Summer Students

Type of Positions: 6 Fixed Term Summer Roles - 4 months (May 4 to August 31)

Eligibility: Must be returning to a full-time post-secondary degree or diploma program in Fall 2026

Why work at Parex Resources Inc.?

The Parex team is always looking to add top talent to our organization, who share our values and bring capabilities to deliver our business safely and with integrity, aligned with our Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) commitments in the areas where we operate. Parex is grounded in making the right decisions for all stakeholders, employees, the communities where we live and work, and our investors.

Parex Resources is a publicly-traded exploration and production company. With its headquarters in Calgary, Canada, and its operations in Colombia, the company has a 15-year history of delivering shareholder value. Highly profitable, the company possesses a strong balance sheet and is extremely well positioned to continue growing organically.

Learn more about our company and culture at:

How do you fit in?

• A 4-month summer term will provide you with professional work experience, build transferable skills, and provide an opportunity to learn the practical application of your field of study.
  Desired characteristics of successful candidates include a positive attitude, attention to detail, multi-tasking capabilities with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, and a willingness to learn and take initiative.

Position #1 – Exploitation Geoscience

What you will do:

• Liaise with an integrated team of Geoscientists and Engineers.
• Assist Geophysicists and Geologists with ongoing Development activities that include reservoir characterization, development and data quality control.
• Work in Petrel and generate geoscience interpretations for input into reservoir model building.
• Review all well, seismic and production data for actively producing fields to assist with future business decisions:
• Map well markers and log data;
• Analyze seismic attributes and cross plotting;
• Integrate geophysical, geological and engineering data into field models;
• Collect, analyze, and integrate well log, core, cuttings, petrophysical, and production data to support subsurface interpretation.

What you must have:

• Completed at least three years (preferred) in a Petroleum Geophysics or Geology post-secondary program - graduate students are also encouraged to apply.
• Understanding of seismic inversion and geostatistical modelling preferred, but not required.
• Understanding of well log correlation, calculations, facies, and map generation.

Position #2 – Operations Geoscience

What you will do:

• Liaise with an integrated team of Geoscientists and Engineers.
• Assist Geophysicists and Geologists with ongoing Exploration and Development activities that include reservoir characterization, development and well operations.
• Work in Petrel and generate geoscience interpretations for input into reservoir model building.
• Apply regional seismic and well data interpretation to actively producing fields to assist with future business decisions:
• Map well markers and log data;
• Map seismic horizons and faults;
• Analyze seismic attributes and cross plotting;
• Integrate geophysical, geological and engineering data into field models;
• Collect, analyze, and integrate well log, core, cuttings, petrophysical, and production data to support subsurface interpretation.

What you must have:

• Completed at least two years (preferred) in a Petroleum Geophysics or Geology post-secondary program - graduate students are also encouraged to apply.

Position #3 – Exploration Geophysics

What you will do:

• Liaise in an integrated team of Geoscientists and Engineers.
• Work with the Geoscience team to integrate data analytics and Machine Learning methods to the Exploration workflow.
• Create a database of logging, core, seismic and fluid property data to understand regional trends and uncover geologic relationships that drive a successful Exploration program; Map and integrate learnings with existing interpretation to enhance subsurface understanding.
• Apply regional seismic and well data interpretation to actively producing fields to assist with future business decisions:
• Map well markers and log data;
• Map seismic horizons and faults;
• Analyze seismic attributes and cross plotting;
• Integrate geophysical, geological and engineering data into field models;
• Collect, analyze, and integrate well log, core, cuttings, petrophysical, and production data to support subsurface interpretation.

What you must have:

• Completed at least three years (preferred) in a Petroleum Geophysics or Geology post-secondary program - graduate students are also encouraged to apply.

Position #4 – Exploration Geoscience/Engineering

What you will do:

• Collect, interpret and integrate subsurface datasets into formation centric Play-Fairway-Analysis.
• Conduct field and well failure analyses to guide common-risk-segment mapping.
• Work across organizational boundaries to strengthen interpretations.
• Communicate results to the organization.

What you must have:

• Completed at least three years (preferred) in a Petroleum Geoscience or Engineering post-secondary program - graduate students are also encouraged to apply.
• Familiarity with geographic information systems (GIS) applications, statistics and analytics considered an asset.
• Understanding of fundamental geoscientific concepts of stratigraphy, sedimentology, structural geology/tectonics.
• Basic understanding of petroleum systems components (source rock, migration, reservoir, seal, trap) and parameters affecting fluid storage and flow (porosity, permeability, pressure, viscosity).

Position #5 – Exploitation Engineering

What you will do:

• Perform decline analysis on maturing assets, and liaise with Reservoir Advisor on methodology.
• Work with Area Engineers to analyze analogue fields for purposes of reservoir understanding and field development planning.
• Review previous budget results to better assess future predictions.

What you must have:

• Completed one to two years (preferred) in a Petroleum Engineering post-secondary program.
• Basic understanding of petroleum systems is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills.

Position #6 – Operations Engineering

What you will do:

• Use tools like Power BI or Spotfire to visualize trends through time, create reports and share analysis.
• Integrate reservoir engineering concepts with historical field and analogue production datasets to build datasets, and/or processes to improve operated fields reservoir characterization efficiency and quality.
• Communicate with Team Leads/Managers to understand historical results, failure or success, and accurately document and update parameters in post-well analysis.
• Provide data analysis, compilation, and quality control for Senior Engineers as required.

What you must have:

• Completed at least two years (preferred) in a Petroleum Engineering post-secondary program - graduate students are also encouraged to apply.

Additional skills/attributes required for all candidates:

• Good working skill level with Excel, Word, Outlook, MSTeams.
• Results Oriented – demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals; well-organized and detail-oriented to deliver high quality work under tight deadlines.
• Adaptable – capable of working and adapting in challenging, fast paced environments and quick to learn new skills.
• Collaborative – works effectively across the organization to achieve corporate and personal goals.
• Innovative – champions new ideas; creates an environment that supports innovation and creativity.
• Problem Solver/Decision Maker – demonstrates excellent problem-solving skills and effectively examines events, issues, problems to generate solutions.
• Excellent Communication Skills – demonstrates effective interpersonal and communications skills, including verbal and written, as well as good presentation, report writing and cross-cultural skills.
• Team Player – shares knowledge and works effectively within a team environment; enthusiastic, confident and develops strong working relationships quickly; ability to develop trust, respect and teamwork within and outside the organization.
• Self-Starter & Accountable – ability to work independently and unsupervised, and in collaboration with others, to efficiently achieve work objectives; has a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude toward work.

Where you'll be working:

These positions are located in our Corporate Headquarters at 2700 Eighth Ave Place, West Tower in Calgary, Alberta T2P 1G1, Canada.

Posting Closes: February 9, 2026

Please apply via the posting on LinkedIn.

We appreciate your interest in working with us, however, only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.