Senior Mechanical Engineer

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 09/26/2025

About This Opportunity:

Manager, Facilities Engineering, the Senior Mechanical Engineer will be the System Coordinator / Discipline Responsible Engineer (DRE) for assigned systems on the SeaRose FPSO and WWR Platform. This role will provide day to day mechanical & piping support to maintenance, marine, production and drilling operational teams. The Senior Mechanical Engineer is also responsible for stewarding to the Atlantic Region Management of Change process for any modifications to assigned systems.

This position is located at our St. John, NL office.

What You’Ll Do:

• Initiate mechanical/piping engineering modifications, complete Engineering Investigations, develop scopes of work, support detailed design, selection and purchase of new or replacement equipment, construction and commissioning.
• Support Abnormal or Non-routine Situations (ANRAS), participate in Risk Assessments, PHA’s and HAZOP’s.
• Act as the Safety Critical Coordinator for assigned Safety Critical Elements on the SeaRose FPSO & WWR Platform.
• Ensure stewardship and closeout of all actions in the Cenovus Action Tracking Software (Intelex & ATMS).
• Provide technical support to maintenance planning, annual turnarounds, procurement of materials, fixing operational issues, integrity management support, contract management, etc.
• Actively lead and support the Cenovus Operational Integrity Management System (COIMS) with particular emphasis on areas of design, management of change, , personnel competency, performance assessment and continuous improvement methodologies.

Who You Are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering,
• A member in good standing or eligible for registration with Professional Engineers and Geoscientist Newfoundland & Labrador (PEGNL).
• Minimum of 8 years experience in a progressively responsible engineering role within the oil and gas industry.
• In-depth knowledge of the Oil & Gas Industry, with solid understanding of Regulatory & Certifying Authority regulations, codes & standards, and offshore installations (Drilling & FPSO).

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 pre-placement Fitness for Work assessments, which includes drug and alcohol screening, a medical and driver’s abstract review

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT September 25, 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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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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