Job Opportunity – Geologist – Sedimentologist & Stratigrapher Specialist
Employer Legal Name: North American Helium
Employer Operating Name: North American Helium
Business Address:
1200-440 2 Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 5E9
Job Title: Geologist – Sedimentologist & Stratigrapher Specialist
NOC: 21102 – Geoscientists and Oceanographers
Job Duties:
- Developing, refining, and communicating regional stratigraphic frameworks and depositional models to support helium exploration and development programs in Western Canada.
- Overseeing geologic operations during the planning and drilling of wells
- Develop and refine regional chronostratigraphic frameworks for Cambrian and associated sedimentary intervals within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
- Conduct detailed sedimentological and stratigraphic analyses using core data, well logs, sequence stratigraphic methodologies, and subsurface mapping techniques.
- Integrate multidisciplinary datasets, including geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and shallow subsurface data, into comprehensive basin-scale interpretations.
- Construct depositional models and associated maps to support prospect generation, exploration risk assessment, and drilling target identification.
- Collaborate with geophysical and engineering teams to support well planning, delineation, and development strategies.
- Evaluate third-party geological data acquisitions and participate in technical due diligence where required.
- Prepare technical reports, mapping products, and internal presentations to support exploration decision-making.
- Represent NAH at technical conferences and coordinate academic collaborations to advance research and exploration methodologies.
- Arrange geologic wellsite services, prepare pre-drill prognoses, and monitor geologic data received during drilling of wells (e.g., information regarding drill cuttings, mud gas, MWD gamma).
Number of Positions (if more than one): One
Terms of Employment: Full-time, permanent.
Wage/Salary: $173,000 CAD per annum; $83.17 per hour
Benefits: The Company provides:
- Annual benefit allowance of up to $12,750 (depending on family status) which is used toward health and dental expenses.
- Critical Illness Coverage
- Short and Long Term Disability Coverage
- Parking Allowance $500/month
- Cell Allowance $100/month
Location of Work: Calgary, Alberta
Education Required:
- Master’s degree in Geology. PhD preferred. Specialization in Cambrian sedimentology and stratigraphy, basin analysis, or a closely related geoscience discipline is preferred.
- Professional registration with APEGS or an equivalent provincial regulatory body
Work Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of applied industry experience in subsurface geological interpretation and stratigraphic analysis, including experience in helium or other unconventional gas resources.
- Minimum 2 years of geologic drilling operations experience.
- Experience in core logging, regional correlation, depositional system analysis, and basin-scale geological modeling.
Points of Contact:
Via email: contact@nahelium.com or dallen@nahelium.com
Other Requirements:
- Demonstrated expertise in Cambrian stratigraphy within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin; Saskatchewan subsurface experience considered an asset.
- Strong analytical, technical writing, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Legal Status to Work Requirement:
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian Citizen;
- You are a Permanent Resident of Canada; or
- You are a Temporary Resident of Canada with valid legal status to work.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada as outlined above, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.
