Job Title: Head of Geology
Duration: Long Term
Schedule: Rotational
Location: Angola
This opportunity is based at a mine site and focuses on leading resource geology, grade control, reconciliation and geological programmes that support mine life extension and reporting standards. The role has high technical impact across kimberlite geology, mineral resource estimation, drilling and sampling programmes, and geological database management. This position will play a key part in delivering bankable-standard resource and reserve reporting and strengthening geological capability in a complex operating environment.
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Geology
Required Experience:
- Minimum 15 years in mine geology, including at least 5 years as Chief Geologist, Resource Geology Manager or equivalent on a kimberlite or diamond operation
- Experience with a recognised major diamond or mining house, or a comparable organisation
- Demonstrated authorship or sign-off of SAMREC or JORC resource statements
- Experience with external resource audits
- Kimberlite geology, bulk sampling, and diamond size-frequency and value modelling experience
Required Skills:
- Leadership of resource geology, grade control, exploration and evaluation, geological database management, and sampling programmes
- Geological modelling and resource estimation using tools such as Leapfrog, Datamine, GEOVIA Surpac, Vulcan, and Isatis or Supervisor
- Strong geostatistics capability for diamond deposits
- Grade-control systems, reconciliation frameworks, sampling theory, and QA/QC
- Kimberlite petrography and phase mapping
- Diamond evaluation including micro-diamond analysis, size-frequency distribution modelling, and diamond-value modelling
- Database management using acQuire, Micromine Geobank, or equivalent systems
- GIS, drilling programme design, and contractor management
- SAMREC, JORC, or CRIRSCO reporting standards and interface with mine planning and plant reconciliation
- English at fluent professional level
- Clear communication of technical uncertainty to operational and senior stakeholders
Required Certifications:
- Professional registration such as SACNASP, AusIMM, AIG, or equivalent enabling Competent Person status under SAMREC or JORC
Preferred Qualifications:
- Honours or Master's degree in Economic Geology, Geostatistics, or Mineral Resource Evaluation
- Underground-transition resource work experience
- Early-life resource growth experience
- Portuguese language capability
About Airswift:
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.