Cavvy Energy is a Canadian energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Through several corporate and asset acquisitions the Company has grown into a significant upstream and midstream producer with assets concentrated in the Canadian Foothills, producing conventional natural gas, NGLs, condensate and sulphur.
Management is excited about Cavvy’s opportunities and prospects within our existing asset base in the Canadian Foothills; during the past year Cavvy has strategically refocused on sustaining and growing its upstream exploration and production (“E&P”) and midstream business. Our objective is to continue Cavvy’s pivot towards growing a sustainable and profitable conventional Foothills oil and natural gas business while continuing to explore opportunities to diversify market access for the products we produce.
Position summary
The Senior Completions Engineer is Cavvy’s technical authority for well completions, workovers, and intervention in sour gas and complex environments. The role leads end-to-end completion design, execution, optimization, and post-job evaluation, with a focus on field operations, safety critical decisions, and practical engineering solutions.
This is a hands on, senior individual contributor role, requiring deep experience in sour service, AER compliance, contractor oversight, and real-time problem solving. The position also develops and maintains completion standards and technical governance, working closely with Drilling, Production, Facilities, Integrity, HSE, and Field Operations to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective outcomes.
Primarily office-based, the role includes frequent field visits in extreme conditions, requiring appropriate safety precautions and protective equipment.
Key responsibilities
Completions Energy Strategy & Governance:
- Serve as Cavvy’s senior technical authority for completions engineering.
- Develop, maintain, and govern completion design standards, specifications, and Common Operating Practices (COPs).
- Provide technical assurance on all completion programs, ensuring risks are identified, mitigated, and documented.
- Review and approve completion designs, procedures, and execution plans prior to field deployment.
- Ensure designs are fit-for-purpose for sour service, high-pressure conditions, and long-life wells.
Completion & Workover Design:
- Design and optimize completion architectures including tubing, packers, wellheads, downhole safety valves, and artificial lift interfaces.
- Select materials and equipment suitable for sour service (H₂S, CO₂, corrosion, elastomer compatibility).
- Develop detailed well programs including barriers, pressure control, contingencies, and emergency response plans.
- Collaborate with Drilling, Reservoir, and Production teams to align completion design with reservoir performance and long-term strategy.
- Support recompletions, workovers, and interventions to improve well deliverability, uptime, and integrity.
Field Execution & Operational Support:
- Provide direct field engineering support during completion and intervention operations.
- Act as senior technical decision-maker in the field, supporting Supervisors and Foremen with real-time guidance.
- Troubleshoot downhole and surface issues, including equipment failures and pressure control challenges.
- Ensure operations follow approved programs, COPs, and safety standards, exercising stop work authority when required.
- Participate in pre-job planning, job safety analyses, and post-job reviews.
Safety, Regulatory & Sour Gas Compliance:
- Ensure all completion activities comply with AER regulations, Cavvy OMS requirements, and sour gas approvals.
- Integrate process safety and well barrier management into all designs and execution plans.
- Support HAZIDs, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
- Provide technical input for regulatory applications, license conditions, and operating procedures.
- Ensure contractors meet competency, safety, and sour service requirements.
Financial Stewardship & Cost Optimization:
- Prepare cost estimates, AFE inputs, and execution budgets.
- Evaluate trade-offs between cost, risk, reliability, and lifecycle performance.
- Review service company proposals and pricing for technical and commercial soundness.
- Identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities without compromising safety or integrity.
- Track post-job costs, analyze variances, and capture lessons learned.
Operations Management System (OMS) Stewardship:
- Own OMS elements related to completions, well barriers, and execution standards.
- Review and approve Management of Change (MOC) submissions.
- Ensure documentation (programs, well files, barrier schematics, reports) meets audit requirements.
- Participate in OMS audits and support closure of findings.
Technical Excellence & Continuous Improvement:
- Evaluate and implement new completion technologies and methodologies.
- Maintain awareness of evolving sour service standards and regulatory expectations.
- Mentor junior and intermediate engineers, supporting technical development.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner with Operations, Production, Integrity, Facilities, HSE, and Supply Chain teams.
- Support asset teams through planning, execution, and optimization phases.
- Engage with service companies and vendors to ensure alignment with Cavvy standards.
- Represent Cavvy in discussions with regulators, partners, and contractors.
Education, work experience, and skills
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, or Chemical preferred).
Experience & Designations:
- 15+ years of progressive experience in completions engineering, workovers, and well interventions.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation (registered in Alberta).
- Well Control certification is considered an asset.
- Extensive hands-on experience in sour gas and H₂S-regulated environments.
Skills & Attributes:
- Demonstrated field execution experience supporting completion and workover operations.
- Strong understanding of AER regulations, well control, and barrier management.
- Experience developing engineering standards, COPs, and governance frameworks.
- Proven ability to make sound technical decisions under operational pressure.
- Strong communication skills with ability to influence across teams.
- Must be legally authorized to work in Canada, employer sponsorship is not available.
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license with clean abstract.
Why Join Us?
At Cavvy Energy, you’ll be part of a team that values safety, integrity, and operational excellence above all else. We take pride in running sour gas processing facilities and we know it’s our people who make that possible.
Joining us means stepping into a role where your leadership directly shapes company performance, team culture, and continuous improvement. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals who are passionate about safety and reliability, in an environment that encourages learning, accountability, and initiative.
Cavvy is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status or any other legally protected factors. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request during the recruitment process.
Pay: $87,222.64-$179,584.50 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program
- Work from home
Work Location: In person
