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!

Our Horizon Oil Sands site is a world-class asset offering countless opportunities to advance your career. Comprised of surface oil sands mining and bitumen processing and upgrading facilities, this vast project offers challenging opportunities in an environment where teamwork, innovation, and your expertise are valued. Apply your abilities using industry-leading technologies and contribute to the success of the Horizon and Albian Oil Sands operations.

• Job location: Fort McMurray, Alberta – Horizon Oil Sands site
• Shift schedule: 4 days on, 3 days off, 10 hours/day (Monday – Thursday)
• Term lengths: 8 or 12 months
• Term starts: May or September 2026
• Safety sensitive position: Yes

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assist the Upgrading and Utilities Engineering Team in activities relating to operations, maintenance or construction support
• Understand process plant operation and equipment
• Collaborate with the Project and Operations teams to ensure proper alignment with operations needs and requirements
• Review assets and data to see where we can improve the frequency of maintenance and be able to improve our uptime on equipment
• Assist engineers in producing maintenance work packages
• Gather field measurements & data to assist engineers
• Assist in checking designs executed by engineering contractors
• Assist in evaluation of equipment purchase specifications
• Coordinate with various disciplines and departments within Operations or Major Projects to resolve engineering issues
• Assist with creating and maintaining project deliverables such as Lessons Learned Logs, Request For Information forms, Technical Deviation Requests

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in Chemical or Process Engineering or within one year of graduation
• Previous engineering experience is considered an asset
• Previous field experience an asset
• Possess a valid Class 5 Alberta driver’s license or equivalent out of province license with a reasonably clean driver abstract and comfortable driving work trucks in a safe manner