Senior Plant Engineer

Avenue.io Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Mental health coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee family assistance

Virtual healthcare coverage

Job summary

Cenovus is seeking a Senior Plant Engineer to join our Calgary-based team, supporting our Conventional business. You will drive safe, reliable and compliant facility operations while delivering engineering solutions that maximize asset value and support operational excellence.

The role requires a P.Eng. designation registered with APEGA and 8+ years of related experience, strong knowledge of upstream facilities, and excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with Operations and

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• P.Eng. designation registered with APEGA.
• 8+ years of experience in operations, facilities and production engineering.
• Strong knowledge of upstream oil and gas facilities and applicable industry codes (ASME B31.3, CSA Z662).
• Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety and process safety throughout design, execution and operation of facilities.
• Provide technical and process engineering expertise to field operations, including modelling and valve sizing.
• Deliver day-to-day engineering support and troubleshoot operational challenges.
• Support facility shutdowns from scope development to execution.
• Ensure facility regulatory compliance and environmental reporting.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation registered with APEGA

Tools

ASME B31.1/B31.3

CSA Z662

API

Job description

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 11/16/2026

About this opportunity:

The Process & Facilities team is seeking a Senior Plant Engineer to join their Calgary-based team, supporting Cenovus’s Conventional business. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Process & Facilities Engineering, this dynamic role plays a key part in maximizing asset value through technical engineering expertise and strong business acumen. You’ll help drive safe, reliable, efficient and compliant facility operations while providing engineering solutions that support business performance and operational excellence.

What you’ll do:

• Champion safety and process safety throughout the design, execution and operation of facilities, including supporting process safety event reviews and response activities.
• Provide technical and process engineering expertise to field operations, including process modelling, compressor evaluations, valve sizing and interpretation/application of industry codes and standards (ASME B31.1/B31.3, CSA Z662 and API).
• Deliver day-to-day engineering support for assigned facilities, partnering with Operations and multidisciplinary engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve operational and maintenance challenges.
• Support facility shutdowns from scope development and planning through execution, working closely with Field Leadership to ensure safe and effective delivery.
• Ensure ongoing facility regulatory compliance, including environmental reporting, licensing, emissions requirements and other applicable regulatory obligations.
• Lead the technical development of facility projects, including scope definition, design, cost estimating, economic evaluation and preparation of project justifications to support investment decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve facility performance and maximize asset value by analyzing operating and financial results, investigating performance gaps and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strengthen technical capability and foster a culture of continuous improvement through mentorship, knowledge sharing, peer collaboration and evaluation of emerging technologies.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation registered with APEGA, with the ability to authenticate mechanical engineering deliverables.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in operations, facilities and production engineering. Candidates with less experience may be considered at an appropriate level.
• Strong knowledge of upstream oil and gas facilities, engineering practices and applicable industry codes and standards, including ASME B31.3 and CSA Z662.
• Proven operational troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with sound technical judgment and the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
• Strong communication, collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across Field Operations, Maintenance, Regulatory, Finance, Commercial, Marketing and external organizations.

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 15, 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. 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

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:
  • 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.