VP - Geosciences
Canada, British Columbia, Richmond
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week / CA$ 210000 - 250000 per year
Experience: > 10 Years
Mining
Introduction
Brunel is seeking an accomplished Vice President, Geosciences to lead a multidisciplinary team of geophysicists, geoscientists, data scientists and technical analysts. This senior leadership position will oversee the delivery of high-quality subsurface insights using advanced geophysical, statistical and computational methods.
What are you going to do
- Lead, develop and grow a multidisciplinary geosciences organization, including technical analysts, senior geoscientists and specialists in resource modelling and geostatistics.
- Establish organizational structures, workforce plans, career paths and technical development programs.
- Maintain accountability for the technical quality, accuracy and defensibility of all customer-facing geoscience deliverables.
- Develop and implement rigorous technical review, QA/QC, interpretation and approval standards.
- Define and advance the geoscience methodology roadmap in collaboration with research, software and artificial intelligence teams.
- Guide the application of inversion, modelling, uncertainty quantification, spatial statistics and multi-physics integration.
- Oversee feasibility assessments, survey design, technical simulations, solution scoping and proposal support.
- Build scalable delivery processes through standardized workflows, automation, capacity planning and clear documentation.
- Ensure technical solutions are appropriately scoped and can be delivered consistently against customer expectations.
- Partner with product leadership to define deliverable formats, reporting cadence, insight levels and future product capabilities.
- Collaborate with operations on data-acquisition strategies, survey design, data quality and professional report sign-off requirements.
- Work with commercial teams to resolve technical concerns and shape credible, technically defensible solutions.
- Provide technical presentations to customer executives, geoscience leaders and other key stakeholders.
- Represent the organization through conference presentations, technical publications, professional networks and industry groups.
- Maintain strong data-management practices and ensure customer information is handled securely and confidentially.
- Contribute to functional strategy, budgeting, resource planning and broader organizational decision-making.
- Promote a collaborative, accountable and scientifically rigorous team culture focused on continuous improvement and customer outcomes.
Essential skills and knowledgeÂ
- Graduate degree in geophysics, geostatistics, geology, applied mathematics, statistics or another closely related quantitative discipline; a PhD is preferred but not required.
- Minimum of 12 years of applied geoscience experience within mining, mining technology, geoscience software or a closely related industry.
- At least five years of experience leading technical teams, including demonstrated success guiding a team of 10 or more through organizational growth.
- Strong knowledge of the mining value chain, orebody characterization, resource estimation and geotechnical decision-making.
- Advanced understanding of inversion, modelling, uncertainty quantification, spatial statistics and geostatistical methods.
- Strong computational literacy, including hands-on Python knowledge sufficient to review, challenge and guide highly technical work.
- Experience integrating geophysical information with drilling, grade, geological or other spatial datasets.
- Comfortable using artificial intelligence tools within everyday work and technical workflows.
- Professional Geoscientist designation or eligibility to register within one year of employment.
- Experience with advanced sensing technologies, machine learning applications or technology scale-up environments is considered an asset.
- Spanish-language skills are considered an asset.
What we offer
Brunel has a reputation for working with some of the best in the business. That's what we continually strive for. Brunel provides the global recruitment and workforce services you need to lead your industry. With 50 years of market experience in Renewable Energy, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Mining and Infrastructure, we help you finish major projects safely, compliantly, on-time, within budget and at the highest quality, so you can keep growing - anywhere in the world.