Senior Maintenance Planner & Scheduler

Cenovus Energy; Christina Lake; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cenovus Energy seeks a Senior Maintenance Planner and Scheduler in Christina Lake. This role involves creating work plans, coordinating jobs, and ensuring safety standards are met. Ideal candidates have a Journeyman Certification and extensive planning experience. Join a leading energy company committed to safety and sustainability.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package

Employee programs and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in an industrial setting at the Journeyman Level.
• Extensive planning experience using Construction Maintenance Management Systems.
• Legally authorized to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Create clear work order job plans to ensure efficient resource use.
• Prepare work packages including selecting parts, materials, and documentation.
• Liaise with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering groups on site.

Skills

Planning

Safety Standards

Communication

Education

Journeyman Trade Certification

Tools

CMMS

SAP

Job description

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 06/13/2025

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is currently looking for a Senior Maintenance Planner and Scheduler based at our Christina Lake location.

The Planning and Scheduling job's main purpose is to align departments and vendors to work towards a common goal. This is accomplished by creating clear work order job plans that will guide execution actions to ensure that resources are used in the most efficient, cost effective and safe manner.

While this vacancy is currently at Christina Lake, this posting could be used to fill vacancies at any of the three Oil Sands Operations sites (Christina Lake, Foster Creek, or Sunrise, based on business need).

Work Environment:

Foster Creek & Christina Lake

• This is a full-time employee position working a shift rotation
• 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

• This is a full-time employee position working a shift rotation
• 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:

• Adhere to site processes, business flows, procedures, and standard practices
• Receive work notifications, prioritize jobs, and select work to be planned by priority and dates
• Prepare work packages, including selecting parts, material, identifying trades, special tools, skills, external services, rentals, and documentation required with planned costs.
• Adherence to the Work Order life Cycle process
• Understanding of critical safe work procedures
• Support KPI targets including but not limited to, planning backlog, ready backlog, capacity utilization & maintenance costs
• Provide planning support for Shutdowns, Turnaround and Outage events as required
• Responsible to liaison with all groups on site including but not limited to Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering
  
  

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Journeyman Trade Certification with a minimum 8 years of experience in an industrial setting, at the Journeyman Level
• Extensive planning experience using Construction Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Demonstrated commitment to high safety standards
  
  

Experience with the following will be considered an asset:

• MOC’s
• Turnaround process and asset management
• SAP
  
  

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, June 12th, 2025.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.

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:

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We’re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

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We strive for a collaborative, physically and psychologically safe environment where you can be yourself, feel a sense of belonging and thrive. For more information, including details on our inclusion and diversity targets and networks, 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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