Manager, Discipline Facilities Engineering (Process)

Oil Authority; Calgary; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Mental health coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee family assistance

Virtual healthcare coverage

Job summary

Cenovus is seeking a Senior Manager, Discipline Facilities Engineering (Process) to lead a team of process engineers delivering technically sound facility-change designs for CTCHO assets. You will ensure compliance with Cenovus standards and industry practices, own the PSV revalidation program, and guide multi-discipline project scoping and execution.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, budgeting and risk management across internal teams and with external partners, within a Calgary-based

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering and P.Eng. with APEGA.
• Extensive process design experience in oil and gas facilities, SAGD knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with MOC and engineering governance in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior process SME for the Discipline Facilities Engineering team across CTCHO.
• Ensure deliverables comply with Cenovus requirements and industry best practices (ASME, API, CSA).
• Provide senior technical direction on process design of overpressure protection and relief systems.
• Own the CTCHO PSV revalidation program and support Car Seal Authority.
• Provide early inputs on scoping for facility projects and advise other engineering teams.
• Develop standardized designs for repeatable work and capture lessons learned.
• Triage incoming requests and allocate resources to meet timelines.
• Manage team competency, set goals, and provide coaching.
• Oversee third-party engineers and vendors.
• Ensure MOC controls from start to close-out (COIMS).
• Facilitate and approve PHAs and RA/ORA for MOCs.
• Act as Responsible Member under PPMP.

Skills

Pressure relief design

Process hazard analysis

MOC governance

Project management

Mentoring engineers

Education

Chemical Engineering degree

P.Eng. with APEGA

Job description

About this opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Discipline Facilities Engineering, The Manager, Discipline Facilities Engineering (Process) is accountable for the technical quality of process engineering deliverables on facility changes across Cenovus's Canadian Thermal and Conventional Heavy Oil (CTCHO) assets.

Leading a team of process engineers, the manager ensures process designs for facility changes are technically sound, code compliant and are managed through Management of Change. The role also oversees the CTCHO pressure safety valve (PSV) revalidation program and car seal authorization and builds the team's capability and capacity to meet growing business demand. The role is the senior process subject matter expert for multi-discipline projects and works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Integrity and Reliability, and Operations Process Engineering to provide early scoping and guidance on facility projects.

What you’ll do

• Act as a senior process subject matter expert for the Discipline Facilities Engineering team, providing process evaluation for facility changes across CTCHO.
• Ensure the team's process deliverables are of high standard and comply with Cenovus requirements and industry best practices (e.g. ASME, API and CSA).
• Provide senior technical direction on process design of overpressure protection and pressure relief systems.
• Own the CTCHO PSV revalidation program and act as, or support, the Car Seal Authority.
• Provide early process inputs on scoping and solutions to other engineering teams on facility projects.
• Develop standardized designs for repeatable work and apply lessons learned.
• Triage incoming process requests and assign the right resources to deliver them on time.
• Manage team competency, set technical goals that align with the CTCHO strategy, and provide coaching.
• Oversee third-party engineering firms and vendors.
• Make sure assigned facility changes go through MOC from start to close-out, in line with COIMS.
• Facilitate and approve process hazard analyses and risk assessments (PHA/RA/ORA) for assigned MOCs.
• Act as Responsible Member under the Cenovus Professional Practice Management Plan (PPMP), including authenticating professional work products.
• Manage the team's engineering scope, including estimates, schedules, budget forecasts and risks.

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Degree in Chemical Engineering, and registration as a P.Eng. with APEGA.
• Minimum 12 years of process design engineering experience in oil and gas facilities, including facility modifications. Knowledge of SAGD facilities design considered an asset.
• Strong knowledge of pressure relief and overpressure protection design (API 520/521), and of process hazard analysis.
• Experience with MOC and engineering governance in a regulated environment.
• Project management experience on facility modification projects, including managing scope, cost, schedule and risk.
• Experience directing engineering partners (EPs), including setting scope, reviewing deliverables and holding them to quality and schedule commitments.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers.

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT November 4, 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 $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.

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.