Marine Technician

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 09/19/2025

About this opportunity:

The Marine Technician will be part of the SeaRose Marine Team, reporting to the Marine Coordinator. The incumbent will be responsible for various shipboard duties to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the SeaRose FPSO. Key responsibilities include managing ballast and cargo tank levels for stability, performing gas testing, acting as a coxswain and weather observer, and supporting helicopter operations. The role also involves operating CCR telecommunications, collaborating with other vessels and onboard staff, and assisting with crude oil handling and maintenance tasks. This role is vital for maintaining compliance with Transport Canada's Minimum Safe Manning requirements.

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:

• Engage in Emergency Response duties and scenarios, taking on roles such as Ballast Control, Assistant Coxswain, Coxswain, or Weather Observer, while also handling maintenance notifications in Systems, Applications, and Products, and handling all aspects of the Differential and Absolute Reference Positioning System

• Ensure the FPSO remains in a stable condition at all times by monitoring draft, trim, and list as well as observe collision avoidance procedures by using radar and weather monitoring, taking into account current conditions and forecasts

• Conduct cargo calculations, document required data, and handle the distribution and control of inert gas to cargo and ballast tanks

• Liaise with the Ice Observer regarding prevalent ice conditions, and be responsible for weather observations and the comprehensive management of helicopter operations, including radio communication

• Maintain radar and radio watch keeping, including the monitoring and testing of GMDSS equipment and logs, and operation of CCR telecommunications with standby vessels, shuttle tankers, vessel operators, crane operators, maintenance crews, and other relevant traffic

• While FPSO is disconnected from SeaRose Mooring System, this role reports directly to the Sr. Coordinator, Marine (Master) and Maintains navigational bridge watch as per Master’s Orders

• Assist with all crude oil wash and tank cleaning operations, and with the planning and execution of tank entries within the area of authority

• Training as required by the CAPP Standard Practice for Training & Qualifications of Personnel, Transport Canada, other regulatory requirements, and company required training as per the approved Cenovus Training Matrix

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Shipping or Oil & Gas Industry with 2 years’ experience in Oil Tanker and/or FPSO Operations

• Minimum Canadian Watch Keeping Mate Certificate of Competency or higher

• Oil Tanker endorsement Level 1 (Basic training for Oil tanker Cargo Operations – Officer) or advanced

• Valid GMDSS

• Experience as a Chief Officer, HLO, banksman, or on an offshore fire team are assets

• Experience with transportation of dangerous goods, crude oil washing, gas testing, rigging and lifting, fall arrest, or confined space entry are assets

• WHMIS 2015 certification, Basic Survival Training Certification, and Inert Gas Certification are assets

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.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT September 18th, 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 resolving next steps.

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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