Manager, Facilities Engineering

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 01/05/2026

About this opportunity:

Join our Conventional Engineering team as Manager, Facilities Engineering, based in Calgary. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Process & Facilities Engineering, you’ll lead a high-performing team responsible for evaluating, designing, and executing projects that range from under $10K to over $10MM in value.

This role combines technical depth with leadership impact— you’ll guide your team in making critical decisions and delivering practical, fit-for-purpose solutions that drive operational excellence. Success in this position requires strong communication skills to align efforts across all levels of the organization and maintain strong relationships with field operations.

If you’re passionate about guiding teams through strong technical leadership, fostering meaningful relationships, and setting clear priorities that drive success in f acilities e ngineering at Cenovus , this is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

What you’ll do :

- Champion personal and process safety as core values in all engineering work and decisions.

- Lead and mentor a team of engineers delivering projects from under $10K to over $10MM in value.

- Provide technical guidance and coaching to ensure practical, fit-for-purpose solutions and foster ownership within the team.

- Oversee engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with codes, standards, documentation requirements, and quality expectations— including third-party EPC work.

- Authenticate in-house engineering packages and develop standardized designs for wellsite development programs.

- Refine project management systems to streamline stage gates and reduce administrative overhead.

- Manage project delivery, resources, and risks to ensure solutions align with business goals and are appropriately resourced.

- Maintain strong communication and collaboration with stakeholders, including field operations , production engineering, and other engineering teams, while promoting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Who you are :

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

- Legally authorized to work in Canada

- A Professional Engineer registered with APEGA, with the ability to authenticate engineering deliverables.

- Minimum of 12 years of experience in operations and facilities engineering within oil and gas. Experience and knowledge specifically within upstream oil and gas and facility design considered an asset.

- Skilled in developing and evolving standards, policies, processes, and best practices to drive consistency and efficiency.

- Deep knowledge and application of industry codes and standards, including but not limited to ASME B31.3 and CSA Z662.

- Strong understanding of facility design and project execution, with a proven ability to deliver practical, fit-for-purpose solutions.

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 application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT January 4, 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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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.

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.

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