Geographic Information Systems Student

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!

Canadian Natural’s Oil Sands Sites are world class operations, offering countless opportunities to advance your environmental career in an atmosphere where teamwork, innovation, and your expertise are valued. In this position, you will assist with providing full-cycle support to projects within Field Maps and Survey
123 for ArcGIS. You will help build and maintain innovative models and GIS solutions for unique environmental situations and provide GIS support for regulatory compliance reports, including data editing, data management, and cartography.

• Job location:
  
  Fort McMurray, Alberta
  - Albian or Horizon Site
• Shift schedule: 4 days on, 3 days off, 10 hours/day (Monday
  - Thursdays) or 8 days on, 6 days off, 10 hours/day (Thursday
  - Thursday)
• Term length:12 months
• Term start:
  
  May 2027
• Safety sensitive position:
  Yes
• Final date to receive applications:
  
  This posting will close once the successful candidate(s) have been selected. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Students should be aware that work will be 20% in field locations and 80% in office environments.

• Create and maintain Web maps and Web Apps (Experience Builder) within ArcGIS Online
• Assist with providing full-cycle support to projects within Field Maps and Survey
  123 for ArcGIS
• Help post-processing data generated through Field Maps, including working with MS Access
• Manage (review, update, organize) existing and new environmental Geographic Information System (GIS) data
• Provide GIS support for regulatory compliance reports, including data editing, data management, and cartography
• Help build and maintain innovative models and GIS solutions for unique environmental situations
• Assist with non-spatial data management for various Environmental disciplines (MS Office)
• Promote environmental awareness and compliance throughout the mine site
• Assist in various environmental field tasks such as equipment management, wildlife management, water sampling, and reclamation monitoring and/or soil samples

• Enrolled in a GIS degree, applied degree or diploma program
• Solid understanding and experience of ESRI products (ESRI ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Model Builder)
• ArcGIS Online knowledge is highly recommended
• Valid Class 5 driver’s license with clean drivers abstract
• Must be physically capable of working outside in the field on difficult terrain and in all weather
• Previous field data collection experience using ArcGIS is an asset
• Previous FME, Python, AutoCAD experience is an asset
• An understanding of remote sensing methods and data processing (LiDAR; Photogrammetry) is an asset

• Competitive salary
• Quality camp facilities with multiple amenities available
• Company Sponsored Fly-In/Fly-Out from Calgary or Edmonton, Alberta
• May be eligible for relocation to Calgary, Edmonton or Fort McMurray pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Relocation Policy
• Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community

All candidates applying to Canadian Natural must have legal authorization to work in Canada with no restrictions.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.