Geologist

Monterrey - Mexico

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Covia is a leading supplier of minerals and material solutions to the industrial and energy markets. Covias rich legacy includes many achievements across industries and capital success through partnership. Our ability to deliver the right product to the right place at the right time is unmatched. Just as strong is our commitment to building partnerships that help our customers succeed.

Quality and innovation are at the foundation of Covia; but our real strength is our people. Covia employs a diverse and highly skilled team of professionals to convert natural minerals into engineered solutions for our customers. Every member of our team has a valuable opportunity to help shape our future and make a positive impact on the world around us through our commitment to the locations where we live and work.

Covia is committed into embracing and promoting diversity and inclusion (D&I) where we work with whom we do business and where we live. We strive to create an inclusive culture where diversity is valued and respected and where all feel included and engaged. We are intentional in our efforts to bring Team Members together and create opportunities to contribute their unique skills experiences and perspectives in the pursuit of Covias business growth objectives. Enabling all Team Members to perform at their best while being themselves is fundamental to the Clearly Covia Values and Culture.

Covia is looking for a Geologistwho will positively impactour Mexico operation based in ourObispadocorporate office located inMonterrey Nuevo León; as a Geologist you will have the opportunity to carry out exploration processes based on the companys policies and procedures to assure the short and long-term existence of GMPs industrial mineral reserves. To prospect and evaluate new deposits of industrial minerals with a wide economic sense based on the companys policies and procedures for GMPs growth development and diversification.

The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities/territory:

To develop the MS Project-supported exploration plan based on the GF-26 policy to establish work areas number of boreholes drilling systems number of samples sampling and analysis methodologies work deadlines and projects costs.
To recommend and in some cases select equipment and service suppliers such as major equipment drilling supplies topography and sample analysis labs to complement the exploration plan.
To inform the area of Exploration Management about the boring requirements to be carried out to integrate them in the Annual Drilling Plan (GF26).
To locate outcrops and favorable geological characteristics to detect mineral deposits.
To identify and topographically locate lithological units to control the project from the geological and topographical points of view.
To develop a geological plane to provide information about mining lots demarcation and acquisition of properties and to establish surface geological anomalies.
To coordinate the opening of access roads and drilling jigs for equipment movement and their installation for the execution of boreholes.
To check that contractors assigned to the project comply with the safety requirements established by GMP to reduce accident risks in our facilities.
To assure that contractors comply with whatever is defined in the exploration plan so that the activities can be conducted with quality and within time commitment.
To analyze drill cores visually to describe and encode boreholes samples.
To conduct GPS mine mapping to define the topographical and geological plane.
To develop a database starting from lab analyses results and geological and topographical data for their interpretation in MineSight.
To generate the three-dimensional geological model of mineral deposits to calculate reserves and future development of mining plans.
To assess mineral resources and reserves using MineSight to generate the necessary information for the preparation of the Projects Final Report and Reserves Annual Report.
To prepare the service and equipment requisitions established in the exploration plan to be analyzed and approved by the Exploration Management area.
To follow up the purchasing process of the project to get assured that it will be provided with the materials equipment and services according to plan.
To prepare report on drilling expenditures to check projects costs in regard to these services.
To update monthly the projects progress to keep a closer control and inform the Exploration Management area as well about the progress of the same.
To inform the Exploration Management area about the assessments and methodologies used to calculate the reserves of the GMPs mineral deposits in order to prepare the annual report on reserves.
To attend every year the International Meeting on Geology and Mine Planning to present his/her project progress.
Train the personnel of explorations in the use of MineSight to increase their domain of the tool and can exploiting more efficiently.

The successful incumbent will have the following minimum qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Geological Engineeror similar.(Title required)
5 years of experiencein Geology Exploration and MineSight.

Benefits:

Attractive salary and benefits package
Annual performance bonus

The organization offers competitive salaries advancement opportunities and a full range of benefits.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities/territory:

To develop the MS Project-supported exploration plan based on the GF-26 policy to establish work areas number of boreholes drilling systems number of samples sampling and analysis methodologies work deadlines and projects costs.
To recommend and in some cases select equipment and service suppliers such as major equipment drilling supplies topography and sample analysis labs to complement the exploration plan.
To inform the area of Exploration Management about the boring requirements to be carried out to integrate them in the Annual Drilling Plan (GF26).
To locate outcrops and favorable geological characteristics to detect mineral deposits.
To identify and topographically locate lithological units to control the project from the geological and topographical points of view.
To develop a geological plane to provide information about mining lots demarcation and acquisition of properties and to establish surface geological anomalies.
To coordinate the opening of access roads and drilling jigs for equipment movement and their installation for the execution of boreholes.
To check that contractors assigned to the project comply with the safety requirements established by GMP to reduce accident risks in our facilities.
To assure that contractors comply with whatever is defined in the exploration plan so that the activities can be conducted with quality and within time commitment.
To analyze drill cores visually to describe and encode boreholes samples.
To conduct GPS mine mapping to define the topographical and geological plane.
To develop a database starting from lab analyses results and geological and topographical data for their interpretation in MineSight.
To generate the three-dimensional geological model of mineral deposits to calculate reserves and future development of mining plans.
To assess mineral resources and reserves using MineSight to generate the necessary information for the preparation of the Projects Final Report and Reserves Annual Report.
To prepare the service and equipment requisitions established in the exploration plan to be analyzed and approved by the Exploration Management area.
To follow up the purchasing process of the project to get assured that it will be provided with the materials equipment and services according to plan.
To prepare report on drilling expenditures to check projects costs in regard to these services.
To update monthly the projects progress to keep a closer control and inform the Exploration Management area as well about the progress of the same.
To inform the Exploration Management area about the assessments and methodologies used to calculate the reserves of the GMPs mineral deposits in order to prepare the annual report on reserves.
To attend every year the International Meeting on Geology and Mine Planning to present his/her project progress.
Train the personnel of explorations in the use of MineSight to increase their domain of the tool and can exploiting more efficiently.