Engineer Geotech-Hydro

Workplace Type: Onsite

Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. The Company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social and governance practices. The Company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont was founded in 1921 and has been publicly traded since 1925.

At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.

Our Africa operations employ approximately 5,900 employees and contractors, with the majority working at the Ahafo Mine. We offer an unparalleled blend of opportunity and career satisfaction with all the benefits you would expect from a global company. This, combined with our growth opportunities, makes Newmont a great company to work.

Our Akyem and Ahafo mines have made significant sustainable community development investments in our host communities. These include establishing Development Funds at our Akyem and Ahafo operational areas with each mine contributing US$1 per ounce of gold sold and 1% of net pre-tax annual profit into its community development fund.

Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.
Your Impact:
• Understand underground aquifers systems and manage water inflows, providing strategic plans to support underground dewatering, ground stability and safe production.

As Part of Our Team You Will:
• Lead field - based studies using advanced hydrogeologic and geometric analysis techniques including structural mapping, modeling and observation of location of all water ingress zones to create a 3D model with continuous updates from underground field conditions.
• Coordinate design, planning, costing and installation of all dewatering systems, monitoring instrumentation and upgrade works.
• Collate hydrological studies with other geologic dataset such as water pressures and water flow monitoring in different zones to ascertain draw down rates and productive pumping rates.
• Compile “SEEP MAPS” to determine specific flowrate variances throughout the mine over time.
• Compile a mine water balance to determine water inflows, water quality and what is required or to be used for services as well as have data for future planning of capital pump stations to cater for changes in water inflows recorded over time.
• Oversee hydrological instrumentation monitoring, data collection activities and dewatering rate to predict and mitigate any potential instabilities or flooding.
• Oversee tracking of mine dewatering KPIs and water balance and use it to provide timely and relevant hydrological information to the Underground Mine operations team, team members, planners, site management and relevant stakeholders.
• Create surge capacity by capturing and actively pumping flows to reduce risk to production zones and decline.
• Coordinate development and maintenance of underground water management plan to be approved by relevant stakeholders and drive its implementation with the planning and operations teams.
• Develop all water management and hydrology SOPs and provide training in water management related activities (hydrology, hydrogeology, dewatering systems etc) as required in an informal or formal setting.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
• Bachelors’ Degree in Geology / Geological Engineering / Earth Science/ Civil Engineering or any relevant academic or trade qualification.

Technical Skills:
• Advanced proficiency in hydrogeology, hydrology, structural geology, operational engineering and risk management.
• Advanced proficiency in geotechnical engineering, mine design, and instrumentation.
• Competent in using hydrogeology/hydrological software application including water balance modeling.
• Competent in geotechnical & hydrological monitoring, geotechnical and hydrological tools, data collection, and risk mitigation relevant to mining method.
• Competent in risk management and business improvement principles and practices.
• Competent proficiency with project and/or contract management.

Social Process Skills:

Self-awareness:
• Understand own behaviours and is aware of the impact on others.
• Adapt their own behaviour where necessary in order to get a productive outcome for the wider team.

Team process:
• Able to be an effective team member by listening, clarifying tasks, receiving and providing feedback.
• Able to be an effective team leader (where applicable) by establishing and maintaining a positive and productive work environment through listening, dealing with different points of view, giving and receiving feedback.

Collaboration:
• Build positive working relationships with a diverse range of people across disciplines.

Your Work Environment:

This role is located at the Ahafo South mine site.

We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that fosters leaders and allows every person to thrive, contribute, and grow. We are committed to selecting and developing our employees, and to establishing a work environment where everyone can take an active part in reaching our strategic goals while feeling a sense of pride in working at Newmont.

Newmont seeks to recruit, hire, place and promote qualified applicants, meaning applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the position, without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnic, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. As part of our diversity efforts. females are encouraged to apply.

NOTE: Newmont does not ask for or require job applicants to pay money to apply or be considered for employment with the Company. In addition, Newmont does not ask potential job candidates to provide sensitive personal data without first submitting a job application through our secure, online portal, and only as requested for legitimate business purposes. If you are asked to provide money or sensitive personal data through any other means, do not respond and please report this immediately to it.sec@newmont.com.