Validation engineer Jobs in St. John's, NL

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 10/02/2026

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, Asset Integrity and Verification, the Staff Pressure Integrity Engineeris responsible for providing technical authority and strategic leadership for pressure systems integrity across Cenovus' Atlantic Region offshore assets. The role is accountable for the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of pressure systems on the SeaRose FPSO and West White Rose facilities, including ownership of key Safety Critical Elements and the Risk-Based Inspection program. The Staff Pressure Integrity Engineer develops and governs integrity management strategies, leads complex engineering assessments, provides expert guidance on degradation and loss of containment risks, and collaborates across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, HSE, and Regulatory stakeholders to optimize asset integrity, production reliability, and major accident hazard risk management.

This position is a full-time, permanent position, located at our St. John’s office with occasional travel offshore.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the pressure integrity program to ensure the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of offshore assets.

• Own and continuously improve Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) strategies, inspection programs, and integrity management plans for pressure systems.

• Assess equipment condition, degradation mechanisms, and fitness-for-service to support risk-informed decisions on maintenance, repair, and replacement.

• Develop corrosion monitoring and mitigation strategies, including coating programs, inspection plans, and Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs).

• Provide technical leadership and integrity support for projects, turnarounds, management of change (MOC) processes, and offshore operations.

• Lead or support incident investigations, root cause analyses, and defect elimination initiatives to improve asset reliability and process safety performance.

• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE, and external stakeholders to maintain regulatory compliance and drive continuous improvement across the asset integrity program

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree, P. Eng,

• A member in good standing or eligible for registration with Professional Engineers and Geoscientist Newfoundland & Labrador (PEGNL)

• Minimum 12 years of experience in a progressively responsible engineering role within the oil and gas industry

• Strong understanding of pressure integrity engineering principles and offshore regulatory requirements, enabling you to make sound technical decisions that protect people, the environment, and asset reliability.

• A working knowledge of API 580/581.

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

This is a safety sensitive position and will be subject to offshore pre-placement Fitness for Work assessments, which includes drug and alcohol screening, a CAPP medical and BST/HUEBA testing.

You must be able to travel via helicopter and boat. This position requires the successful candidate travel offshore, there you will be required to obtain and maintain medical clearance and obtain all required training necessary for offshore travel.

This is a safety sensitive position and will be subject to pre-placement Fitness for Work assessments, which includes drug and alcohol screening, a medical and driver’s abstract review.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT on October 1, 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.

Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.

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.

We are the operator and majority owner of the West White Rose field and extensions, located approximately 350 kilometres offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. West White Rose is a concrete based drilling platform, which will access resources in the western part of the existing White Rose field and use the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for processing within our Atlantic Region Operations.

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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 mattersDo it rightMake it betterDo 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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