Worker Type: Employee
Job Post End Date: 08/29/2026
About this opportunity:Reporting to the Senior Manager, Foster Creek & Sunrise Operations Process Engineering, the Staff Operations Process Engineer will identify, scope, and advance high-value optimization and capacity debottleneck opportunities at Cenovus' Foster Creek (FC) and Sunrise (SR) SAGD facilities. The role will work effectively with stakeholders to determine safe and efficient solutions to overcome process constraints, increase production capacity, and improve operating costs. This includes developing robust project scopes, business cases, and technical solutions that influence capital allocation decisions and drive measurable value for each asset.
As a senior technical contributor, this role acts as a subject matter expert (SME) and key integrator across numerous disciplines (Operations, Engineering, Projects, Integrity, etc.), ensuring solutions are practical, executable, and aligned with asset priorities and economic hurdles. This role will identify and solve complex, time-sensitive production issues requiring deeper analysis beyond routine day-to-day engineering support, necessitating strong technical process understanding and multi-disciplinary background.
What you'll do: - Identify, prioritize, and lead evaluation of high-impact production, reliability, and cost optimization opportunities across FC and SR facilities, with a focus on debottlenecking within Safe Operating Limits (SOLs)
- Own end-to-end scoping of opportunities, including:
- Problem definition
- Data analysis and root cause identification
- Option development and screening
- Economic evaluation and risk assessment
- Develop clear, decision-quality project scopes and business cases, and present to OMM/CORE to secure funding and alignment
- Act as technical authority and SME through project handoff and execution, ensuring scoped solutions deliver intended outcomes
- Work across disciplines (Operations, Production Eng., Development Eng., Facility Eng., Major Projects, iSTO, Integrity and Reliability Eng, etc.) to ensure integrated, asset-wide solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to site and Calgary-based engineers (indirect influence).
- Act as a go-to expert for complex process and facility performance challenges.
- Influence asset strategy by shaping capital investment decisions and opportunity prioritization.
- Establish and reinforce best practices in opportunity identification, scoping, and economic evaluation.
- Model and share knowledge about best practices, inform policy and guidelines with respect to the technical and professional components of the job.
Who you are:Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:
- Legally authorized to work in Canada.
- University degree in Engineering and P. Eng. designation from APEGA / APEGS.
- Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
- Advanced skill set in SAGD, with significant depth and breadth of knowledge in Operations Process Engineering and a strong understanding of other core SAGD functions.
- Advance skillset in core process engineering functions such as: process simulations, PSV calculations, line sizing, determination of bottlenecks, benchmarking, heat integration and heat exchanger performance, etc.
- Advanced knowledge in, or ability to integrate, across disciplines such as Production Engineering, Major Projects Process Engineering Design, Facility Engineering, Process Controls, Projects, etc.
- Strong understanding of facility constraints, debottlenecking methodologies, and Safe Operating Limits (SOLs).
- Demonstrated ability to develop and evaluate technically complex, high-value opportunities, including economic analysis and risk assessment.
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 August 28, 2026.Total rewards We're committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:
- Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
- Health & dental benefits
- Substantial mental health coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Employee family assistance
- Virtual healthcare coverage
Our development philosophy We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:
- Internal course offerings
- Education assistance for additional development
- Opportunities to work on special projects
- Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders
We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes-for employees and for the company as a whole.
Our culture - Our purpose: We energize the world to make people's lives better.
- Our values:
- Protect what matters
- Do it right
- Make it better
- Do it together
- Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
- Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
- Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
- Receive donation matching up to $10,000 annually.
- 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.
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