Job Description

The Opportunity:

At Canadian Natural, we are proud to be a leader in Canada’s energy industry. Join us and help drive innovation and long-term value through integrity, teamwork, and a passion for doing things right.

Make your mark while you grow your career! Are you passionate about engineering in a world‑class mining facility and thrive in a highly dynamic environment? We’re seeking a Tailings Process Engineer to join our Albian Tailings Engineering team. This role is ideal for someone with experience in a mining environment who enjoys delivering safe, reliable, operable, and fit‑for‑purpose solutions through strong collaboration with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

You will apply technical capability in fluid transport, including Newtonian and non‑Newtonian slurry systems, on‑shore and on‑pond pumping, dredging, and tailings/water management. You must be comfortable maintaining a strong field presence, validating system conditions, and ensuring that engineering solutions work in the field.

• Job location: Calgary, Alberta
• Shift schedule: 5 x 2, 8-hour shifts (Monday – Friday)
• Safety sensitive position: Yes
• Application deadline: April 8, 2026

Key Accountabilities:

• Apply engineering principles to assess, design, monitor and optimize fluid transport systems, improving safety, and efficiency
• Conduct and review hydraulic analyses, mass balance assessments, and process calculations for slurry and water systems, producing technical reports and recommendations that consideration of risk, economic factors, operability and maintainability
• Work closely with various engineering disciplines, vendors, EPC’s, operations, maintenance, and project teams to address engineering challenges and drive continuous improvement
• Conduct field reviews including walk-downs and validation and as-building of existing systems
• Ensure compliance with regulatory bodies and apply relevant industry codes and standards aligned with the risk of the design

What You Bring to the Role:

• 8+ years of related industry experience, previous experience in oil sands tailings is preferred
• Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Registered with APEGA (P.Eng. preferred)
• A working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and engineering best practices
• Experience with:
  • Full pipe and open channel flow hydraulics using Newtonian and non-Newtonian with slurries
  • Process engineering modeling software AFT Fathom and SRC Turbulent and Bingham fluid models
  • Vacuum breaker, pressure relief sizing and piping design with HDPE piping
  • Design documentation (eg P&IDs, PFDs, LDTs, datasheets, functional descriptions or control philosophies, plan and profiles etc)
  • Transient analysis is considered an asset
  • Excel script or VBA macro programming experience is considered an asset

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary, stock options, company matched stock savings plan, annual bonuses
• May be eligible for relocation pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Relocation Policy
• 100% Employer paid extended Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Health & Wellness Spending Account
• Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Access to online learning platforms for continuous learning and development
• Paid vacation and time off during Christmas week and summer Fridays

Check out ourCOMPENSATION & BENEFITS to learn more about what we have to offer!

We are proud to be ranked as one of Forbes' Canada's Best Employers in 2025 and 2026.

We invest in your career through offering a culture that focuses on developing people, working together and doing it right, with fun and integrity.

Industry Leader: We commenced business in 1989 with a handful of employees and modest production, but today we employ more than 10,000 people and produce over 1 million BOE/d.

Community Investment: Social responsibility is a critical element of our commitment to responsible operations and part of our success and pride as a Company. We are committed to investing in the communities where we live and work, creating shared value along the way.

Compensation and Benefits: We strive to share Company success with all employees through a comprehensive total compensation package.

Our People, Our Stories: Our stories demonstrate the strong culture that exists at Canadian Natural – one that focuses on developing people, working together and doing it right, with fun and integrity.

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All candidates applying to Canadian Natural must have legal authorization to work in Canada with no restrictions.

While we appreciate all applications we receive, kindly note only candidates under consideration will be contacted.