Senior process development engineer

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 09/14/2025 About this opportunity: Join Cenovus Energy as a Senior Process Development Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in advancing our Front-End Development projects at Ohio Refineries in Toledo and Lima. This opportunity allows you to validate business needs, develop low-cost solutions, and ensure our capital portfolio remains competitive. You will collaborate with asset teams, technical experts, and EHS resources to align on project solutions and support procedure development, commissioning, and operational training. Relocation to Toledo, OH, or Lima, OH required. What you'll do:

• Lead project development and select phases, including front-end engineering design, scope definition, and cost/schedule optimization to ensure alignment with business objectives and capital efficiency.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with EHS, Reliability, Asset, and Infrastructure teams to identify capital opportunities, validate assumptions, and incorporate operational needs into project planning.
• Develop and justify project concepts, including economic models, risk assessments, and problem statements to support strategic decision-making and long-range planning.
• Ensure technical quality and compliance, reviewing and approving process engineering deliverables such as PFDs, P&IDs, H&MBs, equipment sizing, and process safety documentation.
• Support process safety and MOC activities, acting as a technical resource to ensure safe and compliant implementation of design changes.
• Drive margin improvement initiatives, working with SMEs and commercial teams to identify and implement cost-effective technical solutions that enhance asset performance.
• Perform quality control and assurance on detailed engineering work, including relief calculations, flare loading, alarm management, and process safety information.
• Rank and prioritize capital projects based on return on investment, complexity, and strategic alignment to support portfolio optimization.

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US
• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical or Petroleum Engineering required
• 8+ years of experience in Refining process and project engineering
• Strong technical computing literacy for modeling, simulation, and data analysis
• Willing to travel approximately 15% of the time between Ohio Refineries

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 application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT September 13, 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. Note to Agencies: C enovus will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. All unsolicited resumes sent to Cenovus colleagues, directly or indirectly, will be considered Cenovus property. 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 [email protected] . 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 downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We are currently the largest refiner in Ohio and transport pro Apply here: