Manager, Process Engineering

Worker Type:
Employee Job Post End Date: 01/28/2026

Cenovus is seeking a Manager, Process Engineering for the Superior Refinery to lead a team of chemical engineers and the Laboratory Supervisor in providing technical stewardship of refinery operations. This role supports operations through process optimization, capital projects, hazard analyses, and initiatives that improve efficiency, reliability, and yields, while collaborating with other Cenovus sites to advance best practices. The Manager also oversees laboratory resources to ensure the quality and integrity of analytical data.

This is a key leadership position with a direct impact on refinery performance and business profitability, carried out in alignment with the COIMS (Cenovus Operational Integrity Management Systems) framework.

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• Provide leadership and direction to the Process Engineers and the Laboratory Supervisor, including the development and implementation of training and succession planning.
• Ensure that Process Engineering and the Laboratory is fully engaged in supporting the refinery’s process safety and occupational safety programs.
• Ensure collaboration with other departments (Operations, Maintenance, and HS&E) to ensure alignment on priorities, providing high-quality technical support and recommendations.
• Create a long‑term plan and identify a portfolio of projects to increase refinery yields, efficiency and reliability, utilizing benchmarking studies, key performance indicators and other industry data.
• Liaise with other Cenovus facilities to share best practices and jointly develop technical solutions to common problems, ensuring outcomes meet current and future business needs.
• Develop and manage annual budgets that support the provision of adequate operational and capital expenditures to achieve refinery objectives.

• Legally authorized to work in the US
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering
• 12+ years of work experience, including experience in process operations and/or process engineering in the refining industry or equivalent.
• Process design experience including operations technical support, troubleshooting, optimization, and process modeling and simulations.

We acknowledge the value of transferable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note:
The Final date to receive applications for this position is 11:59 PM MT JANUARY 27, 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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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 downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We are currently the largest refiner in Ohio and transport products from our refineries in Lima and Toledo, Ohio and Superior, Wisconsin via pipelines, rail cars and trucks to customers throughout the United States.

Other 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.

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We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Generous paid vacation
• Annual bonus
• Retirement savings plan matching
• Long‑term incentives
• Medical & dental coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Employee…