diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231206-172009.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231206-172009.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8dad46bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20231206-172009.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: retry wait for result independently from job creation
+time: 2023-12-06T17:20:09.264805+01:00
+custom:
+  Author: Kayrnt
+  Issue: "1045"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
index de84e4bf8..cdfc3bbe5 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/connections.py
@@ -492,17 +492,23 @@ def raw_execute(
         job_creation_timeout = self.get_job_creation_timeout_seconds(conn)
         job_execution_timeout = self.get_job_execution_timeout_seconds(conn)
 
-        def fn():
+        def job_creation_fn():
             return self._query_and_results(
-                client,
-                sql,
-                job_params,
-                job_creation_timeout=job_creation_timeout,
+                client, sql, job_params, job_creation_timeout=job_creation_timeout
+            )
+
+        query_job = self._retry_and_handle(msg=sql, conn=conn, fn=job_creation_fn)
+
+        def wait_for_job_results_fn():
+            return self._wait_for_results(
+                query_job=query_job,
                 job_execution_timeout=job_execution_timeout,
                 limit=limit,
             )
 
-        query_job, iterator = self._retry_and_handle(msg=sql, conn=conn, fn=fn)
+        query_job, iterator = self._retry_and_handle(
+            msg=sql, conn=conn, fn=wait_for_job_results_fn
+        )
 
         return query_job, iterator
 
@@ -729,15 +735,7 @@ def query_schemas():
 
         return self._retry_and_handle(msg="list dataset", conn=conn, fn=query_schemas)
 
-    def _query_and_results(
-        self,
-        client,
-        sql,
-        job_params,
-        job_creation_timeout=None,
-        job_execution_timeout=None,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ):
+    def _query_and_results(self, client, sql, job_params, job_creation_timeout=None):
         """Query the client and wait for results."""
         # Cannot reuse job_config if destination is set and ddl is used
         job_config = google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfig(**job_params)
@@ -750,7 +748,11 @@ def _query_and_results(
             logger.debug(
                 self._bq_job_link(query_job.location, query_job.project, query_job.job_id)
             )
+        return query_job
 
+    def _wait_for_results(
+        self, query_job, job_execution_timeout=None, limit: Optional[int] = None
+    ):
         # only use async logic if user specifies a timeout
         if job_execution_timeout:
             loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
@@ -787,7 +789,7 @@ def reopen_conn_on_error(error):
                 target=fn,
                 predicate=_ErrorCounter(self.get_job_retries(conn)).count_error,
                 sleep_generator=self._retry_generator(),
-                deadline=self.get_job_retry_deadline_seconds(conn),
+                timeout=self.get_job_retry_deadline_seconds(conn),
                 on_error=reopen_conn_on_error,
             )
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
index d6c3f64fc..93f7fe3ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_bigquery_connection_manager.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.connections = BigQueryConnectionManager(profile=profile)
 
         self.mock_client = Mock(dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.bigquery.Client)
+        self.query_job = Mock(dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJob)
         self.mock_connection = MagicMock()
 
         self.mock_connection.handle = self.mock_client
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@ def test_query_and_results(self, mock_bq):
             "sql",
             {"job_param_1": "blah"},
             job_creation_timeout=15,
-            job_execution_timeout=3,
         )
 
         mock_bq.QueryJobConfig.assert_called_once()
@@ -123,23 +123,17 @@ def test_query_and_results(self, mock_bq):
         )
 
     @patch("dbt.adapters.bigquery.impl.google.cloud.bigquery")
-    def test_query_and_results_timeout(self, mock_bq):
-        self.mock_client.query = Mock(
-            return_value=Mock(result=lambda *args, **kwargs: time.sleep(4))
-        )
+    def test_wait_for_results_timeout(self, mock_bq):
+        def mock_result(max_results):
+            time.sleep(3)
+            return None
+
+        self.query_job.result = MagicMock(side_effect=mock_result)
+
         with pytest.raises(dbt.exceptions.DbtRuntimeError) as exc:
-            self.connections._query_and_results(
-                self.mock_client,
-                "sql",
-                {"job_param_1": "blah"},
-                job_creation_timeout=15,
-                job_execution_timeout=1,
-            )
+            self.connections._wait_for_results(self.query_job, job_execution_timeout=1, limit=100)
 
-        mock_bq.QueryJobConfig.assert_called_once()
-        self.mock_client.query.assert_called_once_with(
-            query="sql", job_config=mock_bq.QueryJobConfig(), timeout=15
-        )
+        self.query_job.result.assert_called_once_with(max_results=100)
         assert "Query exceeded configured timeout of 1s" in str(exc.value)
 
     def test_copy_bq_table_appends(self):