Production Technician

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 09/03/2025

About this opportunity:

Production Technicians focus on improving production by ensuring the safe and effective operation of process and utility equipment. This includes performance monitoring, completing start-up/shut down, and preparing equipment for maintenance/inspection in accordance with Cenovus Energy policies and procedures. Adhering to regulatory requirements and offshore industry standards is required to achieve established objectives in the safest, most productive, and cost-effective manner possible. The ideal candidate would have strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work with high functioning teams, great planning and organizational skills and a strong attention to detail.

This position will be based offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in year 2025 Q3. This is a full-time, permanent position working offshore 12-hours per day on a 3 weeks on/ 3 weeks off rotation.

What you’ll do:

- Carry out safe and optimum operation of FPSO processing facilities by monitoring and controlling processing equipment, protective systems (Fire & Gas, ESD) and all support systems according to established procedures. Allocation to areas of the FPSO facilities, as required, and maintaining daily logbooks regarding these areas

- Ensure a high standard of housekeeping and safe work practices, while always protecting the environment. Ensure all work control processes are adhered daily

- Identify plant, equipment, and process isolations within the bounds of the Permit to Work system and implementation of Mechanical Isolations

- Take actions to prevent or rectify abnormal plant and production situations. Conduct routine rounds of the production and turret facilities

- Perform first line maintenance, within designated limits of competence, and report faults on plant/equipment to improve plant availability

- Area Authority under Permit to Work System for all process areas on the FPSO

- Supervise routine discharges such as produced water, to ensure they meet regulatory requirements

- Learn and understand the roles and responsibilities of the Control Room Operator. Production Technicians are expected to progress to competent control room operator status

- Participate in emergency response (ER) activities and training as required and/or requested. Perform fire team and heli-deck team duties as required

- Participate in the onboard Safety Awareness Program

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

- Legally authorized to work in Canada

- 4th class power engineering certificate of competency or technologist/industrial/marine certification process operations engineering technology diploma or equivalent work in an Operator role on a production facility

- Related experience in oil and gas, industrial settings, or relevant preferred

- Effective knowledge of Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs)

- Experience with permit to work systems and/or Distributed Control Systems and computerized control/safety systems preferred but not mandatory

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, therefore you will be required to obtain and maintain medical clearance and obtain all required training necessary for offshore travel.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT, September 2nd, 2025.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps, with the focus on identifying opportunities for development and career advancement within the organization.

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.

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 .

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 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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