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!
Gain valuable experience as a student for our Corporate Development group working in Risk Management. Risk Management involves analyzing and minimizing a corporation’s exposure to risk while conserving its human, financial, and physical assets through insurance and/or through contractual transfer of risk. In this role, you will develop an understanding of Risk Management principles and their application to protecting property, personnel, income, reputation, and the environment. Since risk and risk management touch every aspect of the business, you will develop a broad understanding of the company’s operations and geographical areas, and will liaise with multiple business units, including supply management, marketing, operations, engineering, and legal.

You will develop your skills and add value while also having the chance to meet other students and partake in initiatives such as the Student Social Committee!

• Job location: Calgary, AB – Head Office
• Shift schedule: 5 days on, 2 days off, 8 hours/day (Monday – Friday)
• Term length: 8 months
• Term start: January 2026
• Safety sensitive position: No

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Learn about the typical insurance products used by Canadian Natural and its business partners
• Learn about Canada’s oil and gas industry, and all aspects of Canadian Natural’s business, including thermal, conventional and oil sands operations
• Develop a thorough understanding of the contractual language regarding liability and insurance in Canadian Natural’s standard contracts
• Identify commonly-disputed areas within the insurance provisions of Canadian Natural’s standard contracts
• With supervision, answer questions from various business units regarding risk and Canadian Natural’s contractual language
• Maintain a log of common contractual insurance requests and responses, together with the rationale for such responses
• Liaise with business units to collect and compile relevant business data for use in insurance submissions and presentations
• Assist in developing presentations for internal training or for presenting to insurers.
• Undertake competitive intelligence, including by understanding and summarizing loss incidents at peer group companies
• Learn how to request Certificates of Insurance; request and log these as appropriate
• Collect and compile information about the company’s insurance partners
• Update internal insurance documentation
• As needed, work with business units to compile and assess loss data
• Other ad hoc projects, as required

• Currently enrolled in:
• Your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of an undergraduate degree with a focus in Commerce, Economics, Finance, Business, Law, or Political Science
• Your 1st or 2nd year of an LLB or JD
• Other relevant degrees will be considered
• Highly organized and efficient
• Able to produce high-quality written work
• Skilled at communicating, interacting, and relating with others
• Strong logical reasoning and analytical thinking skills
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
• Able to work independently or in a team environment, as requiredProficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word