Cenovus Energy

Process Engineer

Cenovus Energy • $80K — $95K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required
  • 2+ years experience in refining or a similar process industry required
  • Previous refinery experience or experience within a closely related process industry considered an asset
  • Legally authorized to work in the US
  • Transferable skills may be considered if not meeting specific requirements

Responsibilities

  • Provide process engineering support and technical expertise within defined accountability areas
  • Optimize variable costs with a proactive approach to energy management
  • Analyze variances between the commercial plan and actual performance
  • Participate in HAZOPs, LOPAs, and incident investigations
  • Support safety and environmental compliance reporting and verification activities
  • Ensure understanding of safe operating limits and resolve recurring exceedances
  • Initiate and lead Management of Change (MOC) and PSME gap analyses
  • Identify and justify turnaround scope, supporting planning and execution

Benefits

  • Support for safety and environmental compliance initiatives
  • Engagement with an optimization team to enhance refinery performance
  • Opportunities to lead and participate in HAZOPs and incident investigations
  • Exposure to continuous improvement processes and methodologies
  • Ability to work on diverse engineering challenges in a refinery setting
Full Job Description
Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 10/14/2026

About this opportunity:

Cenovus Energy is seeking a talented Process Engineer to join our team at the Toledo Refinery. Reporting to the Manager, Process Engineering, you'll serve as the technical advisor for an operating area of the refinery, providing objective evaluations of process challenges and driving continuous improvements in safety, reliability, and business performance.

Interested in working in Toledo? Learn more!

What you'll do:

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:
  • Provide process engineering support and technical expertise within defined areas of accountability, applying process engineering, process control, and process technology to achieve safe, reliable, and optimal operations
  • Optimize variable costs by using technical knowledge and a proactive approach to energy management
  • Analyze variances between the commercial plan and actual performance, and help the optimization team close gaps
  • Participate in HAZOPs, LOPAs, and incident investigations
  • Support reporting and verification activities for safety and environmental compliance, including Title V
  • Ensure safe operating limits and availability operating envelopes are understood, and investigate and resolve recurring SOL/SDL exceedances
  • Initiate and lead Management of Change (MOC) and Process Safety Minimum Expectations (PSME) gap analyses
  • Identify and justify turnaround scope, and support turnaround planning and execution


Who you are:
  • Legally authorized to work in the US
  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required
  • 2+ years experience in refining or a similar process industry (chemical, manufacturing, or nuclear) required
  • Previous refinery experience or experience within a closely related process industry considered an asset

We acknowledge the value of transferable 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 OCTOBER 13, 2026.

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About Cenovus Energy

Cenovus is a Canadian oil company with oil sands operations in northern Alberta that use specialized methods like SAGD to drill and pump the oil to the surface

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Cenovus Energy is not just a company; it’s a community. We pride ourselves on a workplace culture that supports professional growth and personal achievement. Employees at Cenovus enjoy competitive benefits, comprehensive diversity training, and a network of driven, capable colleagues committed to environmental stewardship and community engagement.

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5,938 employees
Market Cap
$36.1 billion
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Founded
2009
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