diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcs.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcs.java
index 45a29c19d..b45c9d732 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcs.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcs.java
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
-import com.google.cloud.bigquery.FormatOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.CsvOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Job;
-import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobInfo;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.LoadJobConfiguration;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Schema;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardSQLTypeName;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;
 
 // Sample to load CSV data from Cloud Storage into a new BigQuery table
 public class LoadCsvFromGcs {
@@ -32,34 +37,38 @@ public static void runLoadCsvFromGcs() throws Exception {
     String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
     String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
     String sourceUri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/us-states/us-states.csv";
-    loadCsvFromGcs(datasetName, tableName, sourceUri);
+    Schema schema =
+        Schema.of(
+            Field.of("name", StandardSQLTypeName.STRING),
+            Field.of("post_abbr", StandardSQLTypeName.STRING));
+    loadCsvFromGcs(datasetName, tableName, sourceUri, schema);
   }
 
-  public static void loadCsvFromGcs(String datasetName, String tableName, String sourceUri)
-      throws Exception {
+  public static void loadCsvFromGcs(
+      String datasetName, String tableName, String sourceUri, Schema schema) {
     try {
       // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
       // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
       BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
 
-      Table table = bigquery.getTable(datasetName, tableName);
-      Job loadJob = table.load(FormatOptions.csv(), sourceUri);
+      // Skip header row in the file.
+      CsvOptions csvOptions = CsvOptions.newBuilder().setSkipLeadingRows(1).build();
+
+      TableId tableId = TableId.of(datasetName, tableName);
+      LoadJobConfiguration loadConfig =
+          LoadJobConfiguration.newBuilder(tableId, sourceUri, csvOptions).setSchema(schema).build();
 
       // Load data from a GCS CSV file into the table
+      Job job = bigquery.create(JobInfo.of(loadConfig));
       // Blocks until this load table job completes its execution, either failing or succeeding.
-      Job completedJob = loadJob.waitFor();
-
-      // Check for errors
-      if (completedJob == null) {
-        throw new Exception("Job not executed since it no longer exists.");
-      } else if (completedJob.getStatus().getError() != null) {
-        // You can also look at queryJob.getStatus().getExecutionErrors() for all
-        // errors, not just the latest one.
-        throw new Exception(
-            "BigQuery was unable to load into the table due to an error: \n"
-                + loadJob.getStatus().getError());
+      job = job.waitFor();
+      if (job.isDone()) {
+        System.out.println("CSV from GCS successfully added during load append job");
+      } else {
+        System.out.println(
+            "BigQuery was unable to load into the table due to an error:"
+                + job.getStatus().getError());
       }
-      System.out.println("CSV from GCS successfully added during load append job");
     } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
       System.out.println("Column not added during load append \n" + e.toString());
     }
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcsIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcsIT.java
index f47f92cc5..e54118f93 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcsIT.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/LoadCsvFromGcsIT.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
 
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
-import com.google.cloud.bigquery.LegacySQLTypeName;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Schema;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardSQLTypeName;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -58,15 +58,7 @@ public void setUp() {
     System.setOut(out);
 
     // Create a test table
-    tableName = "loadCsvFromGcs_TEST_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().replace('-', '_');
-
-    Schema schema =
-        Schema.of(
-            Field.of("name", LegacySQLTypeName.STRING),
-            Field.of("post_abbr", LegacySQLTypeName.STRING));
-
-    CreateTable.createTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, schema);
-
+    tableName = "LOAD_CSV_TABLE_FROM_GCS_TEST_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
     bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     out = new PrintStream(bout);
     System.setOut(out);
@@ -80,9 +72,13 @@ public void tearDown() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void loadCsvFromGcs() throws Exception {
+  public void loadCsvFromGcs() {
     String sourceUri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/us-states/us-states.csv";
-    LoadCsvFromGcs.loadCsvFromGcs(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, sourceUri);
+    Schema schema =
+        Schema.of(
+            Field.of("name", StandardSQLTypeName.STRING),
+            Field.of("post_abbr", StandardSQLTypeName.STRING));
+    LoadCsvFromGcs.loadCsvFromGcs(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, sourceUri, schema);
     assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("CSV from GCS successfully added during load append job");
   }
 }