Engineering Student, Subsurface Production Data Engineering, St. John's (September 2025)

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 05/20/2025

Start Date:  September 2025

Location: St. John’s

Length of Term: 4 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. 

Cenovus Energy is currently looking for an Engineering student to join the Subsurface Production team. As the successful candidate, you will assist with the compilation and analysis of technical data as required for the monitoring, management, optimization and reporting for Subsurface Production from the White Rose field.

The Subsurface Production student will support both Production and Reservoir Engineers in the data-driven monitoring and performance evaluation of the White Rose production and injection wells.

We are looking for a candidate who is a keen learner and thrives working in a fast-paced and diverse environment.

Note: The application deadline for this position is Monday, May 19th, 2025, at 11:59 PM (MST).

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define data workflows and data analysis requirements to support the identified Reservoir Engineering and Production Engineering use casesCollaborate with business stakeholders to define data workflows and data analysis requirements to support the identified Reservoir Engineering and Production Engineering use cases

• Define data maps, design and construct data models, and rationalize and standardize data from various data sources

• Prepare raw data for consumption including data structuring, cleansing, enriching, mapping, transforming, and validating as required

• Design and develop data solutions including analytical tools, visualizations and reports to support operational and performance management requirements

• Monitor current well conditions, review historical data, and identify well and field production optimization opportunities

• Interface with various stakeholders such as Drilling, Operations, Maintenance, and Subsea Engineering teams to identify and assess related field considerations

• Assist with data management for the Subsurface Production team by maintaining production and reservoir engineering data solutions (applications, databases and visualizations)

• Support regulatory well testing and production reporting

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum 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 September 2025

• Critical thinker with the ability to work independently with limited supervision in a fast-paced, hard-working, team environment 

• Flexible to changing work demands and ability to prioritize 

• Innovative, with a strong desire to learn and the ability to encourage new ways of looking at problems, processes, or solutions 

• Collaborative, actively engage with a diverse stakeholder group to collectively achieve business goals

• Strong written and oral communication skills are essential

• Experience with developing data solutions based on Python, SQL and a data analytics platform such as Spotfire or PowerBI is preferred

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Education 

• Must be enrolled in a Mechanical, Process, or Computer Engineering Undergraduate Program or an Engineering Master's/Ph.D. 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 co-op or internship program for the duration of the work term

• New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.

• New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities. 

Working Conditions

• May include frequency of travel, sitting, standing, computer work, lifting, driving, working at site, etc. 

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 and New Grad 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.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

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.

“Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.”  

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 careeropportunities@cenovus.com.

Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.

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 sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

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.

Find Cenovus on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, X and Instagram.

For more information, please visit cenovus.com.

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, equitable 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 targets and 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.

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