Staff Operations Engineer
Cenovus Energy — Calgary
Posted 2026-10-08
Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 10/21/2026 About this opportunity: As a Staff Operations Engineer, you will play a key role in optimizing the performance, reliability, and profitability of Cenovus’s surface assets within the Lloydminster Thermal district. You will provide technical leadership across SAGD processing facilities, raw water production assets, and distribution networks, identifying opportunities to improve plant performance, resolve operational challenges, and maximize value. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Capital Projects teams, you will influence cross-functional solutions, support strategic initiatives, and contribute to the ongoing development of site capabilities. Interested in working in Lloydminster? Learn more! Work Environment: This position can be located in Lloydminster or Calgary. What you’ll do: Optimize Thermal SAGD facility performance and throughput within Safe Operating Limits by monitoring operations, identifying bottlenecks and improvement opportunities, resolving time-sensitive production issues, developing scopes for new projects, and reducing operating costs through process optimization. Provide operational