What’s the role?

The Graduate Geologist Program at Northern Star Resources, Pogo Mine Operation is designed to be a 2-year program with one year commitment to the Geology Technician team and one year commitment with the Operational Geology team. The program aims to develop and grow the individual within the field of geology specific to mining industry-best practices as well as offer the individual experience with the company to target integral and long-term future growth and development within the company.

Duties include:

• Working with the Geology Technician team to prepare diamond drill core for the geologists and the assay laboratory including, marking up blue lines, orientation marks, sampling, photographing and collecting RQD data.
• Working with the Operational Geology team to log core, undertake Geotechnical work and report to respective department geologists.
• Working safely around diamond drilling support activities and with drill personnel when conducting tasks both on the surface and underground.
• Work with the underground mine geologists and technicians to ensure safe and accurate data collection for all geological activities underground, including but not limited to, face mapping, backs mapping, sampling and any other tasks required by the Senior Mine Geologist.
• Follow all NSR STARR guidelines (see below) and Pogo Geology safety procedures on the operational property and surrounding claim block, particularly, when around Alaskan wildlife.

The specifics:

The details:

Working a 15 day on, 13 day off rotating schedule up to 12 hours a day or more at a remote campsite. Extreme conditions, including but not limited to extreme and changing weather conditions, dust, mud, varying levels of noise, varying degrees of light and dark, in and around artificial light and in a confined work area.