Operations engineer Jobs in Calgary, AB

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 04/15/2026

About this opportunity:

The Senior Operations Engineer for Lloydminster Thermal and Conventional Heavy Oil (LTCHO) is responsible for developing and executing asset strategies that maximize value while ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations. This position provides technical leadership and troubleshooting support across surface infrastructure and field facilities, while maintaining accountability for key aspects of P&L performance. The position requires strong business acumen to complement a diverse technical skillset in applying corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices to resolve operational challenges and optimize asset and financial performance.

Working closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, the Senior Operations Engineer drives continuous improvement initiatives, evaluates project economics, and implements solutions that enhance asset reliability, efficiency, and overall business results.

What you’ll do:

• Champion a strong safety culture with a focus on process safety in design, operations, and PSE response.

• Accountable for key aspects of P&L performance, including operating costs and operations capital, while supporting production targets.

• Provide infrastructure, design and process engineering support across the operation including pipeline hydraulic modelling, compressor evaluations, equipment sizing, process modelling and system optimization.

• Provide engineering support for repairs, mechanical alterations, utilization of alternate products or materials and new equipment installations to deliver prioritized and well-defined scopes to the Facilities Engineering team in the Management of Change (MOC) process.

• Develop and implement solutions to optimize gas and fluid processing capacity, addressing infrastructure constraints and improving efficiency.

• Lead front-end project scoping, design, cost estimating, and economic evaluations, ensuring alignment with collaborative stakeholders, business plans and budgets.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to enhance asset value, optimize commercial arrangements, and improve performance.

• Ensure regulatory compliance and drive continuous improvement initiatives through strong coordination with field teams and Integrated Operations Center.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Professional Engineer (.) designation with APEGA and/or APEGS, with the ability to authenticate mechanical engineering deliverables

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in operations, facility, and production engineering

• Strong knowledge and application of industry codes and standards (e.g., ASME B31.3, CSA Z662)

• Solid understanding of upstream oil and gas operations and facility design

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet competing deadlines in a dynamic environment

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make timely, sound decisions across diverse technical and business challenges

• Willingness to travel to field locations as required (less than 10%)

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 April 14, 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.

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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

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.

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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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