System Operations Engineering Student

At South Bow we do one thing and we do it well: safely moving oil between some of the worlds most critical building our high-performing team with versatile thinkers who thrive on solving big challenges youre ready for a position where your skills are highly valued and your work is incredibly important we want to meet you. Bring your talents to a new streamlined energy company dedicated to operational commercial and safety excellence as we pursue our critical purpose of delivering the energy people need.

Term:

Full-time 16-month student work term

Start Date:

May 2026

The Opportunity
South Bow is a seeking engineering student interested in hands-on experience across its SCADA & Automation and Process Hydraulics (PHE) & Leak Detection Engineering (LDE) teams. You will contribute to models analyses and projects that improve operational reliability and overall system integrity across our (liquid) pipeline operations.

What Youll Do

• Support the design testing and troubleshooting of automation and control logic used for pressure control and operational reliability.

• Collaborate with Control Center System Operations and field teams to support safe and reliable operations.

• Assist with SCADA system configuration testing documentation and deployment of reliable real time monitoring systems.

• Help investigate and resolve data quality instrumentation and system issues that impact operational and leak detection performance.

• Assist with maintaining and updating databases technical documentation scorecards and dashboards to support internal and external stakeholders.

• Support real time and offline simulation of pipeline systems to understand hydraulic behavior pressure management and system performance under normal and abnormal operating conditions.

• Assist with the development maintenance and use of analytical tools models and data workflows to support system monitoring investigations and continuous improvement.

• Support the development and maintenance of steady state and transient hydraulic models to inform system design project evaluations and compliance.

• Contribute to data organization validation and process improvement initiatives to continuously improve analysis tools and workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in Engineering (Mechanical Chemical Electrical Civil Software & Computer Energy); at least four academic terms completed by start date.

• Enrollment at an accredited university and returning to school for at least one semester following the work term.

• Valid study permits and post-secondary work placement letters required for international students.

• Demonstrated safety mindset and alignment with South Bow values.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for collaborative cross-functional work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework/projects in fluid mechanics pipeline hydraulics process control and data analysis.

• Experience with programming (e.g. VB C# SQL Python).

• Familiarity with hydraulic modeling tools (steady-state & transient) automation/SCADA concepts.

• Project Management skills and/or agile ways of working; the ability to reprioritize based on business needs.

• Experience in data management and visualization/ reporting (Power BI Excel or similar).

How to Apply
Please submit your resume and unofficial your cover letter availability window and any relevant project/coursework.

About our business

South Bows existing oil & liquids pipeline infrastructure connects Alberta crude oil supplies to U.S. refining markets in Illinois Oklahoma Texas and the U.S. Gulf Coast. We remain committed to meeting the energy needs of North Americans today while advancing our Liquids Pipelines System for the demands of the future. Connecting growing Canadian and U.S. crude oil supply to key markets leveraging existing assets and seeking new opportunities to continue to provide our customers with access to the destinations they need.

South Bow is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program supervised by the U.S. government.

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Thank you for choosing South Bow in your career search.

* Depending on qualifications the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or ladder.

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