Staff Rotating Equipment Engineer

Cenovus Energy; Calgary; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; 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 seeks an experienced Staff Rotating Equipment Engineer to act as the technical authority for rotating equipment across CTCHO from Calgary. You will develop standards, improve reliability, troubleshoot failures, and influence maintenance, reliability, and project decisions through collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.

The role requires deep technical expertise, mentoring capability, and the ability to drive reliability improvements while balancing safety and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with P.Eng. registration.
• Minimum 12 years of rotating equipment experience in industrial/oil & gas settings.
• Experience with compressors, pumps, turbines, and gas engines.
• Knowledge of SAGD processes and API/ASME/ABSA/ISO standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide rotating equipment standards and guidance for CTCHO.
• Collaborate with Reliability, Operations, Maintenance, Asset Management and Projects.
• Support multiple Calgary-area sites with ~20% field travel.
• Improve equipment reliability and perform root-cause investigations.
• Develop long-range maintenance planning inputs and cost forecasts.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Reliability improvement

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder influence

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

P.Eng. designation (APEGA/APEGS)

Job description

Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 08/28/2026

About this opportunity

The Staff Rotating Equipment Engineer is the technical authority for rotating equipment across CTCHO, responsible for developing standards and best practices, improving equipment reliability, providing expert support for troubleshooting and failure investigations, supporting maintenance and asset management decisions, and influencing projects and business improvement opportunities through collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams. The role requires deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, the ability to influence stakeholders, and a proven capability to mentor others and drive reliability improvements.

What you’ll do

• Enterprise-wide rotating equipment subject matter expert for CTCHO, providing technical leadership and governance through standards, specifications, best practices, and engineering guidance.
• Partners with Reliability Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Asset Management, Projects, Facilities Engineering, Supply Chain, and external equipment and service providers.
• Supports multiple CTCHO operating sites from a Calgary base, with approximately 20% field travel.
• Scope spans all rotating equipment systems across CTCHO and supports operations, maintenance, reliability, engineering, and project functions.
• Accountable for improving equipment reliability and performance; identifying rotating equipment improvement opportunities; supporting condition monitoring, troubleshooting, and failure investigations; and developing long-range planning recommendations and cost forecasts for rotating equipment maintenance and replacement needs.
• Key deliverables include rotating equipment standards and specifications, technical recommendations, root cause investigations, reliability improvement plans, business cases, and long-range maintenance planning inputs.
• Exercises significant independent judgment as the technical authority for rotating equipment, influencing maintenance, operational, and project decisions through expertise rather than direct authority.
• Solves complex technical and reliability challenges requiring interpretation of industry standards, risk assessment, and balancing safety, reliability, and business objectives.

Who you are

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation recognized by APEGA or APEGS.
• Minimum 12 years of experience supporting the maintenance, operation, repair, and engineering of rotating equipment within industrial or oil and gas environments.
• Extensive experience with compressors, pumps, turbines, and gas engines, including equipment troubleshooting, optimization, reliability improvement, and failure investigations.
• Strong knowledge of SAGD processes and rotating equipment applications, with expertise in relevant industry codes and standards including API, ASME, ABSA, and ISO.
• Demonstrated ability to develop engineering standards, specifications, best practices, and technical guidance for rotating equipment systems.
• Experience supporting maintenance planning, asset management, condition monitoring programs, and long-range equipment planning.
• 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 27, 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. Find Cenovus on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

The Cenovus experience Total rewards

• 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.

• 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.

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 under the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.