Staff Project Engineer

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

About this opportunity

Cenovus is seeking a Staff Project Engineer to join our Lima refinery. This role is responsible for the safe and effective delivery of projects within Downstream Site Projects Execution, primarily at Lima Refinery while also supporting other sites, as assigned. The role leads assigned projects teams consisting of members across Cenovus departments and contractors to drive strong Project Management, stakeholder engagement, and best practices across scope development, engineering, construction, commissioning, and controls. The role delivers projects in conformance with Health, Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory expectations, with strong outcomes in quality, reliability, and operational performance, and within approved schedules and budgets, while driving to competitive benchmarks.

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.

Worker Type: Employee. Job Post End Date: 10/08/2026.

What you’ll do

The role acts as Project Manager for a portfolio of diverse and complex refinery projects. Projects are typically located at Lima Refinery but may also be at other sites, as assigned. Forms and leads a project team for all assigned projects and coaches, mentors, and drives the team along with high stakeholder engagement across all levels of the organization to successfully deliver each project. 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 strong competitive benchmarking and best practices in areas of 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.

Who you are

• 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.

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Total rewards

• 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

*Eligibility for Total Rewards varies by position. This role may not be eligible for all Total Rewards offerings.

Employee development

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

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.

Who we are

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 downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We are currently the largest refiner in Ohio and transport products from our refineries in Lima and Toledo, Ohio and Superior, Wisconsin via pipelines, rail cars and trucks to customers throughout the United States.

Other 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.

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The Cenovus experience

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 on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.