Senior Process Engineer

About this opportunity:

Cenovus’ Atlantic Region is seeking a Senior Process Engineer the St. John’s, NL office. This role supports the development and maintenance of procedures and work instructions while collaborating closely with teams across Subsea Operations, Engineering, Subsurface, Maintenance, West White Rose Operational Readiness, Assurance, and Developments.

This role also provides the opportunity to contribute to or take ownership of innovative systems and initiatives, including the Asset Condition Monitoring Dashboard, along with other projects that reflect Cenovus’ commitment to continuous improvement.

This position is located at our St. John, NL office.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with the Reliability Engineer to drive equipment reliability and process optimization.

• Lead engineering investigations and manage change initiatives to improve process performance and equipment integrity.

• Act as the onshore system coordinator for assigned process and utility systems.

• Provide process engineering support to coordinators across turret, topsides, and marine systems.

• Maintain the integrity of key process safety and design documentation, including P&IDs, Alarm & Trip Registers, and input to ESD Cause & Effects.

• Participate in and support risk management activities, including PHAs, HAZOPs, SCE reviews, and other safety assessments.

• Review, resolve, and close out ANRAS and NOPRAS items related to process and utility systems.

• Support production engineering through ad hoc process analysis, optimization, and troubleshooting of subsea and topsides flow assurance issues.

• Contribute to alarm and trip management, chemical optimization, environmental performance, and related contract support

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Bachelor’s degree in Process, Chemical, Petroleum and/or Oil & Gas Engineering.

• A member in good standing or eligible for registration with Professional Engineers and Geoscientist Newfoundland & Laboratory (PEGNL)

• Minimum of eight years of relevant experience in the oil and gas or petrochemical industry.

• Solid understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.

• Experience with production and process equipment and systems on oil and gas installations.

• Working knowledge of Management of Change (MOC) processes.

• Experience with HYSYS and AspenTech Process Explorer is considered an asset.

• Familiarity with ASME and API codes and standards is considered an asset.

• Exposure to subsea facilities and well operations, including interventions, completions, and workovers, is 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.

This is a safety sensitive position and will be subject to offshore pre-placement Fitness for Work assessments, which includes drug and alcohol screening, a CAPP medical and BST/HUEBA testing.

You must be able to travel via helicopter and boat. This position requires the successful candidate travel offshore, there you will be required to obtain and maintain medical clearance and obtain all required training necessary for offshore travel.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT February 4th,  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.  

If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email [email protected].

Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.

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. 

We are the operator and majority owner of the West White Rose field and extensions, located approximately 350 kilometres offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. West White Rose is a concrete based drilling platform, which will access resources in the western part of the existing White Rose field and use the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for processing within our Atlantic Region Operations.

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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.

If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE, please apply by going to our Internal Career Site.