Engineering Student, Subsea Projects, St. John's (May 2025)
Start Date: May 2025
Location: St. John's, NL
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.
This role can be tailored to a Senior or Junior Engineering student. The spectrum of decision-making will be entry-level, with the support and guidance for decisions being provided by Senior Team Leaders, using defined practices and processes. It will provide valuable engineering and project execution related experience working on the West White Rose Project (WWRP).
The successful candidate will report directly to the Subsea Installation & Engineering Lead. Overall, this position will be a supporting role in planning the safe execution of subsea-related activities/operations for WWRP.
Note: The application deadline for this position is Sunday, January 19th 2025 at 11:59 PM (MST)
What you'll do
Support subsea related scopes such as saturation diving, flexible pipe installation, and subsea construction activities.
Support onshore preparation operations.
Work with other WWRP groups such as the Marine, Concrete Gravity Structure and Topsides teams, as well as Project Controls, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management, QHSE, as required.
Liaise with the Engineering Procurement Construction and Installation Contractor during project engineering activities.
Participate in design review, HAZID / HAZOP/ risk assessments, constructability review workshops, etc. relating to the subsea installation program
Promote and support a safe and environmentally sound work culture.
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 May 2025
Leadership - ability to collaborate with various contractors and partners on behalf of the organization during completion of Subsea scopes of work
Adaptability - ability to work in a team environment with members with varying backgrounds
Strong communication skills - ability to convey information concisely and accurately, both internally and externally
Understanding of the role of health, safety, environmental, and quality management systems in the oil and gas industry
Awareness level of knowledge of offshore installation activities on diving and construction vessels including subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowline and subsea production systems.
Have a basic understanding of structural engineering & naval architectural engineering concepts as related to the oil & gas industry for major projects
Working knowledge of Microsoft based applications such as Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, etc.
Familiar with using AutoCAD.
Technical writing abilities
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 Civil/Structural, Mechanical, Electrical or Naval Architectural Engineering 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 co-op or internship program for the duration of the work term
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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