The Opportunity:

Are you a student looking for an exciting chance that is full of meaningful, diverse, and ambitious assignments working alongside industry leading professionals? Join Canadian Natural, where we strive to provide opportunities based on your abilities, helping you to contribute in a meaningful way and apply your academic experience to challenging and rewarding projects!

Our Horizon Oil Sands site is a world-class asset offering countless opportunities to advance your career. Comprised of surface oil sands mining, bitumen processing and upgrading facilities, this vast project offers challenging opportunities in an environment where teamwork, innovation, and your expertise are valued. Apply your abilities using industry-leading technologies and contribute to the success of our Oil Sands operations.

Job location: Fort McMurray, Alberta – Horizon Oil Sands or Albian Oil Sands

Shift schedule: 4 days on, 3 days off, 10-hour shifts (Monday – Thursday)

Term length: 8 or 12 months

Term start: January or May 2027

Safety sensitive position: Yes

Key Accountabilities:

Assist the Upgrading and Utilities or Bitumen Production Engineering Team in activities relating to operations, maintenance or construction support

Collaborate with project and operations teams to ensure proper alignment with operations needs and requirements

Review assets and data to see where we can improve the frequency of maintenance and be able to improve our uptime on equipment

Assist engineers in producing maintenance work packages

Gather field measurements and data to assist engineers





Assist in checking designs executed by engineering contractors

Assist in evaluation of equipment purchase specifications

Coordinate with various disciplines and departments within Operations or Major Projects to resolve engineering issues

Interface with project and operations teams to ensure proper alignment with operations needs and requirements

Assist with creating and maintaining project deliverables such as Lessons Learned Logs, Request for Information forms, Technical Deviation Requests

Develop engineering drawings and construction work packages

Develop Electric Heat Tracing designs and drawings

What You Bring to The Role:

Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in Electrical Engineering or within one year of graduation

Previous engineering experience is considered an asset

Previous field experience an asset

Possess a valid Class 5 Alberta driver’s license or equivalent out of province license with a reasonably clean driver abstract and comfortable driving work trucks in a safe manner

What We Offer:

Competitive salary

Qualitycampfacilities with multiple amenities available

Company Sponsored Fly-In/Fly-Out from Calgary or Edmonton, Alberta

Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community

Students may be eligible for relocation assistance pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Student Relocation Policy (Students will be responsible for finding their own accommodations during the work term)

Opportunities to partake in initiatives such as the Intern Social Committee

Check out our COMPENSATION & BENEFITS overview to see what we have to offer!

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📌 Electrical Engineering Student - Bitumen Production Reliability (Alberta)
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📍 Alberta