Mine Geologist

Simberi Gold Company Limited forms part of the St Barbara Group. Our Simberi Operations consists of an open cut mine on the northernmost island in the Tabar group of islands in the province of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. Our vision is to grow sustainably and create enduring, positive impacts for the people and communities touched by our operations.

Now is an exciting time for our business and for our people. We’re going through a period of significant change and are gaining momentum in transforming our business. We’re looking for people who are ready to grow through opportunity and build a bright future with us.

We are currently seeking a Mine Geologist to join our team in a permanent full-time position at our Simberi Operation. Your work location is Papua New Guinea, working a 15/13 Roster from Kavieng, Rabaul, Port Moresby, Lae, Mt Hagen, Buka, Madang, Goroka, Alotau, Wapenamanda, Popondetta, Hoskins, Wewak, Vanimo or Tabar group of Islands. (Locals are encouraged to apply).

Reporting to the Geology Superintendent, the purpose of this role is to actively contribute to and ensure geological data is provided to the Planning and Mining Operations Departments for mine design and production planning in a timely and accurate manner to ensure production objectives are achieved.

Everyone at St Barbara Limited is required to understand and act in accordance with St Barbara’s Values, Code of Conduct and all Company Policies and meet all relevant internal and external compliance obligations.

The Opportunity

Technical Accountabilities

• Monitoring and minimising dilution impacts on ore block digging, ensuring ore delivery to correct destination.
• Ensuring compliance to blend plan and reporting any deviations to plan.
• Managing ROM stockpile control and feed to Mill as per blend plan.
• Completing post-blast mapping on benches and wall batters to designated KPI requirements, maintaining both quality and quantity standards.
• Generating RC grade control drilling designs and issuing to Mine Planning in line with mine planning schedule.
• Completing RC chip logging duties and data upload.
• Validating and importing RC collar, geology, sample data and assay files as required.
• Demonstrating a good geological understanding of the orebody to ensure sound interpretation of continuity and impact of material type and structure. Completing all ore block design steps as per Guideline.
• Working with Production Engineer to complete the two weekly blend plan.

Scheduling accountabilities

• Managing effective use of available resources, including own time, in support of the delivery of Grade Control models, drill designs and improvement projects.
• Ensuring QAQC on daily data analysis and deliverables.
• Meeting the Grade Control deliverables for weekly and monthly planning schedules.

 People accountabilities

• Ensuring Technical, Mining and Process Operations team engagement across Grade Control requirements within the planning cycle.
• Ensuring own work performance meets all role requirements and taking appropriate professional development actions.

Are you ready to come and build our future together?

We need the right people. Our vision is to build a high performing mine technical services team to cover all technical mining engineering activities from short term to strategic mine planning, with all work completed on site and minimal reliance on external consultants.

We are looking for people who are highly motivated, have drive, energy and are genuinely passionate about the work they do and provide a positive impact. Additionally, we are looking for people who see a challenge as an opportunity for personal growth and development and value working in a team towards a common goal.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

Essential

• Behaviour consistent with St Barbara Values
• Ability to produce a National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months) for site access purposes.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology related discipline.
• At least two (2) years relevant work experience in an Open Pit Geology role.
• Ability to communicate across functional areas.
• Working knowledge of mining software, preferably Datamine

For further information on the Simberi Operations and to apply for this role, please visit:

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Closing date: Sunday, 04 January 2026 at close of business.

 Please submit your Applications, CVs, and Supporting documents (all merged in one PDF document)

At Simberi Gold Company Limited, we’re committed to finding the best fit for every role. We are a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming diversity in all its forms. All qualified applicants will be given equal consideration, regardless of their race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.