Senior Maintenance Scheduler

Cenovus Energy; City of Lloydminster; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cenovus Energy is seeking a Senior Maintenance Scheduler in Lloydminster to optimize safe, reliable asset management by scheduling preservative and restorative maintenance for the Upgrader complex and ethanol plants.

You will lead daily updates, coordinate outages, and collaborate with multiple departments and service vendors to keep Cenovus assets running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Journeyman Red Seal certification.
• P.Eng or CET designation considered an asset.
• 8+ years experience as a Maintenance Planner.
• Maintenance Planner Certification, MMP and/or CMRP considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine non-turnaround maintenance scheduling for the Upgrader complex.
• Lead notification, daily update, and draft meetings, and preparing draft and final schedules.
• Support outage or large job scheduling, coordinating/communicating schedule with the warehouse, and the operations maintenance specialist.
• Communicate, negotiate and work effectively with personnel from many different departments as well as numerous service vendors required to maintain Cenovus assets.

Education

Journeyman Red Seal certification

P.Eng or CET designation

Maintenance Planner Certification (MMP) / CMRP

Job description

About this opportunity

Cenovus is looking for a Senior Maintenance Scheduler, the position will focus on safe and reliable asset management by efficiently scheduling the preservative and restorative maintenance strategies for execution. This role will provide Maintenance Scheduling support to the Lloydminster Upgrader and Ethanol Plants.

Work Environment

This position is located in Lloydminster and requires the successful candidate to live in the area.

What you’ll do

• Provide routine non-turnaround maintenance scheduling for the Upgrader complex
• Lead notification, daily update, and draft meetings, and preparing draft and final schedules
• Support outage or large job scheduling, coordinating/communicating schedule with the warehouse, and the operations maintenance specialist
• Communicate, negotiate and work effectively with personnel from many different departments as well as numerous service vendors required to maintain Cenovus assets

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Journeyman Red Seal certification
• P.Eng or CET designation considered an asset
• 8+ years experience as a Maintenance Planner
• Maintenance Planner Certification, Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) and/or Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) considered an asset

We acknowledge the value of transferable 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 October 26, 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.

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. Find Cenovus on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

The Cenovus experience

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 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.

Business operations

We’re a Canadian-based integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans. 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.