Barrick - GIS Specialist

Position Description:

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

Barrick is seeking a hands-on GIS Specialist to support mineral exploration teams across Canada and the United States. You will help organize and maintain our ArcGIS Enterprise environment, support ArcGIS Field Maps and geological mapping, and make spatial information easier for geologists to discover, trust and use. The role may be based in Toronto, Ontario; Salt Lake City, Utah; or Elko, Nevada.

Working closely with the Regional Geosciences Data & Analytics Manager, the Geospatial Solutions Lead and project geoscientists, you will combine strong Esri expertise with an understanding of geology, fieldwork and 2D/3D geoscience data. This is a specialist delivery role-not a team leadership or software engineering position.

Responsibilities:

• Organize and maintain ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal for ArcGIS) content, groups, web maps, hosted and referenced feature layers, services, permissions, metadata and ownership across Exploration projects.

• Publish, update and troubleshoot ArcGIS Server services and GIS content; support ArcGIS Online collaboration where used, and maintain existing web maps, ArcGIS Dashboards and Experience Builder applications.

• Configure and support ArcGIS Field Maps, including offline maps, GNSS/GPS observations, mobile forms, field data synchronization and related ArcGIS Survey123 workflows where appropriate.

• Work directly with exploration geologists to prepare geological and structural maps, project geodatabases, spatial compilations and interpretation-ready GIS products.

• Handle diverse 2D and 3D datasets-geology, geochemistry, drilling, geophysical survey products, satellite Other duties as assigned

• imagery, LiDAR, elevation models and surfaces.

• Convert and quality-check raster, vector, CAD, geodatabase, imagery and tabular spatial formats; apply sound coordinate-system, metadata and data-integrity practices.

• Help teams find existing maps, surveys, historical project information and authoritative GIS sources; maintain clear project GIS documentation.

• Support exchange of spatial information with Leapfrog Geo and acQuire workflows; collaborate with the Geospatial Solutions Lead on enhancements and integrations.

• Work closely with the Geospatial Solutions Lead and geologists to improve workflows; remain open to learning and using approved AI assistants or agent-based tools for GIS documentation, troubleshooting and repetitive tasks, with appropriate review of outputs.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Degree in geology, geoscience, GIS, geomatics or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience; a geological background is strongly preferred

• Substantial hands-on experience with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server and web GIS content), including publishing, organizing and maintaining maps, layers and services preferred

• Experience configuring ArcGIS Field Maps and digital field collection workflows; familiarity with Survey123, ArcGIS Dashboards, Experience Builder or ArcGIS Online preferred

• Practical understanding of geological mapping and how exploration geologists use GIS for fieldwork, compilation, interpretation and targeting preferred

• Comfort working with multiple geospatial formats, raster and vector data, geodatabases, coordinate reference systems and spatial QA/QC preferred

• Hands-on, collaborative approach to supporting geologists and other specialists; curiosity, initiative, clear documentation and a willingness to learn new Esri capabilities and practical AI-assisted tools or agents responsibly preferred

• Applicants must have legal authorization to work in Canada or the United States, as applicable to the selected work locationrequired

• Mineral exploration experience; familiarity with Leapfrog Geo and acQuire; basic understanding of geophysical datasets; remote sensing and LiDAR; GIS data cataloguing; willingness to travel occasionally to Canada and US project sites. Basic scripting or automation preferred

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive compensation and benefits appropriate to the selected Canadian or US work location.

• A collaborative, multidisciplinary team working on real exploration challenges.

• Opportunities to learn, develop and work across North American exploration projects.

• An inclusive environment and equal opportunity employment.

Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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