19 Feb 2026

Contract Geophysicist

Calgary, AB

Agilus is recruiting for a Contract Geophysicist in the oil & gas industry in Calgary, Alberta.
Reporting to the Manager, Geoscience Conventional Heavy Oil, the Contract Geophysicist will be accountable to work in a multi-disciplinary team to ensure reservoir development plans are optimized to meet business needs, enable the successful execution of our development plans, and support our long-term strategy. This role will apply geophysical interpretation techniques, including advanced seismic inversion techniques, to characterize reservoir complexity, identify reservoir risks and propose development opportunities.

Total rewards:
  • $68.00 - $100.00 hourly
  • Mon to Friday, 8 hours a day
  • 12 Months of contract
  • Pay rate range $68/hr - $83/hr for T4 and for IC range is between $83/hr to $100/hr

A typical day:
  • Work with asset geologists, reservoir engineers and earthworks team to plan annual start well program to delineate the reservoir, ensuring consistency in development practices and fostering effective communication.
  • Provide quality control for processing of seismic data, using appropriate parameters for the needs of the business.
  • Interpret and generate depth converted seismic surfaces for development well planning, well placement and real time drilling.
  • Work with geologists, geophysicists, acquisition team, engineers and regulatory teams to plan 2D and 3D seismic programs to reduce delineation and reservoir risk, and optimize production.
  • Provide geophysical input for geomodels, regulatory submissions and resource management reports, creating documentation and presentations for technical reviews.
  • Support workflow optimization projects to improve geoscience and reservoir engineering workflows and work products.

Successful candidates will have:
  • Bachelor of Science in Geophysics.
  • Minimum 8 years of related industry experience.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced prospecting heavy role.
  • Registered P. Geo and in good standing with APEGA or other Provincial Professional Geoscience Organization.
  • Proficiency in 2D and 3D seismic interpretation & visualization, seismic attribute analysis & other specialized geophysical interpretative techniques.
  • Good understanding of clastic depositional systems preferably with some exposure to Mannville Group stratigraphy.
  • Experience with a wide range of geoscience software such as Hampson-Russell, Jason, and SeisWare. Expertise in Petrel is preferred.

This posting is for an active opening.

Interested?
Please apply directly online

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