Calgary, Ab Senior drilling engineer Jobs – 20 Openings This Week

Senior Drilling Engineer
Cenovus Energy —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Project management
- Leadership
- Dental care
- Life insurance
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Thurber Engineering Ltd. —Calgary, AB
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- Engineering
- English
- Master's degree
- Dental care
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Higher Ground Consulting —Calgary, AB
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Databases
- Supervising experience
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Senior Software Engineer - Landmark
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Precision Drilling Corporation —Calgary, AB
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Alchemy Energy Ltd. —Calgary, AB
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- Microsoft Powerpoint
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- Dental care
- Paid time off
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Enverus —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- SQL
- Bachelor's
Principal Engineer – Civil, Geotechnical (Mining)
BBA —Calgary, AB
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Master's degree
Junior Geotechnical or Geological Engineer (2026061210)
Thurber Engineering Ltd. —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Engineering
- English
- Master's degree
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
IP Strategy Manager
Eavor —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's
- Dental care
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Thermal Jackfish Exploitation Engineer
Canadian Natural —Calgary, AB
- 8 hour shift
- Engineering
- Project management
- Bachelor's
- Dental care
- Paid time off
Hydrogeologist
AECOM —Calgary, AB
- $57,000–$95,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Dental care
10d
Intermediate Hydrogeologist
Waterline Resources Inc. —Calgary, AB
- From $40 an hour
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- Dental care
- Paid time off
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Junior Hydrogeologist
Waterline Resources Inc. —Calgary, AB
- From $30 an hour
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Engineering
- Dental care
- Paid time off
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Senior Data Analytics Developer - Fabric Platform
Krux Analytics —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Computer Science
- DevOps
- Flexible schedule
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6d
Environmental Engineering
AECOM —Calgary, AB
- $57,000–$76,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's
- Travel
- Leadership
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Dental care
13d
Environmental Engineering -Contaminated Sites
AECOM —Calgary, AB
- $82,000–$108,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's
- Travel
- Leadership
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Dental care
Advisor Benefits
CPKC —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
Junior or Intermediate Hydrogeologist
Higher Ground Consulting —Calgary, AB
- Overtime
- Microsoft Office
- Databases
- Supervising experience
- Flexible schedule
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Senior Drilling Engineer

Cenovus Energy -
Calgary, AB

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Job details

Full-time
9 days ago

Qualifications

Analysis skills
Project management
Leadership

Full job description

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 07/12/2026

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is seeking a Senior Drilling Engineer to join its Delineation / Heavy Oil team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Drilling Engineering, this role focuses on leading well planning through drill-ready status and providing technical support during field operations. The role develops drilling programs, monitoring operational performance, managing costs, safety and environmental standards. The successful candidate will bring strong technical expertise, project management skills, and a collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams (Geology, Production, Reservoir, Completions) to drive continuous improvement across drilling activities.

What you’ll do:

Drilling engineering activities within the Cenovus Delineation areas, including Lloyd Thermal, Sunrise, Foster Creek, and Christina Lake assets. Additional activities in Cold Heavy oil horizontal programs.
Ensure all drilling engineering activities comply with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements.
Design, execute, and continuously improve drilling programs, including well objectives, risk assessments, cost estimates, Basis of Design documentation, technical service selection, and detailed drilling programs.
Monitor costs, cycle times, and KPIs to drive efficiency and consistency.
Support field execution to achieve well objectives while improving safety, performance, and cost outcomes.
Coordinate closely with field operations from planning through execution to maintain alignment.
Conduct post-well reviews to capture lessons learned and continuously improve future programs.
Collaborate cross-functionally (Completions, Production, Supply Chain) and provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA and 8+ years of relevant experience.
Experience in thermal and heavy oil operations required; multi-basin exposure is an asset.
Strong drilling engineering expertise, including BHA design, casing design, bit selection, drilling fluids, and cementing.
Solid knowledge of current drilling operations, technologies, and best practices.
Strong leadership skills and mentorship capabilities.
Strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, and business acumen.

We acknowledge the value of transferable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT July 12th, 2026.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email [email protected] .

Who we are:

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

Find Cenovus on LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram .

The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
Health & dental benefits
Substantial mental health coverage
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Employee family assistance
Virtual healthcare coverage

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

Internal course offerings
Education assistance for additional development
Opportunities to work on special projects
Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes—for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
Our values:
- Protect what matters
- Do it right
- Make it better
- Do it together

Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares , connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
- Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
- Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
- Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.

Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com .

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

Interested in this opportunity? Click the Apply link.

If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE , please apply by going to our Internal Career Site .

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