Development Engineer

Strathcona Resources Ltd., headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, is a leading heavy oil producer focused on thermal oil and enhanced oil recovery in the Cold Lake and Lloydminster regions.

Reporting to the Team Lead, Development, the Development Engineer will formulate and execute asset development plans and prioritize capital utilization to optimize asset value.

• Lead planning and execution of the annual capital program.
• Ensure deployed development capital meets or exceeds internal financial expectations.
• Prioritize and optimize development capital to maximize asset value.
• Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and long‑term plans for the asset.
• Collaborate with a multi‑discipline team to identify, evaluate, prioritize, plan, and execute new pad developments, plant debottlenecks/expansions, and new technologies.
• Lead drill readiness, working with key stakeholders for the selection, licensing, and scheduling of new wells.
• Support technical components of the annual reserves process.
• Formulate growth opportunities through greenfield developments as well as brownfield expansions and debottlenecks.
• Ensure regulatory compliance in areas relating to drilling, reservoir depletion, recovery schemes and royalty management.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of development experience, accompanied by expertise in thermal heavy oil reservoir, exploitation, production, or facilities engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven technical expertise in one or more areas of reservoir engineering, exploitation engineering, production engineering, or facilities engineering.
• Versatile approach of working independently and as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Excellent prioritization and time‑management ability to deliver results while working under deadlines.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of oil & gas development along with project/field economics and cash‑flow modeling.
• Proficient in the use of Val Nav or equivalent, Accumap/Geoscout, Microsoft Office.
• Previous reserves experience is an asset.

Occasional travel to the field may be required.