Director, Downstream Site Projects Delivery

Oil Authority

Dublin, Northern (OH, KY)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 280,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid vacation

Annual bonus

Retirement savings plan matching

Long-term incentives

Medical & dental coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee assistance program

Virtual healthcare coverage

Generous leave of absence programs

Fitness membership reimbursement

Job summary

Cenovus is seeking a Director, Site Projects Execution, to join our team in the United States. This role leads design engineering, contracting strategy, construction, project controls, and commissioning across a multi-site portfolio with an annual budget of $300–$400 million.

The position requires relocation to Ohio (Dublin, Toledo, or Lima) and travel up to 33% to coordinate with Front-End Development and other functions.

Qualifications

Legally authorized to work in the US.
Minimum of 20 years of relevant experience in refinery or similar oil/petrochemical industry, including project engineering/management and/or other relevant technical, operational, and business roles.
Experience successfully supporting or executing a diverse range of assignments, activities, and/or projects.
Experience managing engineering and construction activities with a focus on ensuring compliance with internal and external standards/requirements and driving improvement programs.
Experience supervising, influencing, and collaborating with a diverse group of internal and external resources to deliver results and improve performance.
Relocation to Ohio locations (Dublin, Toledo, or Lima) and travel up to 33%.

Responsibilities

Leads and develops team members across the US and Canadian refining sites to deliver a portfolio of projects as a substantial part of the Cenovus Downstream investment program.
Drives teams to develop, engineer, procure, construct, and commission projects in accordance with the Cenovus stage-gated project process, approved investment budgets, and business expectations for safety, quality, reliability, schedule, and cost performance.
Oversees the project controls organization supporting all project stages in execution and front-end development.
Owns the Capital Project Process, developing, defining, and improving work processes for detailed design, construction, equipment turnover, project close out, and all aspects of project execution.
Drives life-cycle quality and value through efficient, competitive engineering and construction strategies and management.
Works with Engineering resources on quality programs and turnover of engineered equipment and design documents. Sets standards for design, construction, procurement, and turnover of running assets, and develops project close-out deliverables for installed assets.
Collaborates with leadership and extended business teams across each site, corporate teams, and project team members to ensure alignment of objectives, deliverables, and performance. Actively participates with site and Technical & Projects leadership teams.
Ensures strong integration of project activities with Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE), Technical including Front-End Development, Turnaround, Supply Chain Management, Commercial, and Production-Centric organizations, while ensuring compliance with COIMS requirements.
Ensures proper reporting of project plans and performance and is accountable for project forecasting and LRP inputs for portfolio development of inflight projects.
Provides coaching and assurance around safety leadership with a critical focus on safety performance and culture.
Provides guidance to the organization to support capital projects executed by outside departments in Downstream facilities. Ensures project controls and engineering support are provided for capital work executed by other organizations.