Exploration Superintendent
Listed on 2026-10-05
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Engineering
Geology / Geoscience
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Full Time Professional Delta Junction, AK, US
Salary Range: $ To $ Annually
Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX: NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with four Tier-1 world-class projects located in highly prospective and low sovereign risk regions of Australia and North America. Northern Star is the largest Australian gold producer and among the top 10 gold miners globally. Northern Star continues to invest in building a strong asset base through strategic acquisitions and aggressive exploration to extend the mine lives across its world-class operations and generate earning accretive value for its Shareholders through operational effectiveness.
Whatdo we offer?
- Vibrant hub of activity on site, with the ability to be part of successful and productive team
- Permanent position and extended mine-life offering job security.
- Ongoing development opportunities and growth within a company that continuously invests in their people.
The Exploration Superintendent reports to the Operations Manager and the primary role is to manage a safe, effective, and efficient exploration program with the objective to increase mineral resources on projects suitable to support, grow, and de-risk the life of asset plans, through high-quality geology, accurate geological modeling, cost management, and strategic prioritization.
The specifics:Provide leadership and guidance to the Discovery team including ensuring all team members have
clearly defined roles, accountabilities and individual development plans. Provide feedback on
performance and conduct formal performance reviews
Complete quarterly career development conversations with senior geologists. Ensure senior
geologists are completing their conversations.
Coach all geologists in best practice geological, safety and environmental protocols.
Assign appropriate actions to the team to execute the work that supports the corporate plan.
Assess, communicate and contribute to
The assessment of opportunities to improve the discovery rate or bring forward
development of resources, including those on non-NSR tenements,
The creation of geology and estimation models to identify gaps in knowledge or data and
implement actions to address risks.
Physical and cost tracking on a monthly basis.
Independently deliver a budget across multiple projects that is achievable and aligns to the
corporate strategy and LOA plans.
Develop drill schedules and milestone calendars and adjust as necessary. Communicate variances
and risks to plan appropriately.
Work with other departments including mining engineering, geotechnical engineering and
metallurgy to ensure all upcoming projects in the LOA are derisked and ready for progression to
Manage contractors and suppliers engaged in exploration activities on the project area.
Complete and present periodic reports in both PowerPoint and word document format as per
department, corporate and statutory requirements.
Evaluate, optimise and implement change and or improvements to all geological processes as
appropriate.
Review information for JORC reporting including Table 1 and providing significant intercepts.
Ensure all tenements are maintained and kept in good standing through effective budgeting.
Coordinate images for ASX releases and assist discovery geologists with the generation of images for
company releases.
Required:
Degree majoring in Geology, preferably with Honours, from a recognised tertiary institution.
Current Driver’s License.
Desired Experience &Competencies:
Minimum 10 years’ geological experience in the mining…
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