Worker Type: Employee
Job Post End Date: 09/16/2026
About this opportunity:Cenovus Toledo Refinery is now hiring for a Senior Reliability Engineer who will have a broad experience of Downstream facilities such as those used by Cenovus' petroleum refining, tankage, rail and truck loading facilities. This role will lead reliability implementation, troubleshooting, and operational experience covering a broad range of equipment classes (pumps, compressors, motors, level gauges, pressure transmitters, and switches).
The successful candidate will, in addition to having advanced technical knowledge, have exceptional leadership and communication skills. Ideal candidates will have experience identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in international trends in engineering and leadership, and emotional intelligence.
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What you'll do:Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:
- Focus on availability improvements from a mechanical and I&E standpoint. Perform root cause analysis for equipment/instrument failures meeting the defined thresholds
- Responsible for the unit vulnerability studies and unit reliability road maps - including long term reliability plans and goals for units
- Champion of bad actor program including formal data analysis and recommendations. Leverages operators' care best practices (equipment basic care, operator rounds, lubrication program) to improve equipment reliability
- Responsible for analyzing data and providing input and context to operational and maintenance activities
- Develop obsolescence and long-range plans for Bad Actor or performance improvement equipment and development of mitigation plans
- Utilizes failure data and reliability tools such as Risk Based Maintenance to optimize maintenance and equipment strategies, in collaboration with discipline engineers. Requests LPO from E&P for equipment failures
- Performs recommendation management. Justifies defect elimination micro projects (single discipline) for reliability/availability improvements
- Understands how Asset Strategies (reliability road map) support overall site targets and plays an integral role in assuring reliability risks are adequately addressed through Asset Strategies, TAR Strategies, Annual Maintenance Plans and Defect Elimination program
Who you are:- Legally authorized to work in the US
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another closely related discipline required
- 8+ years of engineering experience in an operating refinery or chemical plant with similar responsibilities & deliverables required
- Broad and detailed knowledge of industry standards & reliability best practice required
- Knowledgeable in relevant ASME, API, ISO, and NFPA standards and codes
- Experience with Maximo, Meridium, Excel, and AutoCAD considered an asset
We acknowledge the value of transferrable 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 SEPTEMBER 15, 2026.#LI-DS1
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