Principal Geoscientist

**Deliver with impact, connect to what matters & live your way.**
- **Full time ongoing opportunity available**:

- **Location: Maitland preferred, although other DRNSW/MEG office locations may also be considered**:

- **Salary from $133K pa to $137K pa plus super**:

- **Accelerate your career without leaving town**

The Geological Survey of NSW is looking to recruit a new Principal Geoscientist - Mineral Systems to join the team.

As the Principal Geoscientist - Mineral Systems you will provide scientific leadership and strategic direction in the design and implementation of mineral system projects in addition to management of the Survey’s petrographic datasets and functions.

As an expert in your field, you will also mentor and foster our talented staff, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and the building of resilience and depth in the Survey scientific and technical capacities.

You will also collaborate and liaise with other government and university research organisations to maximise the benefits of scientific collaboration.

This ongoing position offer a generous 35-hour week and flexible working arrangements based in Maitland, although other DRNSW/MEG office locations may also be considered.

**Essential requirements**
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in earth science.
- Involvement in field investigations, requiring a current driver’s license, 4WD experience, and the ability to carry out field work in remote areas.
- Advanced computer skills, including interrogating data, database management, and GIS software.

**Interested in knowing more?**

**Please note**:
Compliance with pre-employment probity screening is mandatory for all roles within MEG and is a condition of engagement.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary roles of the same role or role type that may become available for filling over the next eighteen months.

**About the **Department of Regional NSW**:
Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Department of Regional NSW. The Department of Regional NSW is a workplace where everyone is able to contribute and participate to their full potential, and we are proud to have a team that reflects the richness and complexity of the regional NSW communities we serve.

The Department of Regional NSW (DRNSW) is the department focussed on protecting and growing primary industries, supporting sustainable land management, overseeing the state’s mineral, mining resources, and ensuring that government investment supports strong regional communities and economies. DRNSW brings together the Department of Primary Industries; Local Land Services; Mining, Exploration and Geoscience; Regional Development; the Regional Growth NSW Development Corporation; NSW Public Works and Soil Conservation Service.

We have nearly 5,000 employees, with almost 80 per cent of us living and working in regional NSW.