Chief Mine Geologist

• Excellent opportunity to continue your career with an established industry leader
• Receive a competitive salary and a wide host of benefits
• Develop yourself professionally and contribute to a growing organization!

Lake Shore Gold, a subsidiary of Pan American Silver, is located in Timmins, Ontario. The Bell Creek Complex, located approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Timmins, Ontario, consists of an underground mine and processing facility. Mineralization is associated with the Porcupine-Destor fault system within the Abitibi greenstone belt, with ore mined by narrow vein longhole stoping methods. Ore is then transported to surface via a modern one thousand eighty metre deep shaft capable of forty-eight hundred tonnes per day.

Timmins is a vibrant community of 45,000 residents that is a central hub for Northeastern Ontario. People can enjoy recreational activities such as camping, world class fishing, nature, and snowmobile trails. Direct flights to Toronto are available at the local airport via multiple carriers. There are many support networks in the community including the local Timmins and District Hospital, local sports leagues for children and adults (hockey, baseball, basketball, etc.),

golf courses, both cross country and downhill ski resorts, a community pool, and many other community events that provide entertainment throughout the year - fairs, carnivals, concerts, and more!

We are looking to hire a Chief Mine Geologist to join our Timmins West Mine in Timmins, ON
, on a full-time basis
. The schedule for this position is Monday-Friday, 8 hour days or 4 on, 3 off, 10 hour days.

Please note that this role is not a camp-based position.

In this position, you will be responsible for leading all underground geology activities at the Timmins West Mine. This includes managing the geology team, overseeing grade control, and having a key role in the reconciliation process. The role also supports both short- and long-range mine planning. The role reports directly to the Mine Manager and has a primary influence in ensuring geological models are accurate, up to date, and effectively integrated into daily and strategic mine planning.

The position oversees drilling programs, mapping, sampling, and QA/QC processes, and is accountable for interpreting geological structures and validating the resource model. It also contributes to identifying near-mine exploration targets to support future resource growth. The Chief Geologist is expected to foster a strong safety culture, support the development of geologists and technicians, and maintain high technical standards in alignment with the values of Lake Shore Gold.

• Manage the system for daily grade control, ore/waste calls underground as well as daily grade estimates for underground work areas. Monitor underground geological activities daily and give instruction and react to unexpected situations
• Responsible for aspects of occupational health and safety, and environmental matters, over which the individual has control, including adherence to all requirements applicable to Lake Shore Gold Corporation.
• Responsible for managing the system for the collection of geological data through sampling (chip, muck) and mapping (lithology, structure, mineralization/alteration, etc.) and updating of this information into required databases (sample tracker, mapping in Deswik, etc.) and importation of assays from BC lab into database.
• Decisions on standards of data collection, including numbers underground samples and details for mapping.
• Review and approve underground mine layouts.
• Attend all regular daily and weekly tech services and mine planning meetings.
• Responsible for geology input to the stope design process and planning with Engineering.
• Responsible for Mine reconciliation process with Engineering.
• Review yearly mine plan and approve tonnes and grade forecast for geology. Also, approve 3 month mine plan tonnes and grade for stopes and development.
• Develop yearly operations and capital drilling schedule and update monthly 3 month drill plan, working with the lead Underground Drill supervising Geologist if appropriate.
• Yearly Geology Budget proposal and management of the geology Department costs for the Operations and Capital drilling.
• Input into the interpretations for the litho and mineralization models for the orebody. Laison with Chief Resource Geologist and Underground Drill Geologist/Coordinator.
• Mentor and develop skills of underground geotechnicians, motivate to achieve goals set annually.
• Identify and develop exploration targets within and outside the Mine infrastructure.
• Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

While our ideal candidate has the following qualifications, we welcome applicants who may not meet every criterion to apply.

• B.Sc in Geology is required
• P.Geo in good standing
• Capable of working independently
• Maintain high safety standards
• 8-10 years’ experience of combined…