Chemical and Environmental Engineering Student, OH (Spring AND Summer 2026)

Worker Type: Student

Job Post End Date: 10/31/2025

Start Date: Jan 2026 | May 2026

Location: Lima OR Toledo, OH

Length of Term: 4 Months

About This Opportunity

Are you looking for an exciting Co-Op/Internship opportunity full of meaningful, diverse, and challenging assignments working alongside industry leading professionals? You will be part of a driven, and collaborative team completing important projects while receiving the mentorship, knowledge, and experience to develop the skills you need to build an exciting career.

This posting is for all Chemical/Environmental Engineering student positions in both Lima, OH and Toledo, OH After submitting your application, you may receive a screening questionnaire where you can indicate your preferences.

Possible placement includes:

• Process/Project Development Engineering
• Process Controls Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations
• Lab
• Deployed Process Safety Engineering

Note: The application deadline for this position is October 31st, 2025.

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities may vary depending on the specific position assigned to but they may include:

Process/Project Development Engineering

• Perform unit tests and analyze operating data to improve profitability
• Assist process engineers with designs of less complex equipment such as piping, pumps, heat exchangers, tanks, etc.
• Provide operating data for planning, operations improvement, economic evaluations, etc.
• Assist process engineers with troubleshooting to determine causes and solutions to operating problems
• Maintain and develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for the process units

Process Controls Engineering

• Assist with the upgrade of Controls computers onsite
• Assist Functional and Area Business Team Controls Engineers with Maintenance and Project day-to-day support
• Provide DCS control scheme designs, control configurations, alarm configurations and operator graphics that meet LRC guidelines and provide improved reliability/safety for future plant operations
• Participate in project development including cost estimation, P&ID development and control scheme development
• Participate in MOC, Hazop, LOPA, and Alarm Rationalization processes
• Identify and participate in design of any DCS infrastructure modifications or additions required to support projects
• Participate in project FAT, SAT, commissioning, and start-up activities
• Assist with Operator training documentation
• Assist in data collection using DCS System historian
• Assist in Alarm Rationalization and use alarm reduction techniques to drive alarm KPI’s
• Assist with installation and upkeep of DCS Controls Network Hardware and Software

Environmental Engineering

• Perform air and water emissions modeling and calculations
• Develop emissions projections to support potential changes in refinery production levels
• Recommend process changes to reduce/minimize emissions
• Assist with data collection, tracking, and analysis for various regulatory programs to determine environmental compliance
• Lead periodic sample collection in the field to measure process compliance
• Aid program owners in regulatory report preparation for state and federal agencies (including air, water, and waste)
• Participate in Environmental testing and audits, including air pollutant RATAs, furnace tuning, third party audits, and pond sampling
• Communicate effectively with process and operation groups to gather and relay compliance statuses
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, and safety teams on environmental best practices
• Contribute to internal training, awareness campaigns, and compliance initiatives

Operations

• Assist with daily process monitoring
• Support troubleshooting efforts relating to unit upsets, product quality incidents, not meeting production plans, etc.
• Work with various departments within the refinery to help support operations
• Assist with area compliance with EH&S
• Assist with compilation of production data

Lab

• Update equipment spreadsheets
• Setup SQC for various instruments following EPA protocols
• Aid in developing methods on GC or GC/MS
• Assist Coordination & Economics Team as appropriate

Deployed Process Safety Engineering

• Perform daily safety procedure audits and inspections as needed
• Assist in the delivery of the Contractor Safety Training
• Support PSM including PSI; PHA; MOC; auditing; Drawing Updates, MOC Doc, T/A Help
• Assist with the development of HMIS signs and labeling
• Perform the annual respiratory protection program audit for the Safety Department
• Engage with field personnel to understand operational challenges, provide support, and reinforce a strong safety culture
• Foster positive and constructive interactions with field personnel to encourage reporting of safety concerns and ensure effective communication
• Perform other duties as assigned

Who You Are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. full-time for the duration of your work term and able to produce documentation upon application (e.g., work visa).
• Available to begin work in either January 2026 or May 2026.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Solid analytical and Microsoft Suite skills, specifically Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal, judgement, and decision-making skills.

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

Education

• Must be enrolled in a Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related Engineering degree at an accredited post-secondary institution at the time of intended work term and returning to full-time studies after the work term OR registered in an accredited post-secondary co-op or internship program for the duration of the work term.
• Candidates currently enrolled in either a Masters or Ph.D. program at an accredited post-secondary institution may also be considered.
• New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.

Working Conditions

• May include frequency of travel, sitting, standing, computer work, lifting, driving, working at site, etc. 

Safety Sensitive

• This may be a safety-sensitive role, and you will also be required to wear all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during required work hours. Furthermore, you will also be required to pass the pre-employment medical and drug/alcohol assessment requirements. 
• Safety sensitive positions require the operation of a motor vehicle, applicants are asked to provide a recent (i.e., issued within the previous 4 weeks) original driver’s abstract, for the preceding 5-year period, if offered the position. A valid Canadian class 5 Driver's License with no restrictions (i.e., non GDL) is a requirement for this role 

Submission

Please submit a resume as a PDF document.

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 campusrelations@cenovus.com.

Student Program Benefits

• A multi-discipline program with meaningful, hands-on work experience.
• Networking events coordinated by the New Grad Committee including group mentoring from senior/executive leaders, lunch ‘n learns, guest speakers, technical presentations, and holiday celebrations.
• Wide support network including direct leaders, program leads, human resource, peers, mentor(s), New Grad Committee, and buddy.
• Structured goal setting and performance evaluations.
• Opportunity to present work-term learnings to the Cenovus Leadership team.
• Students moving for their work term may be eligible to receive a lump sum relocation payment to assist with relocation expenses.
  • Candidates must have their own means of transportation as there is no public transportation in field locations.

Additional Information

• New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.

• Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

• Learn more about our Student and New Grad program!

• Interested in some of our past student experiences? Read their stories here.

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:

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

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.

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