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About the role

Country

Canada

Location

Fort McMurray - (Long Lake)

Employment Type

Contingent Worker

Requisition Number

CAN02729

Closing date

May-27-2026

Company Overview

Welcome to CNOOC International. We are a global energy company and subsidiary of CNOOC Limited with a vision of delivering safe, sustainable energy for all**.**

CNOOC International, the international division of CNOOC Limited, is a global energy company with operations in Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe. Our successful growth as an upstream oil and gas producer has been achieved by consistently finding and developing world-class assets.

Our business is focused on safely exploring and producing from conventional offshore, unconventional and oil sands assets. As part of the CNOOC Group of companies, which span the entire energy supply chain, our size and capability create a competitive advantage that ensures we deliver long-term value.

Oil sands development is an important component of CNOOC International’s global portfolio. In Canada, CNOOC Petroleum North America has interest in more than 300,000 acres in the Athabasca region – one of the largest deposits of Canadian oil reserves, where we use technologically advanced production processes such as Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD). Our Long Lake facility, located in northern Alberta just south of Fort McMurray, began producing in 2008 and is a SAGD-only operation for the interim, with production capacity of around 72,000 barrels of bitumen a day.

This is a 12-month contractor role based in Fort McMurray**, Alberta.** The role operates on a 14x14 rotation with 12-hour day shifts. Candidates must be available for on-call support during nights as required by operations.

The successful candidates will be onboarded through a third-party contracting agency.

Your Background

  • Requires both Level One and Level Two DeltaV Implementation training certificates.
  • Minimum of 5 years of working experience in similar role(s).
  • Prior programming experience with PLCs and or SCADA systems is required.

Your Role with Our Team

  • Undertaking a daily service PM to sense, identify, and respond to system health parameters with a goal of maintaining availability and reliability of the process and process systems;
  • Performing proactive monitoring using The Company’s developed Standard Work Process;
  • Understanding the Emerson DeltaV, Allen Bradly ControlLogix, and Siemens S-7 logic and control module organization to facilitate fast, accurate support;
  • Providing day-to-day technical support on process control and PLC systems and process control related tasks.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and troubleshooting of industrial control system networking equipment including switches and firewalls
  • Demonstrate knowledge and troubleshooting of 3rd party systems such as Electrical Heat Trace monitoring, Continuous Emission Monitoring systems etc.
  • Forcing and bypassing process systems as required following the established MOC process;
  • Implementing small process control logic changes which may include I/O, regulatory control, SIS, and Sequence/batch;
  • Building or troubleshooting process graphics.
  • Continuously evaluating the existing process control systems for reliability of control and effectiveness;
  • Identifying opportunities where process control applications will improve process reliability, efficiency, and operational consistency;
  • Installing and maintaining DD files to map critical smart instrument parameters into the DCS system;
  • Configuring, testing, and troubleshooting, DeviceNet, OPC, and other SCADA connectivity protocols;
  • Configuring SCADAPack and other RTU modules and associated modems to provide SCADA communication.
  • Providing documentation and training support to the I&C and Maintenance personnel.
  • Reviewing, verifying, or providing engineered documents and manuals for work orders to assist technicians to determine if devices and DCS/AMS have the correct values and parameters.
  • Helping technician’s troubleshoot work orders to determine if repairs can be completed from the Asset Management Station due to electronics failures.
  • Supporting site projects to install/migrate/upgrade control systems.

Closing Statement

All positions require background checks which could include:

  • Criminal police record check
  • Education verification
  • Credential verification

All Safety Sensitive positions could include:

  • Drug & Alcohol testing
  • Pre-access medical testing
  • Drivers’ abstract for last 3 years
  • Completion of CSO (Energy Safety Canada’s Common Safety Orientation) or CSTS (Construction Safety Training System) online safety course

About China National Offshore Oil

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