Senior Petroleum Geologist

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BENEFITS OF WORKING AT IOGC:

1. Performance pay
2. Market allowance
3. Family Day stat
4. Free parking
5. Flexible work arrangements/Telework option
6. Work-life balance
7. Banked Time program
8. A small agency with many exciting opportunities
9. Located on the Tsuut'ina First Nation with views of downtown Calgary and the Rocky Mountains

Duties

1. Leads IOGC’s interactions with industry, academia, and other jurisdictions to stay abreast of emerging technologies and unconventional resource plays; evaluate applicability to First Nations lands.
2. Provide strategic and expert geoscience advice as requested by First Nations, IOGC senior management and the Ministry.
3. Evaluation of newly drilled wells and recompletions and incorporating results into geological mapping. Provide technical review prior to well abandonment and conversions to service wells.
4. Conducting the technical evaluation of all leases for continuance purposes. Providing analysis and recommendations to senior management on emerging technical issues and opportunities related to treaty entitlement lands.
5. Identification of potentially inequitable production and reservoir depletion that could be detrimental to First Nations; recommending and implementing strategic approaches to remedy these situations.

Work environment

IOGC is an organization committed to managing and regulating oil and gas resources on First Nation reserve lands. It is a non-unionized special operating agency within Indigenous Services Canada. IOGC is responsible for the administration of oil and gas resources on First Nation reserve lands across Canada, primarily south of the 60th parallel. Most of IOGC's work is in Western Canada in the area of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Intent of the process

This is a full time 2 year term position. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar term and/or indeterminate positions.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
1. Degree in geology from a recognized university or other specialty in earth sciences relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

CERTIFICATION:
1. Professional Geologist or Geoscientist (P.Geol. or P.Geo.) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) or other Canadian equivalency is a requirement.

EXPERIENCE:
1. A minimum of 10 years of experience in the field of petroleum geology/geoscience in the oil and gas industry with experience in unconventional resource plays (shale and/or heavy oil).

2. A record of collaboration with multiple public and private organizations and stakeholder on complex technical issues that lead to positive results.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

1. Post graduate degree in geology or other equivalency.

Degree equivalency

2. Experience working and leading technical committees and professional organizations to advance technical excellence and stay abreast of changing technologies and the energy transition.

3. Experience with industry and government to champion innovation.

4. Experience in oil and gas reserve estimation.

5. Regulatory experience.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
1. Knowledge of petroleum geology, petrophysical analysis, mapping, and reserve estimation in both conventional and unconventional plays.
2. Knowledge of geologic description and interpretation.
3. Strong technical knowledge in geology in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

COMPETENCIES:
1. Create Vision & Strategy
2. Uphold Integrity & Respect
3. Collaborate with Partners & Stakeholders
4. Achieve Results
5. Communication

ABILITIES:
1. Ability to construct a geological model to characterize the reservoir, determine pool extent and well production characteristics.
2. Ability to construct a structural model.
3. Ability to generate resource maps, such as net pay and hydrocarbons in place.
4. Ability to do basic petrophysical analyses, such as core review (how porosity, permeability and saturations are determined) and description (grain size, fabric, lithology), log interpretation and calibration of core data to well logs.
5. Ability to present and communicate complex technical information, recommendations and decisions to a variety of audiences, demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as a member of the following designated Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Candidates must apply online in order to answer the screening questions. When answering these questions, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. Please specify when, where and how you gained this experience using specific examples, including dates and the role you played at that time. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. Failure to provide the above information may result in your application being rejected from the process.

All communication and information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to the close of process, may be used in the assessment of qualifications. Your ability to communicate effectively in writing may be evaluated through your responses to the screening questions, your covering letter, and/or your résumé.

Interviews will be conducted. Written test(s) will be administered. Reference checks will be conducted. A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or an organizational need. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.