Worker Type: Employee
Job Post End Date: 08/22/2026
About this opportunity:
This position reports to the Canadian Refining Technical Services Senior Manager and provides leadership to the Electrical, Instrumentation, Process Controls, and Distributed Control System (DCS) Design and Engineering team. As a key member of the Technical Services organization, you will lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering safe, reliable, and innovative engineering solutions that support the ongoing operation, maintenance, and optimization of our Canadian Refining facilities. You will collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, and other Engineering teams to drive continuous improvement, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance asset reliability and performance.
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Work Environment:
What you’ll do:
Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary team of Electrical, Instrumentation, Process Controls, and Distributed Control System (DCS) engineers and technologists to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
Develop and execute long-term strategies to sustain, optimize, and enhance electrical, instrumentation, process control, and DCS systems across Canadian Refining facilities.
Provide technical leadership and engineering support for Management of Change (MOC), maintenance activities, operational troubleshooting, and capital projects.
Ensure compliance with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable industry codes while maintaining engineering specifications and governance for electrical, instrumentation, and control systems.
Oversee the reliability, cybersecurity, and continuous improvement of DCS networks, process historians, operator simulator systems, alarm management, advanced process control applications, and instrumentation databases.
Ensure the integrity and reliability of electrical power distribution systems, safety instrumented systems, and process control infrastructure, including ETAP models, arc flash analysis, and electrical safety standards.
Manage team performance, workforce planning, succession planning, and professional development while fostering technical excellence and adherence to the Professional Practice Management Plan.
Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, and Project teams to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions that improve asset performance and support business objectives.
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:
Legally authorized to work in Canada
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Engineering Technologist eligible for registration with APEGA and APEGS, or an experienced Distributed Control System (DCS) Technologist with equivalent expertise.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Process Controls Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Minimum 12+ years of progressive experience supporting electrical, instrumentation, process control, and/or DCS systems within oil and gas refining, upgrading, or other large industrial processing facilities.
Strong knowledge of the design, operation, maintenance, and optimization of electrical and control systems used in complex downstream processing facilities.
Thorough understanding of Alberta and Saskatchewan electrical codes, regulations, and industry standards.
Proven leadership experience leading multidisciplinary engineering or technical teams, with a strong focus on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.
We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
As this position has been identified as safety sensitive, employment of a final candidate selected for this position will be conditional upon successful completion of required pre-employment medical and alcohol/drug assessments.
For this position you will be required to maintain a Class 5 driver's license, a satisfactory driving record, and adhere to the appropriate Company policies and guidelines. A driver's abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre-employment screening for the final candidate.
Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT August 21, 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
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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
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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.
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.
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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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