interpretation of Induced Polarization and Electromagnetic datasets.
Extensive knowledge of potential field data collection and processing methodologies, including both ground and airborne surveys.
Demonstrated experience in the presentation of geophysical data in 2D and 3D using Oasis Montaj, Geoscience ANALYST and other specialist software.
Minimum BSc (Hons) in Geophysics or related discipline and 10-15 years industry experience.
Field visits to remote project locations are required to support Typhoon programs, including the expectation of being on-site at projects.

Nice To Haves

Geophysical inversion experience using SimPEG Python codes is viewed favorably.
Relevant post-graduate studies may also count towards industry experience.
Ability to be registered with the EGBC as a professional geoscientist is viewed favorably.

Responsibilities

Lead the design/budgeting, execution, and evaluation of Ivanhoe Electric Typhoon DC-IP surveys across the global exploration project portfolio.
Development and implementation of geophysical safety standards and procedures to meet the company’s safety goals.
Management of multiple operational teams in multiple locations.
Training and development of staff.
Undertake data analysis and modelling of Typhoon DC-IP and other geophysical datasets.
Coordinate data inversions with Computational Geosciences Inc.
Proactively communicate with other IVNE geoscientists, local technical staff and management on a regular basis to report and interpret geophysical results.
Ensure that best practices are utilized across IVNE’s exploration programs.
Keep abreast of new geophysical developments, including industry, government, and academic research and activities, to ensure that leading-edge geophysical technologies are applied to our exploration programs.