Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 11/05/2025 About this opportunity: We are seeking a Staff Reliability Engineer to support our Downstream operations, including petroleum refining, tankage and loading facilities. This role will provide technical leadership in product selection, design implementation, troubleshooting and reliability improvement of mechanical equipment across operating assets, while offering guidance to project teams where required. The ideal candidate will have a broad expertise in refining process rotating equipment (ex. Pumps, compressors), static equipment (pressure vessels and exchangers) along with a solid understanding of instrumentation and control systems and the ability to interpret Piping & Instrument (P&IDs), process flow and cause and effect diagrams. This role requires not only strong technical competence but also exceptional leadership, communication and collaboration skills. We’re looking for a proactive engineer who can navigate organizational changes and have a keen interest in international trends in engineering and leadership. Interested in working in Lloydminster? Learn more! Work Environment: This position is located in Lloydminster and requires the successful candidate to live in the area. What you’ll do: Apply Risk-Based reliability tools such as FMEA and RCM to optimize maintenance and equipment strategies in collaboration with engineers. Evaluate Preventive Maintenance activities for effectiveness and efficiency and recommend improvements. Analyze and categorize Production Losses data to identify trends and identify mitigating activities. Leads root cause analysis and drive actions implementation, track and look back to ensure effectiveness. Apply reliability engineering tools and statistical methods to evaluate and enhance equipment life cycle and overall reliability performance. Leads Bad Actor Program, including data analysis, equipment selection, and development of recommendations to drive issue elimination. Justifies and leads projects for reliability/availability improvements. Use Life Cycle Costing principles and Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) analysis to drive long-term reliability and plant performance improvements. Proficient in maintenance and reliability best practices, ensuring plant performance metrics and KPIs are effectively aligned with business objectives. Collaborate with Reliability & Maintenance practitioners across the company to transfer knowledge and better define Reliability and Maintenance fundamentals and concepts. Who you are: Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements: Legally authorized to work in Canada Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) Minimum 12 years of engineering experience in reliability engineering, operating refinery, upgrading or chemical plant Production selection, design implementation, troubleshooting and operational experience covering typical mechanical equipment in a refining environment. Broad and detailed knowledge of industry standards, reliability best practices. Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional certificate (CMRP) 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. 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 November 4, 2025. 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 careeropportunities@cenovus.com. 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. We’re a Canadian-based integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans. 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. Our shares trade under the symbol CVE, and are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
