The Opportunity:
Make your mark while you grow your career! As a member of the Quality Assurance team, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience with Pressure Equipment engineering, fitness-for-service assessments, regulations, codes and standards while interfacing with a variety of teams company-wide. Corporate QA supports North American Operations (Horizon, Albian, Thermal, and Conventional).
You will report to a Lead Engineer-QA ABSA and work on fitness-for-service assessments, pressure equipment engineering alterations, and provide proper guidance, recommendations, and resolutions on the day-to-day challenges to Canadian Natural teams to ensure compliance with various pressure equipment regulatory requirements, particularly ABSA. Your contributions and expertise within the pressure equipment fitness-for-service discipline will help support the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations of Canadian Natural facilities.
Join a company culture that fosters a fun working environment, develop meaningful relationships, and continuous learning!
*Please note this is a contract position located in Calgary, Alberta and you will be
contracting through your own incorporated company or a 3rd party employment agency.
- Job location: Calgary, Alberta
- Shift schedule: 5 x 2, 8-hour shifts
- Safety sensitive position: Yes
- Contract Position: One-year term
- Application deadline: June 5, 2026
Key Accountabilities:
- Perform and authenticate in-house fitness-for-service assessments in accordance with API-579/ASME FFS-1 Levels 2 and 3 for pressure equipment
- Provide engineering expertise to assist with pressure equipment repairs
- Review and provide oversight on API‑579/ASME FFS‑1 fitness‑for‑service assessments prepared by external consultants
- Perform in-house engineering/calculation for pressure equipment alteration/re-rating
- Liaise between ABSA Design Survey and internal business units
- Provide found-work engineering support during planned and unplanned plant outages
What You Bring to the Role:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Mechanical is preferred
- Registration with APEGA as P.Eng. is required, and applicant will be expected to authenticate engineering deliverables in accordance with APEGA Professional Management Guidelines
- 6-15 years of oil and gas/Oil Sands experience; 5+ years in completing and authenticating API-579/ASME FFS-1 Parts 4/5/8/12 Level 3 and Part 9 Level 2 fitness-for-service assessments
- Strong knowledge in ASME BVP/B31, and API-579/ASME FFS-1
- 5+ years of experience with finite element analysis software using Abaqus and/or Ansys for completing API-579/ASME FFS-1 fitness-for-service assessments
- Resourceful and effective at solving technical problems, at times with limited information
- The following would be considered an asset:
- Strong knowledge of finite element analysis software “Abaqus”
- Working knowledge of “Codeware Compress” or “PV Elite”
- Experience performing finite element analysis in accordance with ASME Section VIII Div. 2 Part 5
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 5, 2026. Apply now!
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
