Surface Land Administrator - Canadian Natural Resources, Calgary

About this opportunity

Make your mark while you grow your career with Canadian Natural Resources Limited! Canadian Natural has an exciting permanent opportunity for a Surface Land Area Administrator to join the Calgary Land team, providing essential surface land administration support across operating areas. This role ensures surface agreements, payments, and compliance obligations are accurately maintained, reflecting Canadian Natural’s commitment to Doing It Right through professionalism, integrity, and attention to detail in a fast‑paced environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with Land Agents, Operations, Accounting, Regulatory teams, Asset Retirement and external stakeholders to support uninterrupted surface access and positive landowner relationships. This role calls for a reliable, adaptable professional with a strong work ethic, clear communication skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative, improvement‑focused mindset.

Your impact

As an administrator, you will take on several key accountabilities to support operations and maintain high standards of integrity across all projects:

• Administer and maintain surface land agreements including Governing agreements (Surface Leases, Rights of Way, etc.) and supplemental agreements (Temporary Workspace, and road/access agreements), ensuring files are accurate, complete, and maintained in our electronic files
• Update and track surface land information in Canadian Natural land systems and databases (including registrations, notices, amendments, renewals, expiries, and required weekly and monthly reports)
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of payments including annual rental payments and other compensation in accordance with agreement terms
• Communicate with other departments as required to ensure effective working relations and workflow
• Support capital, maintenance, integrity, and operational projects by assisting internal teams with planning and execution requirements
• Act as a point of contact for landowners, Land Agents, lawyers, Crown agencies, and service companies to respond to inquiries in a timely manner
• Contribute to meetings and share knowledge and experience in an effort to drive continuous improvement
• Perform all duties with a high degree of integrity, accuracy, and professionalism

Qualifications

To be successful in this position, applicants should meet the following requirements:

• Must have minimum 5+ years of industry-related Surface Land experience
• A Petroleum Land / Land Analyst Certificate or similar is considered a strong asset
• A practical working knowledge of applicable rules, acts, directives, etc.
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills
• A self-starter who takes initiative to learn and grow