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Job description / Role
Purpose: Manage & supervise all the exploration activities of DAL Mining Operations in a manner that serve the company’s best interests.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To manage and direct of the overall exploration function.
- Identify where exploration activities must take place.
- Participate and direct his team in the designing of the exploration programs.
- Identify what exploration methodologies must be used during exploration programs.
- Identify new exploration areas.
- Design and direct geological exploration activities for the selected areas.
- Provide geo-science leadership for the exploration crews, including review, development and maintenance of best technical practices.
- Provide analysis and interpretation of the geology and prospectus of the Company’s tenement to define exploration opportunities.
- Provide mentoring and guidance to the Company’s field geoscientists, including the development of technical training programs.
- Lead exploration program reviews and strategic exploration planning.
- Manage, control & schedule exploration programs.
- Prepare and submit all legal reports which are deliverable to authorities to his supervisor.
- Compile and control the exploration budget.
- Stay abreast of national perspectives on minerals exploration and development opportunities
- Report and make recommendations to superiors & managers by means of meetings, verbal reports and in writing in accordance with immediate supervisor’s/manager’s requests.
Requirements
- A University degree in Geology
- Formal qualification in exploration
- Training courses
- 15 years experience is preferable
- Knowledge / experience of the local exploration industry (intensive)
- Knowledge / experience of national geology
- Experience with computer and MS Office Apps (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and dedicated geological software
Skills & Knowledge:
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external parties at all levels
- Ability to deal and negotiate effectively with external parties at all levels
- Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with local people, local government and colleagues
- Numerate, analytical, attention to detail
- Intensive knowledge of the geology & exploration market
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
- Able to multitask and work on a variety of activities simultaneously
- A strong-sense of teamwork and ability to both manage and execute programs
- Fluency in English language
About the Company
Established in 1951 as a single company under the name Sayer & Colley, the DAL Group has since developed into the largest and most diversified privately-owned group of companies in Sudan.
Founded on strong, clear business principles and an ethical philosophy, the DAL Group today consists of independent companies operating in the consumer, industrial, agricultural and property development sectors, each playing a leading role in its own field. Our business activities currently include :
- manufacturing
- franchise dealership services
- property development
- contracting and services
- sales, marketing and distribution of locally produced and imported brands
- large-scale farming.
DAL has been operational in Dubai since 2005 following the transfer of its London office functions to the United Arab Emirates. With new offices and a warehouse under construction in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, the Dubai Office will play an increasingly important role in procurement, logistics and other services for the Group as well as providing a presence in this important regional centre.