Reservoir Development Engineer

ExxonMobil • Edmonton, AB

11d • Onsite

About The Position

At Imperial, we work every day to responsibly develop Canada’s energy resources – applying technology and innovation to supply affordable, accessible and reliable energy while reducing emissions. Imperial recognizes the important role we can play by advancing climate solutions within our operations and by providing lower life-cycle emission products to our customers. This effort is powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by a pride in what we do and what we stand for. The success of our upstream, downstream and chemical, and corporate divisions is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies. Imperial honours diverse backgrounds so we can be a place where people can bring their full selves to work, no matter their identity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability. At Imperial, we want you to come for the position and stay for the career. As an integrated company, we are uniquely positioned to offer you a wide range of career prospects and growth opportunities through the course of your career with us. We invite you to bring your ideas and help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. About Imperial’s Cold Lake operation: Cold 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required – preferably Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with CSS and follow-up optimization processes is an asset
• Reserves evaluation experience is an asset

Responsibilities

• Apply reservoir engineering expertise to support development planning, reservoir performance management, and studies for our Cold Lake asset.
• Support the development of future solvent-assisted SAGD projects for Cold Lake.
• Work across a diverse portfolio of recovery technologies, supporting optimization and future development of the asset.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level