Senior Legal Counsel

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Director and Assistant General Counsel – Canadian Downstream Legal, the Senior Legal Counsel will be responsible to provide knowledgeable, practical and timely legal support on a wide variety of commercial agreements and legal matters for Cenovus’ Business Development – Pipelines and Terminals and Marine Business groups. The ideal candidate will have strong business acumen with the ability to translate complex legal principles into practical and effective business solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Possess business and operational familiarity across a wide range of matters including crude, condensate, natural gas and NGL infrastructure, transportation, transloading, storage and handling of commodities under pipeline, terminal, rail and truck modes.

• Work directly with Cenovus’ Business Development – Pipelines and Terminals team to provide strategic legal advice and review, draft and negotiate various logistics and infrastructure related commitments including construction and development agreements, service and operating agreements, pipeline, rail, truck and marine transportation and terminal agreements and other transportation arrangements.

• Participate in the negotiation and implementation of joint ventures, partnerships and other business combinations as well as acquisitions and divestitures within the business area. 

• Review, draft and participate in the negotiation of other energy related commitments including power purchase agreements and cogeneration facility agreements.

• Work collaboratively with Cenovus’ US Legal team on cross-border pipeline and transportation matters.

• Engage and manage external counsel on commercial matters related to the business.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.

• Minimum 10 years post-call legal experience.

• Member of a Canadian law society.

• Experience with energy commodity marketing, pipeline and transportation arrangements gained through private practice at a top-tier law firm or in-house environment.

• Experience with marine transportation would be 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 May 18, 2026.

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. Learn more.

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Who we are:

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, 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 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.

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The Cenovus experience

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 $25,000 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.

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.

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