Staff Operations Process Engineer, FC & SR SWU

Cenovus Energy; Calgary; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 170,000; 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 Energy in Calgary is seeking a Staff Operations Process Engineer to identify, scope, and advance high-value optimization and capacity debottleneck opportunities at Foster Creek and Sunrise SAGD facilities. You will work with stakeholders to develop robust project scopes, business cases, and technical solutions that influence capital allocation decisions and drive measurable value for each asset.

As a senior technical contributor, you will act as SME across Operations, Engineering,

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, and lead evaluation of high-impact production, reliability, and cost optimization opportunities across FC and SR facilities, with a focus on debottlenecking within SOLs.
• Own end-to-end scoping of opportunities, including problem definition, data analysis, root-cause identification, option development and screening, and economic evaluation and risk assessment.
• Develop clear, decision-quality project scopes and business cases, and present to stakeholders to secure funding and alignment.
• Act as technical authority and SME through project handoff and execution, ensuring scoped solutions deliver intended outcomes.
• Work across disciplines to ensure integrated, asset-wide solutions and provide technical leadership and mentorship to site and Calgary-based engineers.
• Influence asset strategy by shaping capital investment decisions and opportunity prioritization.

Skills

SAGD operations

Process engineering

Economic analysis

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

Engineering degree

P.Eng. designation (APEGA/APEGS)

Job description

About this opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Foster Creek & Sunrise Operations Process Engineering, the Staff Operations Process Engineer will identify, scope, and advance high-value optimization and capacity debottleneck opportunities at Cenovus’ Foster Creek (FC) and Sunrise (SR) SAGD facilities. The role will work effectively with stakeholders to determine safe and efficient solutions to overcome process constraints, increase production capacity, and improve operating costs. This includes developing robust project scopes, business cases, and technical solutions that influence capital allocation decisions and drive measurable value for each asset.

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 08/29/2026

As a senior technical contributor, this role acts as a subject matter expert (SME) and key integrator across numerous disciplines (Operations, Engineering, Projects, Integrity, etc.), ensuring solutions are practical, executable, and aligned with asset priorities and economic hurdles. This role will identify and solve complex, time-sensitive production issues requiring deeper analysis beyond routine day-to-day engineering support, necessitating strong technical process understanding and multi-disciplinary background.

What you’ll do

• Identify, prioritize, and lead evaluation of high-impact production, reliability, and cost optimization opportunities across FC and SR facilities, with a focus on debottlenecking within Safe Operating Limits (SOLs)
• Own end-to-end scoping of opportunities, including:
  • Problem definition
  • Data analysis and root cause identification
  • Option development and screening
  • Economic evaluation and risk assessment
• Develop clear, decision-quality project scopes and business cases, and present to OMM/CORE to secure funding and alignment
• Act as technical authority and SME through project handoff and execution, ensuring scoped solutions deliver intended outcomes
• Work across disciplines (Operations, Production Eng., Development Eng., Facility Eng., Major Projects, iSTO, Integrity and Reliability Eng, etc.) to ensure integrated, asset-wide solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to site and Calgary-based engineers (indirect influence).
• Act as a go-to expert for complex process and facility performance challenges.
• Influence asset strategy by shaping capital investment decisions and opportunity prioritization.
• Establish and reinforce best practices in opportunity identification, scoping, and economic evaluation.
• Model and share knowledge about best practices, inform policy and guidelines with respect to the technical and professional components of the job.

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• University degree in Engineering and P. Eng. designation from APEGA / APEGS.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
• Advanced skill set in SAGD, with significant depth and breadth of knowledge in Operations Process Engineering and a strong understanding of other core SAGD functions.
• Advance skillset in core process engineering functions such as: process simulations, PSV calculations, line sizing, determination of bottlenecks, benchmarking, heat integration and heat exchanger performance, etc.
• Advanced knowledge in, or ability to integrate, across disciplines such as Production Engineering, Major Projects Process Engineering Design, Facility Engineering, Process Controls, Projects, etc.
• Strong understanding of facility constraints, debottlenecking methodologies, and Safe Operating Limits (SOLs).
• Demonstrated ability to develop and evaluate technically complex, high-value opportunities, including economic analysis and risk assessment.

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 August 28, 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.

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.