About this opportunity:
The Senior Staff Process Engineer will provide technical depth and leadership in Front-End Development (FED) across our refinery assets, with a particular focus on large and complex capital project scopes. This role will bid, select and manage contractor performance as well as prepare work to progress project in FED . In addition, the Senior Staff Process Engineer partners with Senior Managers in FED to address performance issues and maintain consistency across the portfolio.
What you’ll do:
Develop project scopes, justifications, and Basis for Design (FED1/FED2), validating business needs, assess options, and define sustainable, low-cost solutions that strengthen the capital portfolio
Define and control scopes, schedules, and costs, ensuring safe site access and effective transition of work across project phases
Work with asset teams, Reliability, EHS, Procurement, and technical SMEs to align on project scope, risk management, compliance requirements, and engineering standards
Review and approve key engineering documents (PFDs, P&IDs, H&MBs, equipment sizing, process safety data), performing quality control on design deliverables, safeguarding work, and flare system studies
Participate in MOC, HazOps, and regulatory updates (PSM, RMP), ensuring engineering contractors document and follow design and safety standards
Prepare economic models to analyse return and complexity, and screen projects for the capital portfolio and long-range plan
Identify and develop projects that improve asset performance, margin growth, and strategic downstream initiatives
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:
Legally authorized to work in Canada
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical or Petroleum Engineering
A member in good standing or eligible for registration with APEGA or APEGS
Minimum 16 years of refining process engineering and project engineering experience
Experience in multiple process units and a broad working knowledge of refinery unit operations
Strong technical computing literacy to support modeling, simulation and data analysis
Willing to travel approximately 30-50% of the time
We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
As this position has been identified as safety sensitive, employment of a final candidate selected for this position will be conditional upon successful completion of required pre-employment medical and alcohol/drug assessments
For this position you will be required to maintain a Class 5 driver's license, a satisfactory driving record, and adhere to the appropriate Company policies and guidelines. A driver's abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre-employment screening for the final candidate
Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT January 23, 2026.
Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.
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Who we are:
Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.
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The Cenovus experience
Total rewards
We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:
Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
Health & dental benefits
Substantial mental health coverage
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Employee family assistance
Virtual healthcare coverage
Our development philosophy
We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:
Internal course offerings
Education assistance for additional development
Opportunities to work on special projects
Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders
We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes—for employees and for the company as a whole.
Our culture
Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
Our values:
Protect what matters
Do it right
Make it better
Do it together
Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.
Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.
Equal opportunity employer
We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.
To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.
The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.
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