Operations Administrative Assistant

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 12/04/2025

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Director, Lloyd Upgrader, the Operations Administrative Assistant will be responsible for providing general administrative support to the operations teams. The successful candidate will have strong organizational and communication skills and demonstrate the ability to work in a dynamic environment with a high level of productivity.

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Work Environment:

- This position is located in Lloydminster and requires the successful candidate to live in the area

- This is a full-time employee position

What you’ll do:

- Provide calendar and inbox management support to leaders, and coordinate meetings with internal and external stakeholders, including handling all logistics, technology setup, and guest reception.

- Manage office administration activities, such as team meeting coordination, maintaining contact lists and files, processing expenditures, and overseeing stationery and supplies.

- Arrange domestic and international travel, manage conference bookings, and prepare and reconcile expense reports.

- Assist with budget planning, invoice processing, and tracking to ensure effective use of recognition, training, and discretionary budgets.

- Maintain and continuously improve team SharePoint sites, ensuring proper access, organized file structures, and effective document retention.

- Support lobbying reporting requirements, coordinate team-building and milestone recognition activities, and manage logistics for new hires, employee changes, office moves, and technology needs.

- Assist with overtime scheduling for the Operations Team

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

- Legally authorized to work in Canada

- High school diploma or an associate degree in office/business administration (or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree).

- Minimum of 2 years of administrative experience, ideally supporting leaders, with the proven ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, follow up, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization and with external partners.

- Demonstrates tact, sound judgment, and strong problem-solving skills; experienced with Concur, OpenInvoice, and SAP.

- Proactive, self-disciplined, and able to work independently while maintaining high productivity and adapting to changing priorities.

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 December 3, 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.

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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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