Senior Manager, Infrastructure Projects

Oil Authority; Calgary; On-site; CAD 210,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid vacation

Mental health coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee assistance program

Virtual healthcare

Job summary

Cenovus, an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary, is seeking a Senior Manager, Infrastructure Projects to lead non-process infrastructure across Canada and the U.S. You will guide the annual and multi-year portfolio, ensure effective governance, and oversee a multidisciplinary team delivering capital projects with strong safety, cost, and schedule discipline.

You will provide senior-level guidance on priorities, investment decisions and execution strategies, driving continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and registration as a Professional Engineer with APEGA or eligible for registration.
• 16+ years of progressive experience in capital projects, infrastructure, engineering and/or construction.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios or programs.
• Strong knowledge of project development and execution, including engineering, construction, project controls, contracting, procurement and risk management.
• Strong business and commercial acumen with experience in investment planning, governance, cost and schedule management, and portfolio risk.
• Proven ability to influence and align senior leaders, stakeholders, partners, contractors and service providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Workplace & Real Estate Infrastructure portfolio across Canada and the U.S., overseeing non-process infrastructure investments up to $100 million.
• Provide strategic oversight from opportunity development through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and close-out.
• Lead annual and multi-year portfolio planning, prioritization and resource allocation.
• Oversee portfolio performance across safety, scope, cost, schedule, quality and risk with governance and controls.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of managers, project professionals and technical specialists.
• Partner with operating assets, supply chain, and stakeholders to develop infrastructure solutions and contracting strategies.
• Provide strategic advice to leadership on infrastructure priorities and execution strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery to enhance capital efficiency and portfolio performance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Portfolio management

Project lifecycle

Stakeholder management

Contracting strategies

Risk management

Project controls

Capital projects

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Engineering degree + P.Eng (APEGA)

Job description

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Director, Workplace & Real Estate, the Senior Manager, Infrastructure Projects provides strategic leadership and oversight of the Workplace & Real Estate Infrastructure portfolio across Canada and the U.S. The role leads the organization responsible for developing and delivering non-process infrastructure annual investments up to $100 million, ensuring projects and programs are effectively prioritized, governed, resourced and executed to achieve business objectives.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the Workplace & Real Estate Infrastructure portfolio, overseeing the planning and execution of non-process infrastructure projects aligned with business priorities and investment plans.
• Provide strategic oversight across the full project lifecycle, from opportunity development and scope definition through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and close-out.
• Lead annual and multi-year portfolio planning, prioritization and resource allocation, balancing business needs, funding, project readiness and execution capacity.
• Oversee portfolio performance across safety, scope, cost, schedule, quality and risk, ensuring appropriate governance, project controls and timely escalation.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of managers, project professionals and technical specialists, establishing clear accountabilities and aligning resources to portfolio priorities.
• Partner with Workplace & Real Estate, operating assets, Supply Chain Management and functional stakeholders to develop practical infrastructure solutions and effective contracting strategies.
• Provide strategic advice to leadership on infrastructure priorities, investment decisions, execution strategies, emerging risks and portfolio trade-offs.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery practices to strengthen capital efficiency, execution effectiveness and overall portfolio performance.

Who you are:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering and registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Professional Engineer with APEGA.
• 16+ years of progressive experience in capital projects, infrastructure, engineering and/or construction, including project development and field execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios or programs.
• Strong knowledge of project development and execution, including engineering, construction, project controls, contracting, procurement and risk management.
• Strong business and commercial acumen, with experience in investment planning, project governance, cost and schedule management and portfolio risk.
• Proven ability to influence and build alignment across senior leaders, business stakeholders, functional partners, contractors and service providers.

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 13, 2026

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.