About Imperial's Cold Lake operationCold Lake is an in-situ oil sands operation in northern Alberta. Sitting on a large, high-quality resource base, the operation is using and piloting next-generation solvent technologies that can improve production and lower greenhouse gas emissions intensity.
Cold Lake is one of the longest running oil sands operations in northeastern Alberta and one of the largest in-situ thermal operations in the world. The operation supplies refineries across Canada and the United States with the crude needed to create fuel, asphalt and other important products. The site's past success and current strength stem from the skills, commitment and passion of the site's workforce, made up of approximately 400 employees and 1,000 contractors including from Indigenous-owned businesses. In 2025, gross production at Cold Lake averaged 151,000 barrels per day.
What role you will play in our teamThe successful candidate will apply reservoir engineering expertise to support development planning, reservoir performance management, and studies for our Cold Lake asset. As part of this role, they will support the development of future solvent-assisted SAGD projects for Cold Lake. This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of recovery technologies, supporting optimization and future development of the asset.
What you will do- Collaborate cross-functionally with geoscience, reservoir, facilities engineering, and operations teams to identify, mature, and execute new greenfield / brownfield opportunities at Imperial's Cold Lake Operation.
- Leverage reservoir simulation capabilities, including reservoir interpretation, rock and fluid properties, history matching, and forecasting.
- Support scopes of future development projects including well placement, well pad design, and pad surface facilities selection.
- Work closely with senior development planners to support planning and economic analysis of new opportunities.
- Conduct reserves and resource assessments and analysis and develop volumes, capital and opex outlooks for new opportunities as part of annual corporate plan.
- Monitor reservoir performance, progress studies, and recommend optimization opportunities across a variety of thermal recovery technologies.
About youSkills and Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required - preferably Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical
- Registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA and 5 - 10 years heavy oil reservoir experience
- Deep understanding of thermal recovery processes and well performance analysis
- Experience with SAGD operations
- Experience with depletion planning, reservoir surveillance, recovery optimization
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team and manage time pressures and changing priorities
- Thermal reservoir simulation experience
Preferred Skills and Qualifications- Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with CSS and follow-up optimization processes is an asset
- Reserves evaluation experience is an asset
Your benefitsAn Imperial career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. Imperial Oil has been recognized as one of Canada's and Alberta's top employers (2024) as recognized by Mediacorp Canada Inc.'s 24th annual competition.
We offer you:
- Competitive salary
- Training and mentorship
- Relocation assistance as required
- Employee resource groups (ERG's) - opportunity to participate in volunteer groups that support furthering the company's inclusion objectives
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