Expression of Interest: Vacation Student or Graduate Engineers and Geoscientists

Please note this is an expression of interest and does not represent an immediate vacancy, however we always consider applications from excellent candidates. If you connect with our values and our goals as a business, we would be very happy to receive your resume alongside a description of your area of interest.

BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) is an international consultancy that provides professional services in applied earth sciences. We are proud of our talented team of over 700 employees, spanning the fields of Engineering, Geoscience, Data Science, Geomatics, Software, Accounting, Administration, Health & Safety and Human Resources. Alongside our clients and industry partners, BGC works collaboratively as ‘One Team’, dedicated to solving the world’s most critical applied earth science challenges.

BGC has offices across Canada, the USA, Santiago (Chile), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and Brisbane (Australia).

Our Brisbane office plays a key role in supporting BGC’s global presence by providing expert services in applied earth sciences for a range of complex projects. The Australian team collaborates closely with clients in mining and transportation, offering tailored solutions that align with the unique geological challenges of the area. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, the Brisbane office extends BGC’s commitment to high standards of technical excellence and project delivery.

Our flat management structure creates a culture of innovation, excellence and transparency and a casual, dynamic and inclusive work environment. BGC prides itself on offering training and mentoring opportunities to further our employees’ professional growth as well as social and wellness activities that contribute to the connection and wellbeing of our team.

We believe in One Team, Excellence, Curiosity, Common Sense and Clarity.

BGC provides an opportunity to develop an exciting career that builds on fundamental skills gained during university. Graduate engineers and geoscientists at BGC can expect a mix of field and office work that supports a wide variety of clients in the mining, transportation, pipeline, energy, and community sectors, completed under the guidance of technical experts. Typical field work includes site investigations (including drilling and downhole testing, test pitting, field mapping, geophysical surveys, instrumentation installation, river/stream inspection, and engineering geology assessment) and construction monitoring.

Field work typically involves 2-3 weeklong field stints in remote areas, and may include multiple shifts, or a scheduled rotation. Typical office work includes reporting and interpretation of field data, engineering or geoscience analysis including material and site characterization, interpretation of instrumentation data, and contribution to designs.

Our ideal candidate has a strong academic background, relevant work experience and a desire to travel and work in diverse and remote conditions. This is an expression of interest to work out of our Brisbane, Australia location.

Projects that Vacation Students and Graduate Engineers and Geoscientists may work on include field and office-based work related to:

• Geotechnical investigation, assessment, design, and construction monitoring at mine sites for waste management facilities (e.g. tailings), open pits, underground excavations, access roads, and building foundations. Work could include foundation inspection, oversight of material placement and design conformance as well as interpretation of field or instrumentation data, seepage, slope stability and deposition analysis, reporting and data reduction, and preparing construction drawings and specifications.
• Geotechnical, engineering geology, and water resource assessments for various pipeline, transportation, community, and power projects. Work could include preliminary hazard inventories (i.e. terrain mapping), site investigation through to detailed design and construction of mitigation works.
• Surface and groundwater assessments for environmental baseline studies, water supply projects, design of remediation works, design and construction…