Senior Maintenance Planner

Cenovus Energy; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Senior Maintenance Planner in St. John, NL. This role involves planning maintenance for offshore systems, vendor management, and using SAP for operations. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in the oil and gas sector and relevant qualifications. Competitive benefits include vacation, health coverage, and continuous learning programs.

Benefits

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Life insurance

Employee family assistance

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Experience in planned maintenance systems is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee preventative maintenance programs.
• Work with Discipline Responsible Engineers on technical aspects.
• Assist Supply Chain Management with procurement and management of materials.

Skills

Preventive maintenance programs

Vendor management

SAP Plant Maintenance software

Education

Journeyman Certificate in Millwright or Pipefitting, or a Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 09/22/2025

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, WWR Maintenance & Planning, the Senior Maintenance Planner is responsible to plan maintenance work scopes related to the assigned West White Rose systems. This role will conduct weekly planning including assignment of materials and resources to work orders, responding to technical and engineering requests, and coordinating vendors for offshore campaigns.

This position is located at our St. John, NL office.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee preventative maintenance programs using SAP Plant Maintenance software to reduce maintenance backlog while maintaining optimum uptime
• Work with Discipline Responsible Engineers on technical aspects, including material obsolescence and vendor site visit recommendations
• Vendor management including scheduling offshore campaigns, raising service requisitions, confirming training and competence of vendors/service providers, and ensuring vendor reports are issued and SAP notifications are created
• Assist Supply Chain Management with procurement and management of materials, including back loading, onshore repairs, fabrication, and refurbishment
• Improve planning and execution processes to optimize reliability and availability of systems
• Monitor SAP to ensure a high standard of data integrity, with closure of work orders in a timely manner

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Journeyman Certificate in Millwright or Pipefitting, or a Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years of related experience in the oil and gas industry, in planned maintenance systems and offshore facilities along with local regulatory requirements

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

This is a safety sensitive position and will be subject to pre-placement Fitness for Work assessments, which includes drug and alcohol screening, a medical and driver’s abstract review

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT September 21, 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.

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email [e-mail].

Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.

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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