The Opportunity:
As a Wellsite Supervisor / Drilling Consultant, you will be accountable for the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of drilling operations at the rig site. Acting as the company’s onsite representative, you will lead day-to-day wellsite activities, ensure compliance with regulatory and company requirements, and drive operational excellence in alignment with the Canadian Natural mission statement.
You will play a key role in well execution, real-time operations management, and post-well evaluations, while maintaining close communication with drilling engineering and asset teams. This position requires a strong field presence, with a focus on supporting frontline operations and fostering a strong safety culture.
- Job location: Bonnyville, Alberta (Field-Based, Thermal – Heavy Oil Multi-lats Duvernay/Montney)
- Shift schedule: 14/14 or 20/10 rotation
- Safety sensitive position: Yes
- Contract term: 24 months
- Application deadline: June 15, 2026
*Please note this is a contract position and you will be contracting through your own incorporated company.
Key Accountabilities:
- Supervise day-to-day drilling operations at the wellsite, ensuring safe and efficient execution of the drilling program
- Serve as the primary onsite representative, coordinating activities between rig crews, vendors, and office-based teams
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, company policies, and industry best practices
- Monitor drilling performance, equipment, and well conditions, taking proactive action to mitigate risks and minimize non-productive time (NPT)
- Provide leadership and direction to contractors and service providers, ensuring alignment with operational and safety expectations
- Maintain accurate and timely daily reports, cost tracking, and operational documentation
- Support multi-well programs, including pad operations where applicable
- Collaborate with Drilling Superintendents and Engineers to ensure seamless execution across disciplines
- Participate in incident investigations, ensuring root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
- Contribute to end-of-well reporting, capturing lessons learned and opportunities for continuous improvement
- Support implementation of new technologies, procedures, and performance improvement initiatives
What You Bring to the Role:
- Minimum 3 years as a Wellsite Supervisor or Drilling Consultant role
- Extensive hands-on experience with drilling operations, including single-well, multi-lateral and pad drilling environments
- Strong working knowledge of drilling practices, well control, and risk mitigation strategies
- Proven leadership experience managing rig crews and third-party service providers in a 24/7 operational environment
- Strong communication and coordination skills across multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrated ability to identify performance improvement opportunities and optimize drilling efficiency
- Experience in conventional and/or thermal drilling operations considered an asset
- Valid well control certification and required safety certifications
Why Canadian Natural?
CANADIAN NATURAL is a senior independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Our strong, diversified asset base is comprised of a balanced portfolio of light, synthetic, and heavy crude oil and natural gas. Canadian Natural operates in Canada, the United Kingdom and Offshore Africa.
At Canadian Natural, we strive to live through our mission statement: "To develop people to work together to create value for the Company's shareholders by doing it right with fun and integrity." We are committed to a long-term presence in the communities where we operate. Our activities create value by providing employment, business development opportunities, revenues to governments that contribute to spending on goods and services, and essential resources for public services, including health, safety, education and training.
Over the last 30 years, we have grown from a Company with nine employees to over 10,000 employees. We have increased our production from approximately 400 BOE/d in 1989 to more than one million BOE/d today.
Safety is a core value at Canadian Natural. We conduct all of our operations in a way that identifies, minimizes and mitigates harm to the health and safety of employees, contractors, the public and the environment.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited - CNRL - is a publicly traded company on the TSX and NYSE as CNQ.
Application deadline is June 15, 2026. Apply now!
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
