Worker Type:
Employee Job Post End Date: 01/10/2026
About this opportunity:
Cenovus’ Atlantic Region is seeking a Senior Production Engineer for the St. John’s, NL office. In this role, you will support safe and efficient production operations across the White Rose field, including the West White Rose platform, associated subsea assets and flowlines, and the Sea Rose FPSO topsides processing and gas-handling systems. You will provide technical expertise to both onshore and offshore Production Operations teams as they oversee the full operational scope of the field.
This role also offers the opportunity to lead or contribute to several innovative systems and initiatives, including the Online Subsea Advisor (supporting subsea leak detection and hydrate monitoring), the Emissions AI program (providing artificial intelligence–based emissions insights), and other forward-looking projects aligned with Cenovus’ value of Make It Better.
This position is located at our St. John, NL office.
What you’ll do:
Optimize efficiency, reliability, and uptime of topsides processing equipment.
Manage and analyze alarms and trips to ensure safe and stable operations.
Troubleshoot production system issues and coordinate resolution with relevant teams.
Participate in incident investigations and formal risk assessments, including HAZOPs, PHAs, and “What If” reviews.
Identify and address factors affecting production performance, equipment reliability, or overall operability.
Support the development, review, and updating of operational procedures and work instructions.
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
Legally authorized to work in Canada.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering;
Chemical, Mechanical, or Process Engineering considered an asset.
A member in good standing or eligible for registration with Professional Engineers and Geoscientist Newfoundland & Laboratory (PEGNL) is required
Minimum 8 years of related offshore oil industry experience, with knowledge of offshore production equipment, systems, and control-of-work processes.
Experience with subsea facilities and well operations (including interventions/workovers) is an asset.
Understanding of reservoir behavior and limitations, with knowledge of drilling, completions, or well intervention activities.
Experience working with SAP and proficiency in data analytics/visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Spotfire).
We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
Note:
The Final date to receive applications for this position is 11:59 PM MT January 9, 2026.
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.
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 Sea Rose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for…
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