Specialist Drilling & Sampling

BHP Group; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global mining company, located in Toronto, is looking for a Specialist Drilling & Sampling. The role involves data management for exploration programs and requires expertise in geoscience. Candidates should have a relevant degree and 3-5 years of experience in geoscience data applications. The successful applicant will work in a hybrid environment offering flexible working arrangements. The position includes competitive salary and benefits including a health plan and incentive bonuses.

Benefits

Health plan

Short-term incentive bonus program

Pension

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in geoscience and/or business experience.
• Familiarity with mining drilling and sampling data workflows.
• Advanced English skills; Spanish fluency is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and validate drilling and sampling data.
• Apply QA/QC and data validation workflows.
• Respond to geoscientists' requests timely.

Skills

Geoscience

Data management

SQL

Communication

Technical writing

Education

Degree or Diploma in Geoscience or related discipline

Tools

acQuire GIM Suite

SQL and no-SQL databases

Esri

Job description

Job Country: Canada

Job State/Province: Ontario

Job Location/Region: Toronto

Specialist Drilling & Sampling

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success. Come and be a part of this success!

Work Location

Downtown, Toronto office. 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

Total Rewards

The starting annual salary range for this role is $115,000 - $145,000 CAD. Additional rewards includes a short‑term incentive bonus program, health plan, personal spending account, dental, life insurance, and pension.

Purpose

We are seeking a motivated and proactive individual to join the Geoscience Data team within Exploration Excellence and Innovation, reporting directly to Lead Drilling and Sampling. Hybrid and flexible work arrangements are a standard across BHP. International travel may be required for up to 30% of time to support ongoing exploration activities.

As the Specialist Drilling & Sampling, you will work closely with the Lead Drilling and Sampling to ensure accurate and timely end‑to‑end lifecycle management of Exploration’s drilling & sampling datasets; from acquisition (field campaigns, external data sources) through ingestion into repository, and subsequent delivery to our geoscientists and other stakeholders. Your primary role will be to execute data workflows and implement data best practices across Exploration. The successful candidate is a highly collaborative individual, who brings a positive, customer‑focused attitude to deliver best‑in‑class data solutions to an ever‑evolving pipeline of Exploration projects.

Since this role will work closely with and deliver solutions to stakeholders across various BHP functions, geographies and time zones, you will require exceptional skills in communicating technical concepts and influencing through relationship building.

About the Role

Solution Delivery:

• Prepare, validate, ingest drilling and sampling data from field campaigns and other external sources into BHP’s data repositories.
• Apply QA/QC and data validation workflows to maintain our drilling & sampling data integrity in compliance with established standards; proactively identify gaps or improvement opportunities.
• Respond to day‑to‑day requests from geoscientists, taking a timely and customer‑centric approach to troubleshooting and disseminating established best practices and protocols.
• Prioritize multiple requests and ad‑hoc tasks effectively, balancing urgent needs with ongoing initiatives.
• Collaborate with other Geoscience Data team members (Geospatial, Systems, Central Data Platform and Integration) to deliver integrated geoscience data solutions, embodying a ‘one‑team’ attitude.
• Implement drilling and sampling data standards, governance and best practices through development of technical documentation and training.
• Participate in development, testing and deployment of drilling and sampling data tools and systems such as acQuire, Arena, Seequent Central, Esri etc.
• Support data modeling, business rule definition, schema creation, data validation, quality assessment and interoperability workflows (APIs, connectors).
• Support optimization of multiple acQuire databases into a single, unified data model for global standardization.
• Contribute to integration and automation efforts between platforms to ensure seamless data migrations and workflow optimization between internally developed platforms and commercial off‑the‑shell solutions.

About You

• Degree or Diploma in Geoscience or related discipline(such as Earth Sciences, Geomatics, GIS) from a reputable university.
• 3-5 years’ experience in geoscience and/or business experience in geoscience data applications, with familiarity of mining drilling and sampling data workflows and supporting infrastructure.
• Domain knowledge in geoscience disciplines, including petrophysics, geology, and geochemistry.
• Familiarity and product knowledge of acQuire GIM Suite, at acQuire practitioner level or higher preferred. Advanced skills in SQL and no‑SQL databases, Arena. Experience with Esri, Seequent, aiSiris is an asset.
• Proficient in geoscience database modeling, design, schema creation, and maintenance.
• Advanced English skills; Spanish fluency is an asset.
• Strong technical writing skills with ability to produce technical documentation and workflows. Ability to articulate complex ideas for technical and non‑technical audiences.

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on December 19, 2025.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants’ suitability for a role including police/criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. The outcome of these checks is not determinative of whether or not BHP decides to make an offer of employment.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that is more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live, providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We recognize that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity. BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [e-mail].

At BHP, we aim to unlock the enormous potential that diverse and inclusive teams bring to the workplace, to leave a strong legacy within and beyond our operations for the generations to come.