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Student, Operations Technology, May 2025 (Calgary)

Calgary, AB
  • Number of positions available : 1

  • To be discussed
  • Starting date : 1 position to fill as soon as possible

Worker Type: Employee

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Job Post End Date: 11/04/2024

Start Date: May 2025

Location: Calgary

Length of Term: 4 months | 12 months

About this opportunity

Are you looking for an exciting student opportunity full of meaningful, diverse, and challenging assignments working alongside industry leading professionals? You will be part of a driven, and collaborative team completing important projects while receiving the mentorship, knowledge, and experience to develop the skills you need to build an exciting career.

Possible Placement:

Process Data Operations - This role provides hands-on experience with industrial data systems and tools, helping you gain skills in data modeling, system maintenance, and reporting. Working alongside a senior data engineer, you will contribute to maintaining the health and performance of production data systems, resolving data issues, and assisting in the creation of insightful reports and visualizations.

OT Integrity and Integration - As a Process Control Technologist Student, you will support the Operations Technology (OT) Integrity and Integration group within the Canadian Thermal and Conventional Heavy Oil business unit. You will be exposed to various aspects of process control and automation, focusing on control system optimization, safety system designs, and instrumentation management. This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to real-world industrial operations, process control systems, and automation technologies.

Automation Support - This student role will work with the Operational Technology and Automation Team to assist in the configuration, troubleshooting, and development of SCADA and DCS systems within Cenovus’s Conventional business. The position provides hands-on experience with automation technologies and offers the opportunity to develop technical skills in instrumentation and programming.

Note: The application deadline for this position is Sunday, November 3, 2024, 11:59 p.m. MDT.

What you’ll do

Process Data Operations

  • Assist in maintaining and optimizing data historian systems to ensure accurate and efficient data collection.

  • Perform system maintenance, resolve data integrity issues, and support configuration changes.

  • Collaborate on developing process data models and implement pipelines for data ingestion and reporting.

  • Contribute to creating dashboards and visualizations for stakeholders using tools like Power BI and Excel.

OT Integrity and Integration

  • Assist in optimizing control systems by supporting alarm management and control loop performance tuning.

  • Work on implementing graphic style sheets to improve control system user interfaces.

  • Support the in managing control system inputs/outputs and aligning them with instrumentation specifications.

  • Help update and maintain corporate specifications for process control and instrumentation.

Automation Support

  • Troubleshoot configuration issues between PLC/RTU devices and the CygNet SCADA system.

  • Make configuration changes related to gas analysis and well dynamics.

  • Develop user interface screens using VB.NET and HTML5 for enhanced system performance.

  • Collaborate with key stakeholders such as Operations, Measurement, and Production Accounting to ensure system accuracy and performance.

  • Participate in project development, including redeveloping existing screens and supporting automated gas analysis initiatives.

Qualifications

  • Legally authorized to work in Canada full-time for the duration of your work term and able to produce documentation upon application (e.g., work visa).

  • Available to begin work in May 2025.

  • Experience in auditing or oil and gas is considered an asset.

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, Outlook).

  • Strong attention to detail, organizational, and research skills.

Education

  • Must be enrolled in a Business, Engineering, Engineering Technologist, Computer Sciences, or related undergraduate program at an accredited post-secondary institution at the time of intended work term and returning to full-time studies after the work term OR registered in an accredited post-secondary.

  • Candidates currently enrolled in either a Masters or Ph.D. program at an accredited post-secondary institution may also be considered.

  • New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.

Submission

Please submit a resume and transcript in one (1) PDF document.

Note: Applications without a recent transcript will not be considered.

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, please email campusrelations@cenovus.com.

Student Program Benefits:

  • A multi-discipline program with meaningful, hands-on work experience.

  • Networking events coordinated by the New Grad Committee including group mentoring from senior/executive leaders, lunch ‘n learns, guest speakers, technical presentations, and holiday celebrations.

  • Wide support network including direct leaders, program leads, human resource, peers, mentor(s), New Grad Committee, and buddy.

  • Structured goal setting and performance evaluations.

  • Opportunity to present work-term learnings to the Cenovus Leadership team.

  • Students moving for their work term may be eligible to receive a lump sum relocation payment to assist with relocation expenses.

  • Candidates must have their own means of transportation as there is no public transportation in field locations.

Additional Information

  • New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.

  • Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

  • Learn more about our Student Program!

  • Interested in some of our past student experiences? Read their stories here.

Who we are

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

We've been named a Top Alberta Employer for 2024, a designation recognizing organizations leading their industries in offering exceptional places to work.

Cenovus is the operator and majority owner of the White Rose field and extensions, located approximately 350 km offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. West White Rose is a concrete based drilling platform, which will access resources in the western part of the existing White Rose field and use the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for processing within our Atlantic Region Operations.

For more information, visit cenovus.com.

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At Cenovus, we embrace diversity of thought, experience, and backgrounds to help us make better business decisions, address our challenges, seize opportunities, and unlock innovative solutions. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where people feel respected, valued, and engaged. We strive for a collaborative, physically and psychologically safe environment where you can be yourself, feel a sense of belonging and thrive. For more information, including details on our inclusion and diversity networks, visit cenovus.com.

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

Notification

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