Engineering Student - Relief Field Operator

The Opportunity

Are you a student looking for an exciting opportunity that is full of meaningful, diverse, and ambitious assignments working alongside industry leading professionals? Join Canadian Natural where we strive to provide opportunities based on your abilities, helping you to contribute in a meaningful way and apply your academic experience to challenging and rewarding projects!

Join a company culture that fosters a fun working environment, develops meaningful relationships, and continuous learning! Gain valuable hands‑on oil & gas field experience by working as a Field Operator at one of Canadian Natural’s field locations during the summer and then as a Student Engineer in the Calgary Office with either a Conventional, Thermal, or Facilities team.

This student opportunity is a 16‑month term beginning in May. You will have the chance to contribute to challenging projects that will develop your expertise and prepare you for full‑time employment. You will develop skills and add value while also having the chance to meet other students and partake in initiatives such as the Intern Social Committee!

• Job location:
  • Relief Operator:
    One of our various field locations throughout Alberta, Northern BC, or Saskatchewan
  • Engineering portion:
    Calgary, AB – Head Office
• Shift schedule:
  • Field Portion: various shift schedules depending on location assigned:
    • 8 days on, 6 days off, 10 hours per shift
    • 7 days on, 7 days off, 12 hours per shift, etc.
    • Must be prepared to remain on‑call during off‑hours (selected fields only)
  • Calgary Portion: 5 days on, 2 days off, 8 hours per day (Monday – Friday)
• Term length: 16 Months
• Term length detail:
  • 4 Months as Relief Field Operator
  • 12 Months (September 2026 – August 2027) as an Engineering Student in Calgary
• Term start:
  May 2026 (Mandatory Safety Training Week: May 4-8, 2026)
• Safety sensitive position:
  Yes

• Be a part of front‑line driven safety culture by completing hazard assessments, worksite safety observations, and identifying and correcting hazards and opportunities
• Utilize your hands‑on mechanical aptitude and experience to solve daily problems to increase and maintain production volumes
• Be responsible for light oil, heavy oil, gas, gas plants, thermal facilities, and/or oil batteries
• Work with water floods, EOR, pump jacks, and PC pumps
• Perform well testing techniques and production reporting

• Participate in Process Hazard Assessments and other safety reviews to contribute to the safe and efficient operations of Canadian Natural’s assets
• Obtain baseline engineering experience and exposure in Production and Exploitation or Facilities engineering and apply engineering principles to develop solutions for the business
• Work on multi‑disciplinary teams to improve reliability and reduce operating cost through the application of Lean Six Sigma principles
• Participate in the Management of Change and Gate Processes utilized to execute safe and economic value add projects
• Execute small projects related to Production, Exploitation or Facilities Engineering

• Participate in inactive/active well file reviews to identify value adding opportunities
• Review completions, recompletions, well drilling, and historical information for understanding well performance
• Perform optimization research for increased production
• Provide technical support for data science projects by querying and working with large datasets and utilizing data analytics and business intelligence tools (Knime, Tableau, Power
  
  BI)
• Research, evaluate and recommend completions/workovers to maximize the Company’s oil and natural gas production
• Conduct economics analysis for new drills, completions/workovers and other optimization projects

• Obtain experience in the design, construction, modification, operation, and optimization of oil and gas facilities
• Gain exposure to different types of equipment and process designs used in Canadian Natural’s Western Canada business
• Review drawings against field installation and update technical documentation to reflect actuals
• Create…