Project Geologist – RSA Exploration at De Beers Group

Job Description:

The purpose of the Project Geologist is to drive the safe and sustainable delivery of diamond exploration project plans and outputs. Designed to discover and deliver new viable sources of diamonds, by ensuring technical excellence, leadership and ethical business compliance.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the translation of the program portfolio into specific work plans for the designated diamond exploration phases.
• Manage and implement a project plan for designated area based on project management fundamentals detailing the project planning, execution and closure phases.
• Ensure timely and accurate Project reporting to ensure adequacy of project management controls and initiate remedial actions to ensure project momentum and costing is maintained within defined parameters.
• Manage and oversee technical outcomes to ensure the delivery of results in accordance with the Technical Governance Standards.
• Interpret data to identify and prioritize targets within the scope of each project and schedule/adapt project plan to ensure inter-dependencies and logistics adequately covered.
• Drive focused and robust problem solving and decision making sessions inducing a sense of urgency to deliver priority based outcomes to improve technical delivery and optimized project management.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships and partnering with external providers, communities and related stakeholders to ensure the seamless delivery of objectives.
• Contribute towards the development and refinement of an Exploration Project Management Best Practice and Knowledge Capture/Transfer approach.
• Facilitate and participate in various Communities of Practice forums and learning interventions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Geology or Geophysics.
• A valid international driver’s license for SADC.

Knowledge and experience required

• Project or Program Management would be an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in leading field based diamond exploration activities.
• Demonstrated experience in managing commercial, governance and SHE with an emphasis on ISO14001 and OHSAS18001.
• Demonstrated experience in a people leadership role within a technical diamond exploration environment.

Closing Date: 23rd, March 2022