Chemical Engineering Student - Projects

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!

As a Chemical Engineering Student within our Oil Sands Projects team, you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge of engineering principles and gain valuable hands-on experience by solving engineering and design problems for our world-class mining operations. You will be working in our Oil Sands Projects group in one of the following areas: Bitumen Production, Primary Upgrading, Secondary Upgrading, Support Units, Utilities and Off-Sites, Froth Treatment or Tailings.

Job location: Calgary, Alberta – Head Office or Fort McMurray, Alberta at our Albian or Horizon Oil Sands site

Shift schedule: Calgary-based: 5 days on, 2 days off, 8 hours per day (Monday - Friday) Oil Sands-based: 4 days on, 3 days off, 10 hours per day (Monday - Thursday)

Calgary-based: 5 days on, 2 days off, 8 hours per day (Monday - Friday)

Oil Sands-based: 4 days on, 3 days off, 10 hours per day (Monday - Thursday)

Term length: 8 months or 12 months

Term start: January or May 2027

Safety sensitive position: Yes

Assist and work under direction of Senior Process Engineer with project scope of work

Gain insight into how the oil and gas industry works

Assist, support and complete Process Engineering deliverables such as process simulation, hydraulic calculation, process data sheets, pressure drop calculation, PFD and P&ID generation and revision control, HAZOP, etc.

Gather, sort, filter and understand operation data to support design