Geologist

Sibelco is a global leader in material solutions. Sibelco sources, transforms and distributes specialty industrial minerals - particularly silica, clays, feldspathics and olivine - and is a leader in glass recycling. Sibelco's solutions support the progress of modern life and serve industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers and water purification. The Sibelco Group operates 114 production sites in 31 countries, with a team of some 5,300 people.

**Location**: Cairo, Egypt.

**Reporting to**: Koen Vos, Director Geology - Western Europe

**Role Purpose**:
You will provide relevant geological support and a long-term vision to Operations, implement working practices and develop mine planning on multiple quarries for a site in Egypt to optimize the quarry balance and raw materials supply on the long term. You will also assess reserves & resources status and develop new deposits.

This role is based in Cairo and you will be expected to travel to our quarry in Zafaran on a monthly basis (for a mínimal duration of 1 week), to be aligned with your line manager. International travel might be expected to support European Geology & Mining projects. It is therefore expected that you speak fluent English for this position, in addition to Arabic.

**This role will have several objectives and responsibilities**:
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- Manage geological and quality data of the sites:

- Organize acquisition and storage of new data (drillings, sampling and analysis).
- Update and improve the geological model with all relevant documentation (maps, sections, report) with the help of available tools and software (Autocad, Surpac, GIS,).
- Share all new data, results and reports with relevant services and departments.

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- Monitor the available reserves and resources and continuously explore new deposits:

- (Re-)evaluate deposits, provide reliable reserves and resources estimates and update them at least once a year.
- Advise management and the local team on target potential and forecasted qualities.
- Initiate actions to maintain the reserves and resources level to answer group objectives.

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- Manage and follow up the mine planning activities, assist or be in charge of quarry design and geotechnical management in order to achieve continuous improvement:

- Set up mine planning, long term planning, exploration and reserve assessment.
- Carry out grade control and short-term quarry planning.
- Advise the local teams on quarry restoration profiling.
- Promote the long-term vision of geo models and mine planning.

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- Engage in various projects, permit requests and innovation activities:

- Participate in permit renewal activities, providing expert advice and all needed reports and data.
- Conduct exploration projects to execute local mineral development projects.
- Support or participate in various projects (e.g., quarry, quality, safety, environment, markets, customers, etc).

**About you**:

- You will ideally have some experience in the industrial mineral industry.
- Qualifications in Geo-sciences, Geology or Mine Engineering or a related field is a strong advantage.
- A practical understanding of geology ICT tools (geology software, GIS software,) and data management software is beneficial.
- As you will be expected to travel for this position, you will need to speak fluent English, in addition to Arabic.
- We are looking for someone pro-active and capable of working independently because the line manager will be in a different country.

**To Apply**:
Please note we will not be requiring agency services for this recruitment.

Sibelco recognise the strength of our diverse global workforce and value difference and inclusion for all. Our rich mix of people bring an exciting exchange of ideas and knowledge to keep us moving forward and innovating new solutions. We seek talent of all backgrounds and abilities and continue to develop our leaders and our culture to help all employees to grow and reach their full potential.