Student, Subsurface Production Engineering, St. John's (September 2026)

Cenovus Energy • St. John's, NL

19h • Onsite

About The Position

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 aid in the management and analysis of technical information for the subsurface group, whose primary responsibilities cover the White Rose oil and gas reservoirs, wells, and production reporting. The Subsurface Production student supports both Production and Reservoir Engineers in the monitoring and performance evaluation of the White Rose wells. We are looking for a candidate who is a keen learner and thrives working in a fast-paced and diverse environment.

Requirements

• 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 2026
• Critical thinker and 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
• Demonstrates collaboration by actively seeking out diverse people and organizations to collectively achieve business goals
• Strong written and oral communication skills are essential
• Must be enrolled in a Mechanical, Process, or Computer 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with a range of software programs considered an asset (ex. MS Excel, Spotfire, Power BI, VBA, Python, SQL)

Responsibilities

• Working with Production and Reservoir Engineers to maximize value from the existing White Rose wells
• Identify and recommend well and field production optimization opportunities to the Subsurface Production team
• Provide regular production performance updates to Subsurface Production team
• Monitoring of current well conditions and review of historical data to make recommendations
• Interface with other stakeholders such as Operations, Marine and Subsea teams to resolve field issues
• Participate in risk assessments and field HAZOPS
• Assisting with data management for the Subsurface Production team by maintaining production and reservoir engineering databases and visualizations
• Support regulatory well testing and production reporting

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Relocation support: relocation assistance may be available
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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