Specialist Geoscience Data

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Specialist Geoscience Data

Date: 11 Apr 2025

Job Posting End Date: 25-Apr-2025;03:59:59GMT

Job Country: Canada

Job State/Province: Ontario

Job Location/Region: Toronto

We are a leading natural resources company dedicated to connecting resources and people to create a better world. Our focus is on responsibly developing essential resources for global decarbonization, such as iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper, which are vital for modern infrastructure. Our USA corporate office is located in Tucson, Arizona, where our Metals Exploration and Legacy Assets teams work towards this mission. Our global strategy emphasizes managing a resilient portfolio of valuable assets in attractive commodities. We excel in operations and asset acquisition, fostering innovative technologies to enhance safety, productivity, and sustainability while upholding our social commitments.

Because we care about our people, we offer a strong value proposition that includes:

1. Market competitive salary plus an annual incentive program
2. Development and growth opportunities together with education assistance and support
3. Exceptional benefits program, including Dental and Vision care
4. Attractive share matching plan
5. Employee Assistance program for you and your family

We are looking for a motivated and experienced individual, with a track record of designing, developing and maintaining geoscience data systems to join the Exploration Data Systems and Capability team. This role sits within the Exploration Excellence and Innovation group, and reports to the Manager Data Systems and Capability. The role is ideally based in Toronto; however, other BHP office locations will be considered for the right candidate. Note that BHP requires office-based workforce to apply the ‘3-2-1’ principle to hybrid work. This policy means: a minimum of 3 days working in the office; up to two days working from home; and at least one day on a Monday or Friday.

The Geoscience Data function manages the ingestion of data from source to Exploration data repositories, and then subsequently to internal and external stakeholders. Its remit is to manage geoscience data flows into and within Minerals Exploration Team in order to facilitate the availability of business-critical data to the teams. The function is also part of the team responsible for the design, adaption, and maintenance of Mineral Exploration’s data infrastructure. This includes cloud-based platforms, server-based applications, databases, software and hardware.

Main Accountabilities

• Accountable for developing, designing and maintaining components of Exploration’s central data repository and data platforms.
• Accountable for working with Principal Geoscience Data roles to develop workflows, geoscience data standards, best practices.
• Accountable for all systems and protocols concerned with the ingestion and management of structured and unstructured data from both internal and external sources across all Exploration applications and geographies.
• Managing contracts with external data providers and responsible for maintaining high standards in contract performance.
• Accountable for data integrity and security hosted within Exploration’s data systems.
• Screen for and maintain links with external and internal data source providers.
• Provide support to the Exploration group on the use of GIS, 3D geological modelling (e.g. Leapfrog), prospectivity analysis (e.g. fuzzy logic modelling), other forms of quantitative geoscience.
• Liaise closely with Technology and group BHP Data support functions, and communicate relevant developments to broader Exploration.

About You

• Deeply curious, and enthusiastic about testing and adoption of new technology and ways of working.
• Degree qualification in Geoscience, Data or Technology from a reputable university.
• Greater than 5 years’ experience in economic geoscience and/or business experience in geoscientific data applications and detailed understanding of the workflows and data infrastructures that support them.
• Advanced skills in GIS, database design and management.
• Advanced English language skills, and ability to create and publish user-friendly workflows, operating procedures, and guidelines on data standards.
• Core proficiency in the QAQC of geoscience data, for at least one or more of the geoscience disciplines.
• Experienced in the development of partnerships (both internal and external).
• Strong desire and demonstrated ability to identify and implement opportunities for step change performance improvements.
• Self-starting individual with demonstrated curiosity and ability to identify cross-disciplinary ideas through a global network.
• Experienced in project management skills with the ability to work within large multidisciplinary teams, engaging stakeholders and broader exploration teams. Agile management skills will be considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of typical exploration mining software suites such as acQuire, Seequent, Esri suite is highly recommended.
• Passionate about geoscience data standards with focus on delivering the best data solutions to our Exploration teams.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts and workflows to technical and non-technical audiences.
• This Job is framed under BHP's work from home policy.

About our process

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