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The Opportunity:
As a Thermal Exploitation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to make your mark at Canadian Natural while gaining invaluable experience to develop and grow. Our SAGD, steam flood, and CCS depletion methods create exciting opportunities for professional growth.
You will be a key player in a dynamic and collaborative team of professionals focused on optimizing our thermal production. Working with a multi-disciplinary team of geoscientists, production engineers, field staff and other company professionals, you will learn to use proven subsurface engineering methods and field operations in an environment that encourages innovative ideas to be tried and tested. You will deliver technical and economic evaluations that influence the company’s existing and future assets and implement optimized recovery methods that ultimately focus on maintaining and growing production in an environmentally sustainable way.
Key Accountabilities:
- Work in a team environment to identify opportunities and create depletion and/or development plans to maximize the net present value (NPV) of the project
- Monitor and optimize reservoir performance and recovery strategies for Canadian Natural assets
- Provide effective regular project updates and technical evaluation reports for senior management
- Evaluate and justify new projects for senior management approval
- Design and justify potential workovers, steam and depletion plans, operational and reservoir targets
- Maintain and update monthly and annual production forecasts for Thermal wells using various technical and analytical methods, including input into budget and 10 year plan forecasts
- Ensure the incorporation of relevant regulatory and environmental requirements for asset development plans
- Calculate, maintain and ensure the accuracy and integrity of the corporate reserves for the asset
Other Details:
- Multiple openings
- Job location: Calgary, Alberta
- Shift schedule: 5 x2 - Monday to Friday, 8 hours/day
- This is a safety sensitive position
Skills & Qualifications:
- 1 to 8 years of engineering experience with a B.Sc. in Engineering; petroleum industry experience would be beneficial.
- Demonstrated problem solving, communication, organization and leadership skills
- Basic knowledge of thermal assets and/or related disciplines of drilling, completions and facilities engineering
- Registration or eligibility for registration with APEGA
- Experience with data analytics and visualization methods / software would be an asset (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Spotfire, Python)
- Practical experience with economic analysis and project management would be an asset
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary, stock options, company matched stock savings plan, annual bonuses
- May be eligible for relocation pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Relocation Policy
- 100% Employer paid extended Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Health & Wellness Spending Account
- Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Access to online learning platforms for continuous learning and development
- Paid vacation and time off during Christmas week and summer Fridays
Check out our COMPENSATION & BENEFITS to learn more about what we have to offer!
Why Canadian Natural?
CANADIAN NATURAL is a senior independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Our strong, diversified asset base is comprised of a balanced portfolio of light, synthetic, and heavy crude oil and natural gas. Canadian Natural operates in Canada, the United Kingdom and Offshore Africa.
At Canadian Natural, we strive to live through our mission statement: "To develop people to work together to create value for the Company's shareholders by doing it right with fun and integrity." We are committed to a long-term presence in the communities where we operate. Our activities create value by providing employment, business development opportunities, revenues to governments that contribute to spending on goods and services, and essential resources for public services, including health, safety, education and training.
Over the last 30 years, we have grown from a Company with nine employees to over 10,000 employees. We have increased our production from approximately 400 BOE/d in 1989 to more than one million BOE/d today.
Safety is a core value at Canadian Natural. We conduct all of our operations in a way that identifies, minimizes and mitigates harm to the health and safety of employees, contractors, the public and the environment.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited – “Canadian Natural” - is a publicly traded company on the TSX and NYSE as CNQ.
Application deadline is March 10, 2024. Apply now!
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