Resource Geologist

Resource Geologist

Location: Edmonton Regional Office or Calgary Head Office, AB

Employment Type: Full Time – Limited Term – Anticipated duration 19 Months

Salary Range: T3, Level 5, $102,000- $120,000 per year. The final compensation for this position will be determined based on individual factors, including education, qualifications, experience, and internal equity.

As Resource Geologist with the Alberta Geological Survey (AGS), a branch of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), you will help shape the future of geoscience data in Alberta. You will work with a collaborative team of geoscientists and data specialists to improve how Alberta’s mineral and resource information is organized, integrated, analyzed, and shared.

The role focuses on enhancing the discoverability, interoperability, and long-term value of AGS’ extensive geoscience data holdings, supporting resource assessments, public geoscience products, and evidence-based decision making. This is an opportunity to combine geoscience expertise, data management, GIS, and database skills to help build an AI-ready geoscience information ecosystem that enables AGS to draw rapid, reliable insights from its data and deliver greater value to Albertans.

• Improve AGS mineral and resource data holdings. Mine, compile, clean, standardize, and prepare structured and unstructured geoscience data from AGS’ legacy and current holdings so they can be more easily discovered, queried, interpreted, and reused.
• Support development of integrated resource databases. Contribute to the design, maintenance, and modernization of mineral/resource databases, including relational database structures, GIS datasets, metadata, and workflows that support future integration with analytical, mapping, dashboard, web-service, or API-based outputs.
• Prepare data for analysis, publication, and reuse. Work with AGS staff to transform existing digital datasets and publication products into consistent formats that can be loaded into maintained data structures, while applying appropriate QA/QC, metadata, and data-management standards.
• Integrate data across disciplines and platforms. Help connect datasets that are currently held in multiple systems, folders, and formats so AGS can answer questions across datasets rather than relying on one-off products or isolated information sources.
• Apply geoscience expertise to resource characterization. Analyze and interpret mineral and other resource data to support geological investigations, mineral and resource assessments, maps, datasets, reports, information products, and strategic advice.
• Collaborate across AGS and AER. Work with geologists, GIS specialists, data specialists, publications staff, regulatory staff, and technical leaders to improve data workflows and make AGS information easier to find, understand, and apply.
• Communicate technical findings clearly. Prepare and present scientific findings, data products, and workflow recommendations for internal and external audiences, with a focus on clear, practical communication for both technical and non-technical users.

• A degree in geology, geochemistry, economic geology, or a related geoscience discipline
• 5+ years of related industry, government, or research experience in geoscience, mineral/resource evaluation, geoscience data integration, GIS, database development, or applied data management.
• Eligibility for APEGA membership is preferred.
• Experience working with large geoscience datasets, relational databases, GIS, metadata, data QA/QC, and data-management best practices. Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, ArcGIS, Python, SQL, web services, APIs, interoperability schemas, or dashboard-ready datasets would be an asset.
• Strong applied understanding of Alberta geology and mineral/resource systems is preferred, with the ability to integrate field, laboratory, geophysical, geospatial, and subsurface data to support resource characterization and public geoscience products.
• Strong judgement, organization, collaboration, and communication skills, including the ability to prioritize work, explain technical information clearly,…