Completions Engineer

Meet Vermilion

We responsibly produce essential energy to support local and global needs while delivering long-term value to our people, shareholders, customers, partners and communities. Our people are fundamental to our success. As a global organization,

Excellence

,

Trust

,

Respect

and

Responsibility

are at the core of our vision and central to how we do business. Together, these core values create the foundation for our strong and collaborative culture.

We prioritize health and safety, the environment, and profitability, in that order. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the public and those who work with us, and the protection of our natural surroundings.

The Opportunity

Vermilion Energy has an exciting opportunity within the Canadian Business Unit seeking a Completions Engineer. Based in Calgary, this role will report directly to the Team Lead, Completions and be an integral part of the Canadian Business Unit Completions Team. This role will focus on maximizing the value of reserves in Canada by efficient planning and execution of development and exploration projects. This position is also responsible for ensuring suitable well site supervision, service contractor equipment and personnel are available for operations, and will collaborate with the Drilling & Completions team as well as Asset teams on planning and execution of projects.

The successful candidate will join a team that values its people and provides work with purpose.

What You Will Do

- Develop detailed completion designs for vertical, and horizontal wells, including both execution and planning and appropriate new technology applications.

- Optimize stimulation and completion strategy (e.g., multi‑stage fracturing, liner selection, perforation strategy)

- Ensure all completion activities comply with AER/BCER regulations, company standards, and industry best practices

- Prepare cost estimates, AFE inputs, and risk assessments for completion programs.

- Perform post project lookbacks including actual spend analysis, identifying out of scope actives, and provide recommendations for cost estimate refinements

- Provide real‑time engineering support during field operations, troubleshooting issues such as wellbore obstructions, equipment failures, or stimulation performance deviations

- Support the asset teams on well intervention or conversions

- Oversee service providers and ensure adherence to technical specifications and operational standards

- Analyze post‑completion well performance and stimulation results to identify improvement opportunities

- Evaluate and select service companies for hydraulic fracturing, wireline, coiled tubing, and completion equipment

- Stay current with emerging technologies in frac design, completions strategies, data digitization and analysis, operations automation, and downhole tools

What You Will Bring

- 7+ years of relevant industry completion experience with a strong emphasis on horizontal multi-stage frac completions/stimulations

- A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a registered Professional Engineer with APEGA

- Eligible for membership with EGBC

- Strong technical understanding around planning and execution of various hydraulic fracturing techniques

- Working knowledge of general completion and workover operations

- Ability to work in a team atmosphere where the completion engineer is an integral part of the group rather than an individual entity

- An efficient and precise communicator as the position requires interaction with team members, wellsite supervisors, service companies and regulatory bodies

- Ability to self motivate and prioritize time to set and achieve deliverables

What We Offer

- Industry-competitive time off including vacation, flex days and office closures such as Friday afternoons during the summer

- Casual yet professional office environment with a relaxed dress code

- Opportunities to connect with others, including weekly company-provided breakfast

- Competitive short-term and long-term incentive programs aimed to recognize and reward

- Top-tier benefits program, including a generous flexible health spending account and savings plan program

- Onsite childcare available (fee-based)

- Company-sponsored volunteer opportunities and volunteer grants

Why you’ll love working with us

- We care for each other, the environment and the company, and aim to enrich the communities in which we live and work

- We embrace new solutions across the business, allow space for creativity, and invest in innovation and technology

- We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness, and can be counted on to do what we say we will

- We invest in our employees, providing meaningful work and opportunities for training and professional development

- We have been focused on sustainability for more than a decade

- We are focused on the future: responsibly producing the natural gas and oil that is essential to energy security while exploring alternative energy options

Vermilion is committed to diversity and inclusion, and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment that highlights our employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all applications to help us build a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work.

Outstanding People. Outstanding Opportunities.