The Team:
The British Columbia Geological Survey (BCGS) generates and delivers the geoscience intelligence that underpins mineral exploration and resource development across the province. Combining scientific expertise, cutting-edge data, and high-impact publications, the team produces critical information relied upon by government, industry, researchers, and communities. Their work helps ensure British Columbia remains a leading destination for responsible mineral exploration and mining.
The Role:
Where geoscience meets data science, the Mineral Potential Geoscientist uses advanced analytics, predictive techniques, and geological expertise to assess British Columbia’s mineral potential and support informed land-use and resource decisions. The work influences exploration strategies, government planning, and investment decisions while contributing to the development of innovative geoscience tools, databases, and resource assessments used across the province. Through data innovation and expert geoscience advice, this role helps reveal where British Columbia’s next mineral discoveries may be found.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience Requirements:
- A Master of Science Degree in Geoscience and three (3) years of relevant industry, academic or government science experience, or a Bachelor of Science Degree with at least five (5) years of industry, academic, or government science experience.
- Minimum two (2) years’ experience in numeric analyses, statistic, modelling and other advanced computation.
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience with mineral potential assessment methods and data requirements.
- Experience using GIS tools such as ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, or FME, spatial database systems such as PostgreSQL/PostGIS, SQL Server spatial, or Oracle spatial.
Professional Registration and Certification Requirements:
- Registered, or immediately eligible for registration, as a Registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC). Note: “Immediately eligible for registration” means meeting all requirements for full professional registration and completing the process of obtaining full registration with the relevant BC professional association within six (6) months of employment.
Preference may be given to those with experience in one (1) or more of the following:
- Geology, geochemistry, mineral resources, mineral deposits, Quaternary geology and/or other related areas of expertise.
- Geology, mineral deposits and mineral exploration in the Canadian Cordillera.
- Geospatial and spatial analysis: GDAL/OGR, rasterio, GeoPandas, shapely, pyproj.
- Statistical and scientific computing: R, SciPy, NumPy, pandas, MATLAB.
- Machine learning and data mining: scikit learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, XGBoost, LightGBM.
- Spatial statistics and geostatistics: PySAL, gstat, SciKit-GStat.
- Visualization and exploratory data analysis: matplotlib, seaborn, ggplot2.
- Mineral potential assessment approaches, methods, procedures, practices and implementations.
- Experience in presenting geoscientific results to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Applying sound scientific judgement; managing independent and innovative research and interpret diverse geoscience data.
- Publishing geoscience data and results in peer-reviewed journals and government literature.
- International and open standards and specifications for geoscience and geospatial, e.g., ISO, Open Geospatial Consortium, International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) / Commission for the Application and Management of Geoscience Information (CGI), and International Commission for Stratigraphy.
- Experience supervising contractors and managing projects.
For questions regarding this position, please contact [email protected].
About this Position:
There is currently one (1) permanent, full time position available in Victoria.
Please refer to MyHR for more information about recruitment and retention adjustments.
Flexible work options are available; this position may be able to work from home a few days per week subject to an approved Telework Agreement.
Employees of the BC Public Service must be located in BC at the time of employment.
An eligibility list may be established to fill future temporary and permanent vacancies in Victoria.
Applicants who do not fully meet the required qualifications may be considered for this position, but at a lower classification.
A Criminal Record Check (CRC) will be required.
Working for the BC Public Service:
The BC Public Service is committed to creating a diverse workplace to represent the population we serve and to better meet the needs of our citizens. Consider joining our team and being part of an innovative, inclusive and rewarding workplace.
We are committed to ensuring reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process, including the assessment and selection stages. Please email the individual or contact listed on the posting if you require an accommodation to fully participate in the hiring process.
The Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service is available to Indigenous (First Nations [status or non-status], Inuit, or Métis) applicants originating from the land known as Canada, seeking work or already employed in the BC Public Service. Indigenous applicants can contact this service for personalized guidance on the BC Public Service hiring process including job applications and interviews.
The BC Public Service is an award winning employer and offers employees competitive benefits, great learning opportunities and a chance to engage in rewarding work with exciting career development options. On top of the base salary, regular, full time Professional Employee Association members are also entitled to an allowance to cover professional fees, a 7% allowance in Lieu of Overtime Shiftwork and Standby (taken as time or money), and start off with four (4) weeks of annual paid vacation. For more information, visit What the BC Public Service Offers.
How to Apply:
Your resume must clearly show that you meet the education and experience requirements. Highlight the required qualifications and support them with specific examples, such as your responsibilities, projects you've worked on, or accomplishments. Find more information on the recruitment process, including helpful tips and videos about the application process, visit the Your Job Application page of MyHR.
Professional Designation: YES - Please include your registration number in your application. You must be registered, or immediately eligible for registration, as a Registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC). Note: “Immediately eligible for registration” means meeting all requirements for full professional registration and completing the process of obtaining full registration with the relevant BC professional association within six (6) months of employment.
Cover Letter: NO - Please do not submit a cover letter as it will not be reviewed.
Resume: YES - Ensure your resume includes your educational accomplishments, employment history, including job titles, start and end dates (month and year) and your job related responsibilities for each job in your employment history, and any relevant information that relates to this position.
Questionnaire: YES - You will need to complete a basic questionnaire to demonstrate how you meet the job requirements.
Applicants who are selected to move forward in the hiring process may be assessed on their knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies and other position related requirements as outlined in the Job Profile at the bottom of the posting. Applications will be accepted until 11:00 pm Pacific Time on the closing date of the competition. If you are experiencing technical difficulty applying, visit the Technical Assistance page of MyHR.
