Senior Refinery Project Manager

Cenovus Energy; Lima (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

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 Energy in Lima, Ohio seeks a Staff Project Engineer to lead safe, cost-effective delivery of refinery projects within Downstream Site Projects Execution, primarily at Lima Refinery.

You will form and guide project teams, ensure gate approvals, manage stakeholders, and drive best practices across scope, engineering, construction, commissioning and controls while maintaining schedule and budget. This role emphasizes HSER performance and technical assurance.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the US.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in refinery or similar oil/petrochemical industry, including project engineering, management and/or construction, turnaround, operational, and technical leadership.
• Experience successfully executing a diverse range of projects, programs, and/or site activities.
• Experience managing engineering and/or construction activities with working knowledge of engineering deliverables and construction practices relevant to refining.
• Understanding of project best practices, ability to apply informal leadership and influence, strong stakeholder management skills, and proven experience to drive through challenges and ambiguous situations toward successful outcomes while managing a broad, fast-paced workload.

Responsibilities

• Acts as Project Manager for a portfolio of diverse and complex refinery projects.
• Forms and leads a project team and coaches, mentors, and drives the team with high stakeholder engagement across all levels.
• Ensures rigorous and efficient performance and delivery of project stages and gate approvals, and technical assurance by appropriate internal or external representatives.
• Promotes project progress with benchmarking and best practices in scope development, engineering, construction, commissioning, and controls.
• Ensures high-quality engineering, fabrication, and construction with successful project startups and lifecycle operations.
• Acts as safety leader with a focus on HSER performance in all stages of projects.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Cenovus Energy in Lima, Ohio seeks a Staff Project Engineer to lead safe, cost-effective delivery of refinery projects within Downstream Site Projects Execution, primarily at Lima Refinery.

You will form and guide project teams, ensure gate approvals, manage stakeholders, and drive best practices across scope, engineering, construction, commissioning and controls while maintaining schedule and budget. This role emphasizes HSER performance and technical assurance.