Geology Database Administrator

Who Are We?

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with five producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.

SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!

Job Description:

General Objectives:

Reporting to the Geologist, the Database Administrator works a 4 days on, 3 days off schedule. The Database Administrator will oversee the department’s MxDeposit (NoSQL) database, working directly with geologists and geotechnicians to ensure accurate and timely data collection. The position will support the needs of department employees by producing weekly/monthly reports, drilling data imports/exports, QA/QC sample tracking, and various other tasks.

Key Areas of Responsibilities & Duties:

The key responsibilities of the Database Administrator include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead by example in all of Marigold’s safety processes, ensuring that safe practices are utilized.
• Ability to carry out work area inspections to standards and ensure work areas are safe and free of hazards
• Manage imports, exports, etc. of the Resource Development department’s and exploration database.
• Monitor daily drilling reports, transferring necessary data onto the database or excel spreadsheets.
• Work directly with geotechnicians to provide drillhole data needs including planned hole coordinates, sample tags, and sample dispatch information.
• Assist in the drill sample processing workflow, checking sample selections, tag generation, photographs, etc.
• Assist in the creation and subsequent maintenance of a PowerBI dashboard intended to track daily drilling activities.
• Oversee downhole sample creation and dispatch, including necessary QA/QC sample processing.
• Manage import of downhole survey, assay, or any relevant data once received.
• Compile weekly/monthly reports containing drilling information and assay results.
• Create and/or maintain excel spreadsheets used for miscellaneous tracking and/or reporting.
• Perform data migrations and validations on historic data, both from excel spreadsheets as well as a former SQL database.
• Ability to create maps using GIS/AutoCAD packages
• Ability to communicate with external contractors and consultants
• Perform office administrative duties including monitoring and maintaining sufficient office and drilling supplies in coordination with drilling supervisor
• Ability to adapt and take on other responsibilities as required

Required Skills:

• Must be able to communicate effectively in English using all standard forms of business communication
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Word, experience with Power BI a bonus.
• Experience handling large datasets, including data transformation and validation.
• Knowledge of SQL highly preferred but not required.
• GIS and/or AutoCAD experience a bonus
• Familiarity with exploration drilling processes preferred.

• Excellent organizational, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and multitasking skills.
• Clear understanding and willingness to observe and practice company SOPs and policies.

Required Experience:

3 years of relevant database administration experience

SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.