Job Description

The Opportunity:


Make your mark while you grow your career! As a Thermal Reservoir Engineer working for the Kirby or Jackfish areas, you have an opportunity to be a key player in a dynamic, collaborative team of professionals focused on optimizing and expanding our SAGD business in areas with vast growth potential. Working with a multi-disciplinary team of geoscientists, exploitation engineers, production engineers and other company professionals, you will use your proven reservoir engineering experience to contribute to the maximization of bitumen recovery from existing and new thermal assets in the most economic and energy efficient way. Working closely with office and field staff, you will provide key input to the design and implementation of new recovery methods aimed at unlocking additional economic hydrocarbon resources in an environmentally sustainable way.


Job location: Calgary, Alberta
Shift schedule: 5 x 2, 8-hour shifts
Safety sensitive position: Yes
Application deadline: March 25, 2025


Key Accountabilities:


Work within a multi-discipline team to generate production forecasts for new and existing SAGD assets by using reservoir simulation, analytical methods and production analogs
Provide expert technical support to exploitation and production engineers within operating areas to resolve reservoir performance issues and optimize SAGD performance
Use reservoir engineering tools for the technical evaluation of recompletions and redrill/reentry opportunities
Keep up to date with industry technological advances on bitumen recovery methods. Evaluation of new technologies and contribution to feasibility / pilot projects
Lead and participate in best-practice and competitor analysis studies to support the continuous improvement of our thermal business
Review development and depletion plans and strategies in existing and new assets to ensure that best practices are adhered to
Provide effective regular project updates and technical evaluation reports for senior management


What You Bring to the Role:


2 to 20 years of thermal reservoir engineering experience with a B.Sc. in Engineering
Registration or eligibility for registration with APEGA
Skilled in thermal numerical reservoir simulation using CMG suite (STARS, BUILDER, RESULTS, WINPROP) and/or SLB suite (Intersect, PetrelRE)
Familiar with the design and operations of SAGD assets: well completion types, thermal conformance evaluation, NCG and solvent co-injection with steam
Basic knowledge of related disciplines geology, geophysics, and production engineering
Familiarity with data analytics and visualization methods / software would be an asset (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Python)


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!


Job Type: Full-time


Licence/Certification:


APEG certification (required) registration in Canada as an Engineer or EIT (required)
Work Location: In person