About this opportunity:
Cenovus is seeking a Senior Reservoir Engineer to bring technical leadership and innovative thinking to our Conventional Heavy Oil (CHO) asset team. In this role, you’ll combine deep reservoir engineering expertise with advanced data analytics to deliver insights that shape both operational decisions and long-term strategy.
You’ll be at the forefront of base production forecasting, new well performance evaluation, and competitor analysis, while driving strategic reservoir initiatives that make a real impact. This is a hands-on, high-visibility position where you’ll:
Build and manage robust datasets
Create compelling visualizations that tell the story behind the numbers
Translate complex reservoir data into clear, actionable recommendations
We’re looking for a self-starter with a sharp analytical mindset, someone who thrives on solving complex problems and can seamlessly integrate engineering principles with data-driven workflows. If you’re passionate about turning technical insights into strategic advantage, this is your opportunity to lead and innovate.
What you’ll do:
Drive production forecasting, reservoir surveillance, and performance analysis for CHO assets.
Own new well performance tracking—from type curve evaluation to early diagnostics and leadership updates.
Deliver competitor benchmarking and industry insights to shape well design, development strategy, and pacing.
Build and optimize datasets that power forecasting, monitoring, and strategic planning.
Create impactful dashboards and visualizations (Power BI or similar) for fast, data-driven decisions.
Spot gaps in data and workflows—then design and implement improvements with minimal oversight.
Apply core reservoir engineering principles—material balance, decline analysis, modeling, and pressure-transient interpretation—to generate actionable insights.
Collaborate across Geoscience, Production, Drilling & Completions, and Operations for integrated decision-making.
Provide technical input into strategic initiatives, long-range plans, and business cases.
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:
Legally authorized to work in Canada
Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) accredited with APEGA/APEGS
Minimum of 8 years of reservoir/production engineering experience. Experience in heavy oil or multilateral well performance would be considered an asset.
Solid foundation in reservoir engineering, proven through projects that deliver real business impact.
Skilled with tools like AccuMap, PVR, SCADA, Power BI, Value Navigator (or similar).
Strong data analytics capabilities—wrangling, QC, visualization, and interpretation.
Comfortable working with large datasets and building automated workflows; experience with Python, SQL, or similar is considered an asset.
Knowledge of machine learning or data science applied to subsurface or production data is an asset.
Ability to blend engineering fundamentals with analytics to enhance forecasting and performance diagnostics is 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, December 18, 2025.
Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.
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.
#LI-JS1
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].
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.
Find Cenovus on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
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.
Interested in this opportunity? Click the Apply link.
If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE, please apply by going to our Internal Career Site.
Top Skills
Cenovus Energy Calgary, Alberta, CAN Office
225 6 Ave SW, Calgary T2P 0M5, , Calgary, Alberta , Canada, T2P 0M5
