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Oil And Gas Drilling Engineer

Employer

Canada Keli

Date Posted

May 28, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 27, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Canada Keli

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Electrical and electronics engineering
  • Engineering mechanics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Petroleum engineering
  • Petroleum technology/technician
  • Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields, other
  • or equivalent experience

Asset languages

Mandarin

Work site environment

Outdoors

Work setting

  • Office
  • Petroleum producing company
  • Rural area

Tasks

  • Direct and monitor oil and gas drilling operations
  • Monitor and forecast oil and gas reservoir performance
  • Monitor and supervise programs that maximize oil and gas extraction recovery
  • Supervise technicians, technologists and other engineers
  • Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing and well surveys
  • Resolve conflict situations

Supervision

3-4 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) by a provincial or territorial association

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Office
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word

Area of work experience

  • Installation, maintenance and inspection of equipment or facilities
  • Operations or production
  • Project management
  • Project planning
  • Purchasing, procurement and contracts

Area of specialization

Drilling

Transportation/travel information

  • Willing to travel
  • Travel expenses paid by employer
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Proactive

Screening questions

Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Health benefits

Health care plan

Long term benefits

Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

  • Other benefits
  • Team building opportunities

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Oil And Gas Drilling Engineer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Petroleum Engineers
INNOVATIVE

Interest in synthesizing information to monitor and forecast oil and gas reservoir performance and recommend oil recovery techniques which extend the economic life of wells, and to design, develop and co-ordinate the installation, maintenance and operation of subsea well-head and production equipment

OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to specify drilling fluids, bit selection, drill stem testing procedures and equipment, and to design and select artificial lift machinery and well and surface production equipment and systems

DIRECTIVE

Interest in supervising well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery; and in monitoring reservoir performance, and in overseeing and monitoring completion and evaluation of wells, well testing and well surveys

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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