Staff Site Operations Engineer

Cenovus Energy; City of Lloydminster; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; 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 is seeking a Staff Operations Engineer to optimize surface assets in the Lloydminster Thermal district. You will lead a small team and drive performance, safety, and reliability across SAGD facilities, water production and distribution networks.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years of relevant experience, a Chemical Engineering degree, and a P.Eng. or eligibility. This role requires Canadian work authorization and a strong focus on safety and cost optimization within a multi‑asset site.

Qualifications

• Legally eligible to work in Canada and able to work in Saskatchewan.
• Post‑secondary degree in Chemical Engineering; P.Eng. is preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in SAGD/thermal operations.

Responsibilities

• Optimize SAGD facility performance and throughput within operating limits.
• Provide technical leadership to a small team of site engineers.
• Support safety programs, HAZOPs, and risk assessments for projects.
• Partner with Operations to complete monthly P&L reviews and cost drivers.
• Support repairs, modifications, and new equipment installations.

Skills

Technical leadership

Process optimization

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Chemical Engineering degree

P.Eng. designation (APEGS) or eligible

Tools

Process safety fundamentals

Job description

Worker Type & Job Post End Date

Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 10/21/2026

About this opportunity

As a Staff Operations Engineer, you will play a key role in optimizing the performance, reliability, and profitability of Cenovus’s surface assets within the Lloydminster Thermal district. You will provide technical leadership across SAGD processing facilities, raw water production assets, and distribution networks, identifying opportunities to improve plant performance, resolve operational challenges, and maximize value. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Capital Projects teams, you will influence cross‑functional solutions, support strategic initiatives, and contribute to the ongoing development of site capabilities.

What you’ll do

• Optimize Thermal SAGD facility performance and throughput within Safe Operating Limits by monitoring operations, identifying bottlenecks and improvement opportunities, resolving time‑sensitive production issues, developing scopes for new projects, and reducing operating costs through process optimisation.
• Provide operational support and troubleshooting across three to four thermal assets, while managing high‑priority commitments and providing technical stewardship to a team of one to three site operations engineers to maintain safe and reliable operations.
• Act as a safety leader by promoting safety as a core value and supporting key process safety activities, including Safe Operating Limits, process safety event calculations and investigations, process hazard analyses and asset HAZOPs, and risk assessments for projects and Management of Change (MOC) activities.
• Partner with Operations to complete detailed monthly P&L reviews, identify and act on key production, cost and value drivers, and strengthen business acumen and ownership across the operating area.
• Provide engineering support for repairs, mechanical alterations, and new equipment installations; review repeat repairs and equipment failures to identify recurring issues and recommend equipment or infrastructure modifications that improve reliability, performance, and asset integrity.
• Be an active part of front‑end engineering activities that support delivery of the long‑range plan, including project identification, technical scoping and design, cost estimating, economic analysis, and preparation of project justification materials aligned with corporate priorities and budgets.
• Support turnaround and outage planning, including scope development, identifying production impacts, and engineering support through execution.
• Steward or contribute to key business processes and initiatives (Monthly Production Reporting, Lost Production Allocation, Value Threat Management, Thermal Raw Water Management, Threat Assessment Process).
• Support regulatory and emissions compliance.

Who you are

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Post‑secondary in Chemical Engineering.
• P. Eng. designation from APEGS (or eligible to apply for P.Eng with APEGA).
• Minimum 12+ years relevant experience.
• Experience in SAGD or Thermal Operations Engineering considered an asset.
• For this position you will be required to maintain a Class 5 driver’s licence, a satisfactory driving record, and adhere to the appropriate Company policies and guidelines. A driver’s abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre‑employment screening for the final candidate.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT October 20, 2026.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviours and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to resolving next steps.

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

Development initiatives

• Internal course offerings
• Education assistance for additional development
• Opportunities to work on special projects
• Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

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 are a Canadian‑based 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.