Prior to his election as Member of Parliament, Kurek worked as a farmer and seasonally in the oil and gas sector. Since a young age, he has also been involved in his family's multigenerational farm near Consort, AB. He also served under the riding's previous MP, Kevin Sorenson in Ottawa in 2015 and in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, in various roles while Brad Wall was Premier of Saskatchewan. Up until putting his name forward to become the Conservative candidate for Battle River—Crowfoot, Kurek worked for Hon. Kevin Sorenson in his constituency office in Camrose, Alberta.
