Junior Scientist – Environmental Geoscientist at Geoscience

Overall Job Purpose: To contribute towards geoscience projects in areas of environment, co-existence and sustainability in the field of geoscience and mining. Participate in project management and project implementation under guidance of more senior scientific staff.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Undertake moderate geoscience research which includes project management and project implementation under guidance of more senior scientific staff;
• Conduct moderate geoscience research and conducts geoscience data collection, quality control, analyses and interpretation under guidance;
• Compilation of geoscientific products under guidance of more senior scientific staff;
• Compile reports on research findings in line with specific disciplines under the guidance of more senior scientific staff
• Resolves simple to moderately complex problems in a variety of geoscientific fields in line with large parts of SOP/research methodologies under the guidance or supervision;
• Participates in geoscientific statutory and occasionally commercial projects and publishes research findings internally and/or externally;
• Auditing of existing geoscience data and gathering of new geoscience data;
• Data processing and interpretation toward establishing solutions towards mandated research objectives;
• Give inputs to the development of project proposals;
• Implement tasks under guidance or supervision;
• Manages work allocated to self
• Conducts formal presentations of work outputs or scientific results through technical presentations internally and externally at conferences;
• Gives limited scientific information and recommendation to the public and private sector organisations under and supervision of a senior staff;
• Co-publishes research finding in peer-reviewed journals or internal publications
• Gives inputs to the development of operating manuals for work procedures in line with scientific standards (i.e. ISO);
• Checks the work done by self, interns and experiential learners before it is submitted to senior scientist;
• Undertake the requisite individual learning and development in line with unit development plans;

BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES AND REQUIRED SKILLS

• Analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• Communication skills (Oral and Written)
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Report writing skills

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

• Grade 12; and
• BSc Honours Geology/Earth Sciences or MSc/M-tech Geology/ Earth Science
• Candidate Natural Scientist (Cand.Sci.Nat.) or eligibility for registration with SACNASP
• Drivers licence: Code 08