Geologist - Project Resource

Northern Star Pogo LLC•Delta Junction, AK

About The Position

The Project Geologist leads geological programs that directly support safe, cost-effective, and value-driven mining across production, growth, and discovery activities in open pit and underground environments. The role integrates data acquisition, interpretation, modelling, and operational feedback to optimize ore definition, production performance, and longer-term geological understanding of the deposit. Through sound geological judgment, the Project Geologist converts field observations into defensible three-dimensional interpretations that inform development planning, stope and pit design, grade control strategies, and resource growth. The role owns the design, sequencing, and execution of drilling, mapping, and sampling programs aligned with geological strategy, production priorities, and cost targets. Responsibilities include preparing and reviewing drill designs, refining geological targets, assessing blast movement impacts, and adjusting programs to balance knowledge gain with operational efficiency. Data acquisition standards are enforced across drilling and face sampling programs, with accountability for nomenclature, QAQC, and ensuring that all datasets are suitable for modelling, estimation, and decision-making. Operationally, the Project Geologist supervises drilling and field teams, manages contractors, validates daily drilling and production data, and resolves geological or operational issues in real time. The role identifies and corrects production tracking errors, ore and waste misallocations, and sampling or data quality issues, and provides technical direction when development or mining deviates from geological expectations. Close coordination with mining, engineering, survey, geotechnical, and metallurgy teams ensures alignment between geological interpretation and execution, reducing geological and production risk. Technically, the Project Geologist builds and updates geological and mineralization models using industry-standard software, integrates drilling and mapping datasets, establishes domaining rules, and applies statistical and geostatistical methods to evaluate data quality and geological continuity. Models are validated visually and statistically, and interpretations are peer-reviewed, defended with data, and communicated through maps, sections, models, and formal presentations. The role contributes to drill program proposals, completion reports, end-of-month reporting, and life-of-asset planning inputs, and supports environmental, land access, heritage, and OHS requirements associated with geological programs. A key function of the role is technical leadership and coaching of junior geologists and operators, embedding continuous improvement through QAQC, reconciliation, and modelling performance feedback. Strong communication and collaboration are essential to maximize geological confidence and value delivery across the mine lifecycle.

Requirements

Sound geological judgment.
Ability to convert field observations into defensible three-dimensional interpretations.
Experience in designing, sequencing, and executing drilling, mapping, and sampling programs.
Proficiency in preparing and reviewing drill designs.
Experience in assessing blast movement impacts.
Knowledge of data acquisition standards, nomenclature, and QAQC.
Experience in supervising drilling and field teams.
Experience in managing contractors.
Ability to validate daily drilling and production data.
Ability to resolve geological or operational issues in real time.
Ability to identify and correct production tracking errors, ore and waste misallocations, and sampling or data quality issues.
Ability to provide technical direction when development or mining deviates from geological expectations.
Experience in building and updating geological and mineralization models using industry-standard software.
Experience in integrating drilling and mapping datasets.
Experience in establishing domaining rules.
Experience in applying statistical and geostatistical methods.
Ability to validate models visually and statistically.
Ability to peer-review interpretations and defend with data.
Strong communication skills.
Strong collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in open pit and underground mining environments.
Experience in grade control strategies.
Experience in resource growth initiatives.
Experience in life-of-asset planning.
Experience supporting environmental, land access, heritage, and OHS requirements.
Experience in technical leadership and coaching of junior geologists and operators.
Experience embedding continuous improvement through QAQC, reconciliation, and modelling performance feedback.

Responsibilities

Lead geological programs supporting mining operations (production, growth, discovery).
Integrate data acquisition, interpretation, modelling, and operational feedback.
Optimize ore definition, production performance, and geological understanding.
Convert field observations into 3D interpretations for planning and design.
Design, sequence, and execute drilling, mapping, and sampling programs.
Prepare and review drill designs and refine geological targets.
Assess blast movement impacts and adjust programs for efficiency.
Enforce data acquisition standards (nomenclature, QAQC) for datasets.
Supervise drilling and field teams, and manage contractors.
Validate daily drilling and production data, and resolve issues in real time.
Identify and correct production tracking errors, ore/waste misallocations, and data quality issues.
Provide technical direction for deviations from geological expectations.
Coordinate with mining, engineering, survey, geotechnical, and metallurgy teams.
Build and update geological and mineralization models using industry-standard software.
Integrate drilling and mapping datasets, establish domaining rules.
Apply statistical and geostatistical methods for data quality and continuity evaluation.
Validate models visually and statistically.
Peer-review interpretations, defend with data, and communicate findings.
Contribute to drill program proposals, completion reports, and end-of-month reporting.
Provide life-of-asset planning inputs.
Support environmental, land access, heritage, and OHS requirements.
Provide technical leadership and coaching to junior geologists and operators.
Embed continuous improvement through QAQC, reconciliation, and feedback.