Mechanical Engineer

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Employee Job Post End Date: 01/22/2026
** About this opportunity:
** Cenovus is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support fixed equipment and reliability engineering at our Toledo Refinery. This role provides technical troubleshooting, repair recommendations, and maintenance engineering support for assigned assets, working in accordance with Cenovus Engineering Practices and industry standards. The engineer will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive safe, reliable operations, support routine maintenance and turnaround (TAR) activities.
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* What you’ll do:

*** Responsible for health, safety and environmental performance and awareness in the area of responsibility, participates in all refinery safety programs, and investigates accidents, near-misses and RCA (utilizing 5 whys, fault tree analysis and Sologic) as assigned.
* Primary technical contact for day-to-day maintenance and operational issues related to equipment reliability, unit availability and mechanical integrity for assigned units, working with unit inspector(s) to assess and mitigate mechanical integrity threats, perform fitness-for-service evaluations, and recommend end-of-life strategies.
* Works with technical Subject Matter Experts to develop reliability strategies for all asset classes and supports bad actors and other significant reliability efforts, influencing the asset team to drive reliability actions to closure.
* Develops and identifies TAR scope for assigned units and provides assurance of reliability-related scope into the TAR worklist, including replace vs. repair analysis to prevent unplanned production loss.
* Participates in unit HAZOPs, MOCs and Vulnerability Reviews, applies basic risk assessment and risk management principles, and provides reliability input to projects to assure integration into existing reliability processes.
* Responsible for design, review and approval of temporary repairs, development of Engineering Packages for Approval (IFA) and Construction (IFC), and maintaining asset data including PSV records, test frequency data, and spare parts listings in MAXIMO.
** Who you are:
*** Legally authorized to work in the US
* BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred, other Engineering Disciplines as applicable.
* 4+ years’ experience in a refinery or other heavy industrial experience related to fixed equipment.
* Knowledgeable in relevant ASME, API, and ISO standards and codes
* Experience with Maximo, Meridium, AutoCAD 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.
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* Note:

The Final date to receive applications for this position is 11:59 PM MT January 21st, 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.#LI-MG1

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* Who we are:

** 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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