Geophysicist

Position Description:

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

Our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. Our Exploration division is growing, and we are looking for a Geophysicist to join our team! 

The Geophysicist will provide geophysical solutions to the North America Exploration teams, spanning field-based and desktop activities. The role covers the full geophysical workflow, including survey and program design, QA/QC, data management, modelling and inversion, interpretation, and integration to make discoveries. The Geophysicist works closely with district teams and the regional technical group, supporting programs from regional-scale generative exploration through to advanced greenfield, brownfield, and near-mine targets. All work is undertaken with a strong emphasis on field validation, data quality, technical rigor, safety, efficiency, and alignment with Barrick Gold Corporation values. 

The yearly salary for this position will be $97,000 – $109,000 CAD. This position may be located in Montreal, CA, Toronto, CA or Salt Lake City, Utah. 

At Barrick, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities. 

Responsibilities:

• Management of all aspects of project design, planning, data collection, processing, analysis, data quality control and reporting for multiple airborne, down-hole and ground-based geophysical surveys. 

• Concurrently manage various geophysics-related tasks for multiple projects within North America 

• Contribute to the integration of geophysical ideas and interpretation within North America for the identification of new prospective projects, project areas, or brownfield targets. This includes Barrick´s and third-party projects.

• Supervise external contractors and consultants and ensure activities are in compliance with Barrick´s standards. 

• Document studies, outcomes and recommendations in relevant work plans and final reports. 

• Support New Exploration Opportunity initiatives on the processing, analysis, data quality control and reporting for multiple geophysical data provided by third-party companies.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics required

• Minimum 5 years of mining geophysics experience preferentially for gold and/or copper mineralization