Plant Operator

Cenovus Energy; Village of Donalda; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in Canada is seeking a Plant Operator to manage specific areas of the plant safely and efficiently. This full-time role requires a minimum of 5 years of operating experience, along with a Fourth Class Power Engineering Certificate. The Plant Operator will ensure compliance with safety standards and work closely with various teams to meet production goals. Candidates must be authorized to work in Canada and will benefit from a competitive total rewards package including health benefits and opportunities for development.

Benefits

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee family assistance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of operating experience.
• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Progression towards Third Class Power Engineering Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Operate plant area in a safe and productive manner.
• Conduct walk-arounds and participate in safety audits.
• Perform regulatory compliance checks.
• Monitor and troubleshoot operational events.
• Support maintenance schedules and commissioning of new equipment.

Skills

Operating experience

Safety compliance

Education

Fourth Class Power Engineering Certificate

Job description

Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 01/01/2026

About this opportunity

Reporting to the Coordinator, PDO, the Plant Operator is responsible for operating a plant area or unit in a safe, effective and productive manner. This role will work with direct peers, panel operators, coordinators, maintenance, engineering, and support services to meet production targets and ensure safety standards are followed.

Work Environment

• This is a full-time employee position working a shift of 12 hrs/day and 6 hrs on the first and last day; 7 days on 7days off; 42 hrs/week; Wednesday start; 2 week cycle

Foster Creek & Christina Lake

• Foster Creek and Christina Lake has full-service camp facilities
• Depending on your place of residence and your shift rotation, bus and/or air transportation to/from site is offered from designated departure points in select locations
• Foster Creek is serviced by flight Hubs in Calgary and Edmonton
• Christina Lake is serviced by flight Hubs in Calgary and Edmonton as well as bus transportation to site from La Corey, AB. and Lac La Biche, AB

Sunrise

• Sunrise is located approximately 100 km northeast of the City of Fort McMurray and is a fly in/ fly out remote camp-based position.
• Cenovus will provide transportation to Sunrise from designated hubs out of Calgary and Edmonton
• At the Sunrise site, employees will be provided comfortable camp accommodations and recreational amenities

What you’ll do

• Provide clarity on team's tasks and activities within the organizational strategy and work within budgetary/financial objectives.
• Conduct walk-arounds and participate in formal safety audits; LOTO, HSE audits.
• Perform regulatory compliance checks, reporting requirements and completes and review e-Log entries.
• Monitor process conditions and initiates troubleshooting activities for all abnormal operational events and takes corrective actions.
• Oversee a specific work location and support maintenance schedule by preparing equipment for scheduled work.
• Support commissioning and start-up of new equipment and processes.

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Minimum 5 years of operating experience.
• Fourth Class Power Engineering Certificate with progression towards Third Class.

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 December 31, 2025.

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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