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At LKAB’s Exploration Department, you’ll join a specialist team working across all hubs—Kiruna, Malmberget, Svappavaara. With a strong focus on collaboration, technical excellence, and mentoring, this is a unique opportunity to influence exploration practices and contribute to the future of mineral resource development.
At LKAB, we are leading the transformation of our industry toward a sustainable future. Just as we aim to reshape the world, we are committed to developing every individual on our team, both personally and professionally. Are you ready to help shape the future of the mining and mineral industry?
As a Senior Exploration Geologist, you will contribute broad expertise across mineral exploration disciplines, with a particular focus on synthesising diverse datasets to support early-stage target generation, ranking, and decision-making under uncertainty.
You are part of the Specialist Team in Geology and Geodata within LKAB’s Exploration Department, working across all hubs and exploration teams through mentoring, technical guidance, and constructive challenge, ensuring high-quality inputs to Ore Body Knowledge (OBK) and related initiatives.
Your responsibilities include:
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys sharing knowledge, and is passionate about improving exploration practices. You are comfortable working with incomplete data, ambiguity, and competing hypotheses, and you enjoy helping others develop confidence in geological decision-making. You’re structured, curious, and confident in constructively challenging interpretations to drive better outcomes.
In addition to the general benefits we offer—which you can find a bit further down—we can also offer you, who currently do not live in Sweden, the following:
We ask you to submit your CV as part of the application. In addition, you will be asked to respond to a set of selection questions designed to replace the traditional cover letter. These questions help us ensure a fair and consistent selection process, so please take the time to answer them carefully.
Start: According to agreement
Location: Kiruna or Gällivare, with regular travel to other hubs
Type of Employment: Permanent, full-time
Contact: For more information about the position, please contact hiring manager Carlos Santana, carlos.santana@lkab.com
Union representatives:Kiruna/ Svappavaara
Malmberget/Luleå/Stockholm
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LKAB is an international mining and minerals group based in northern Sweden, but with the whole world as its workplace. We lead the way towards carbon-free production and we do it together – in an open, warm and safe working environment with technology and development in focus. We welcome challenges, innovative ideas and initiative, always with gender equality and diversity in focus.
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