Job Description

The Opportunity:

Diversify and accelerate your career as a Professional Tailings Dam Design Engineer. Canadian Natural\xe2\x80\x99s Mine Geotechnical Design Group provides in-house technical, professional, and leadership opportunities that can enable you to be a successful technical professional in the Albian Oil Sands asset. This position is responsible for producing designs of Mine Earth Structures, including but not limited to in-pit dykes, mine pitwalls, in-pit & ex-pit waste dumps, civil infrastructure, and tailings corridors, which are submitted for approval by the Alberta Energy Regulator. This person is expected to progress into the role of a Designer of Record (DOR) for the structures assigned, which is a regulatory requirement as per the Alberta Dam and Canal Safety Directive.

The Geotechnical Design Engineer will provide fit for purpose design solutions as needed in a short time frame to support operations, while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Key Accountabilities:

• Perform design tasks which typically include design basis memorandum preparation, site characterization (drilling/geology/geohazard), 2-D stability and seepage failure analysis, deformation modelling, reporting, and drafting to issue for construction (IFC) drawing stage
• Act as the design focal for the assigned mine structures and work with the site-based Engineer of Record (EOR) to support operational needs during construction
• Work with the EOR to support performance monitoring plan and execution and provide design updates, as needed
• Coordinate with Mine Planning and Operations groups to establish the Design Basis during early phase of the project, and provide geotechnical parameters to support the development of the Business Plan
• Support the planning and execution of drilling programs for instrumentation installation for performance monitoring and model development
• Complete regular site inspections of operating, as well as, under construction structures and generate quarterly inspection reports
• Generate the annual performance reports (APR) for submission to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER)
• Contribute to work standards, procedures, and guidelines as part of Canadian Natural\xe2\x80\x99s Quality Management System (QMS)

Other Details:

• Job location: Calgary, Alberta office (with monthly site visits)
• Shift Schedule: 5x2 \xe2\x80\x93 Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day
• Competitive salary, stock options, stock savings plan and benefits
• Eligible for relocation pursuant to Canadian Natural\xe2\x80\x99s Relocation Regular Policy
• This is a safety sensitive position

Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of design and construction experience in operational or consulting environment; experience in design of tailings structures preferred
• B.Sc. in Civil or Geological Engineering; Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Geotechnical Engineering preferred
• Fluent in the usage of GeoStudio, SoilVision, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Microsoft Office, and Vulcan

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 is a publicly traded company on the TSX and NYSE as CNQ.

Application deadline is February 23, 2024. Apply now!

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