Crude Product Quality Specialist

Cenovus Energy Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental benefits

Paid vacation

Job summary

Cenovus Energy is seeking a Crude Product Quality Specialist to lead enterprise petroleum quality initiatives from wellhead to market. You will optimize blending, testing and specifications across crude, condensate and other products, while guiding traders and operations with technical insight.

The role requires deep quality expertise, commercial acumen and the ability to influence across functions without formal authority in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a related discipline and 12+ years in petroleum quality.
• Deep knowledge of petroleum specifications, sampling, testing and blending.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Ability to translate quality metrics into commercial value and risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise subject‑matter expertise for petroleum quality across upstream, midstream and downstream interfaces, with a primary focus on crude oil and condensate.
• Translate product quality parameters into commercial value and risk, identifying opportunities to optimize blending, treating, storage, equalization and market acceptance.
• Develop and maintain corporate quality standards, targets, blend models, equalization methodologies, sampling protocols and testing requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to traders, schedulers, optimization teams and operations, including review of product assays and certificates of analysis.
• Support the development and interpretation of commercial agreements, ensuring product‑quality requirements are technically and commercially sound.
• Lead investigations into off‑spec products, measurement issues and quality disputes with root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Represent Cenovus on industry committees and across cross‑border quality matters.

Skills

Petroleum quality

Analytical thinking

Commercial judgment

Cross-functional influence

Root-cause analysis

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Science

Job description

About this opportunity

The Crude Product Quality Specialist provides enterprise technical and commercial leadership for crude oil, condensate and other petroleum-product quality. The role protects and enhances value from wellhead to final market by optimizing quality, blending and equalization outcomes; ensuring products meet contractual, pipeline, terminal and industry specifications; and resolving off-spec, measurement and quality disputes. Responsibilities include technical advisory, commercial agreement support, quality modelling, sampling and testing protocols, and industry representation. The successful candidate combines deep petroleum-quality expertise with commercial judgment, strong analytical capability and the ability to influence across functions without formal authority.

What you’ll do

Provide enterprise subject‑matter expertise for petroleum quality across upstream, midstream and downstream interfaces, with a primary focus on crude oil and condensate. Translate product quality parameters into commercial value and risk, identifying opportunities to optimize blending, treating, storage, equalization and market acceptance. Develop and maintain corporate quality standards, targets, blend models, equalization methodologies, sampling protocols and testing requirements. Provide technical guidance to traders, schedulers, optimization teams and operations, including review of product assays, certificates of analysis, new supply and treatment options. Support the development and interpretation of commercial agreements, ensuring product‑quality requirements and specifications are technically and commercially sound. Lead investigations into off‑spec products, measurement issues and quality disputes, including root‑cause analysis, corrective actions and oversight of third‑party equalization calculations. Provide clear recommendations on product quality, testing, blending and corrective actions, escalating matters requiring financial, operational, contractual or regulatory approval as appropriate. Represent Cenovus on relevant industry technical committees and support company‑wide and cross‑border quality matters across multiple commodities, assets and third‑party logistics systems.

Who you are

• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of directly relevant petroleum industry experience, with significant accountability for crude oil or product quality.
• P.Eng. designation, MBA or other relevant advanced education is considered an asset.
• Deep knowledge of petroleum specifications, sampling and testing methods, assays, blending, equalization, measurement, product treatment, and quality provisions within commercial transportation agreements.
• Established industry credibility, including experience with technical committees and commercial contract development.
• Strong understanding of oil and gas physical flows and interfaces across pipeline, terminal, rail, truck and marine transportation.
• Demonstrated ability to investigate off‑spec and measurement issues, conduct root‑cause analysis, translate technical findings into commercial impacts, and influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, financial, negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to organize and prioritize complex work independently in a fast‑paced environment.

Note

The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT November 11, 2026.

Why Cenovus

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.

The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

• 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 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‑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 $10,000 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.

Additional information

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.

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.

Our shares trade under the symbol CVE, and are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.