Project Geophysicist

Regular/Permanent
- Canada / Saskatchewan
- Full-time Regular (REG)

**Welcome to Orano**:

- Helping to meet current and future challenges to preserve our world and build the world of tomorrow while taking care of everyone's health is stimulating for you. For us too. By joining the Orano Group, a leading international player in the nuclear industry, you are in the right place.
- Every day we work to produce efficient low-carbon energy, to fight global warming, to find solutions that save natural resources, and to contribute to progress in health.
- Our strengths? Across the entire fuel cycle, we have extensive expertise in cutting-edge technologies, safe, high value-added products and services, and a strong capacity for innovation. All of these factors reflect the strong skills of our 17,000 employees, whom we are constantly striving to develop. With their different backgrounds and experience, they are proof of our openness to all talents. They share the same ambition: to give nuclear energy its full value.

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**Job description**:
Responsibilities include:

- Participates in the conception and development of exploration programs and budgets (P&B)
- Supervises exploration programs and geophysical technicians, geophysicists, contract geophysicists and students (if applicable): organizes, distributes and prioritizes tasks for an efficient and successful geophysical program
- Ensures that contracts are properly tendered in a timely manner, in accordance with Orano’s policies and procedures and that permits and/or work authorizations have been received and properly distributed before field work commences
- Acts as Contract Administrator as required
- Responsible for maintaining positive working relationships with local communities
- Responsible for the quality, pertinence, accuracy and the completeness of data:

- Ensures the work completed by contractors meet the terms of contract agreements and performs audits of contractor invoices
- Co-ordinate and supervise in-house field crews conducting geophysical surveys, as required
- Collects and interprets field and research data: to produce maps, sections, tables, etc.
- Regular field visits are required to provide direct supervision of crews
- Oversees the timely production of required documentation
- Provides written and oral presentations of P&B including results and interpretations (Assessment reports, Joint Venture meetings)
- Develops a comprehensive understanding of the projects managed including the broader regional area, which will allow for informed decisions on staking / lapsing and strategy
- Maintains and improves Orano’s geophysical expertise by keeping up-to-date on developments in exploration geophysics and by proposing and/or adapting new developments to the project’s requirements (may be required from time to time to attend training workshops and/or conferences)

Work Location & Schedule:
- Saskatoon Corporate Office
- Occasional travel to various project locations in the field (Approx. 10%)
- Drug (including marijuana) and alcohol substance testing is a requirement for all Safety Sensitive positions.

**Our Full-Time **Benefits**:

- A customized onboarding experience upon your arrival
- A welcoming environment and great coworkers
- A competitive salary and benefits package
- Training and Development opportunities throughout your career
- Fitness equipment available for use on work / camp premises
- All of the advantages of a large group while maintaining the dynamics of a smaller company: career advancement opportunities, social committee, interesting projects and opportunities to get involved in our strong commitments to communities.

**Ideal qualifications**:
Skills and Qualifications for the position include:

- University degree in geophysics (geology preferred) at a Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) or Master's level (M.Sc.), combined with a minimum of 5 years’ mineral exploration experience
- Registered as a Professional Geoscientist or Engineer with APEGS
- Strong computer skills are essential
- Must have an understanding of the geology of uranium prospects and deposits
- Comfortable preparing and facilitating presentations
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills and able to work as part of a team to foster and maintain good working relationships
- Excellent planning and organization skills to coordinate efforts and able to formulate long term plans
- Good decision making abilities.
- Must be discovery oriented and motivated
- Provides mentorship and learning opportunities to peers
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- Drug and alcohol substance testing is a requirement for all safety sensitive positions at Orano Canada._