Technical Service Manager

Country

Canada

Location

Fort McMurray - (Long Lake)

Employment Type

Employee

Requisition Number

CAN02688

Closing date

Oct-03-2025

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.

CNOOC and You

Your career at CNOOC is about moving forward – learning new skills, broadening experiences, and making meaningful contributions. From personal career development that enables you to fulfill your potential, to employee programs that help you make the most of work life balance.

This position is classified as a Safety-Sensitive Position. In this role, you will participate in our 14x14 shift schedule which requires you to work fourteen 12-hour day shifts (7am – 7pm), followed by fourteen days off. Schedules are based on business needs and subject to change. We offer free parking at our site or if you’d like us to take the wheel, you can use our daily bus service to/from Fort McMurray.

In exchange for your dedicated work is a total rewards package that not only recognizes your contribution, but also provides for your family. We offer competitive Company-paid benefits that support your mental, physical and financial well-being! Including an annual Wellness Account, a generous paramedical allowance, and access to a team of Virtual Health Care professionals to guide you to the right medical resource. Save for your future by participating in our Pension plan and join our Savings Plan with Company-matching. We encourage you to further step up for your community by giving you two paid volunteer days, volunteer rewards and sports grants to support causes you are passionate about.

Bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the determination to fuel our success are what set us apart. Therefore, We are seeking a motivated Technical Service Manager to join our dynamic team in Fort McMurray, Alberta. This important role will be instrumental in leading a multidisciplinary engineering team to ensure the long-term reliability, integrity, and performance of the Long Lake Oil Sands facility. You will play a key role in overseeing asset integrity programs, driving early-phase project development, and providing technical leadership to support safe, efficient, and compliant operations.

Your Background

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Process engineering preferred); P.Eng designation required. - 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management capacity.

- Strong understanding of asset integrity principles and SAGD or Upgrader process

- Demonstrated experience working in oil sands or heavy oil operations is strongly preferred.

- Excellent communication, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills.

Your Role with Our Team

- Lead and develop a high-performing team of engineers across multiple disciplines to support oil sand asset.

- Oversee the asset integrity management system (AIMS) to ensure fitness-for-service of static, rotating, and electrical assets throughout their lifecycle.

- Provide engineering governance for Management of Change (MOC), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) processes.

- Guide reliability improvement initiatives to reduce downtime, enhance equipment availability, and optimize maintenance strategies.

- Lead identification of operational bottlenecks, reliability gaps, and optimization opportunities within the facility.

- Direct development and screening of improvement concepts using operational data, process modeling, and lessons learned from past projects.

- Review and approve technical documents, design packages, and repair strategies to ensure quality and regulatory compliance.

- Serve as the technical focal point for troubleshooting critical plant issues and identifying long-term mitigation strategies.

- Support development projects team by providing technical review, feedback and 3rd party engineering evaluation.

- Ensure alignment between engineering support and operations, maintenance, HSE, and project teams.

- Collaborate with SCM and Projects in selecting technical vendors and reviewing design deliverables.

- Monitor industry developments and apply new technologies or practices to improve asset performance and safety.

Career Development

The opportunities are limitless when you join our team. Our employees are encouraged to drive their development, enhancing their career through experiences, exposure, and education. A mentoring program, on-demand e-Learning courses, and formal training opportunities are all ways in which CNOOC International supports your career growth.

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