Senior Exploration Geologist Jobs

Alamos Gold’s Young-Davidson is a low-cost, long-life operation and one of Canada’s largest underground gold mines. It is located near the town of Matachewan centrally located between Timmins, Kirkland Lake, North Bay and Sudbury, Ontario. The recent completion of a highly automated lower mine expansion has resulted in Young-Davidson increasing production as well as strong free cash flow generation. With a large Mineral Reserve base, it will serve as Alamos’ foundation for growth for many years to come. This is a very exciting time at Young-Davidson, and we are searching for highly motivated and committed people to join our team!
If you are willing to be part of a team that is dedicated to growth, high performance and a culture of safety and accountability, we would like to hear from you!
Reporting to the Exploration Manager, Canada, the successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out a variety of geological assignments and assisting in multiple aspects of the exploration programs.
Primary Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Exploration Manager, ensure technical coaching for professional development purposes and proactive mentorship of junior staff.
• Analyze and interpret the mineral potential of the Company’s exploration properties to define opportunities, both brownfields and greenfields.
• Contribute to developing exploration work programs and to strategic exploration planning;
• Detailed interpretation, analysis, and continuous improvement in understanding the controls on gold mineralization at the existing deposits, and to refine and develop exploration targets;
• Provide technical leadership for the Young-Davidson exploration team including review, Develop regional, target, and deposit-scale geological models (lithology, structure, alteration, and mineralization);
• Collection, compilation, data management, and interpretation of geological information from exploration programs including diamond drilling, mapping, geophysics, and surface sampling.
• Provide technical leadership for regional exploration team including review, development and maintenance of best practice technical exploration systems and protocols;

Qualifications And Experience

• Mine site exploration experience an asset including working with other site departments including safety, environment, operations, human resources and technical services beneficial.
• 2-5 years of experience managing exploration teams and managing contractors
• An excellent understanding of geological settings, deposit models, and ore-forming processes as it pertains to the latest concepts of gold deposit environments.
• Regional scale targeting and exploration experience in Archean greenstone belts.
• A minimum bachelor’s degree in Geology or Earth Science; Post-graduate degree, an asset.
• Experience developing geological models at both the deposit- and greenstone-belt scales.
• A demonstrated commitment to safety, environment, and community.
• Shown to be self-motivated and possesses leadership abilities.
• Solid knowledge of orogenic gold deposit models.
• Registered as a Professional Geologist (PGO)
• An ability to think across-scales and to integrate diverse, large datasets.
• Proficient with Leapfrog, GIS, and SQL databases.
• 7- 10 years’ experience in mineral exploration, both field and diamond drilling programs
• A track record of talent development with strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs is required.

Schedule: 4-3, 10 hour shifts
Young Davidson offers competitive salaries, relocation and benefits packages with opportunities for both personal and professional advancement.
Qualified candidates are invited to visit our website, www.alamosgold.com and apply online under the careers’ sections.
Alamos Gold Inc. is committed to an environment that is barrier free. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please inform us in advance so that we can arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation.
We sincerely appreciate the interest of all applicants however; only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.