Senior Process Safety Engineer

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 08/01/2026

About this opportunity:

Cenovus Energy is seeking a Senior Process Safety Engineer to lead the process safety initiatives to support a zero-harm work environment by mitigating risk and coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders to address process safety issues at our Superior, WI refinery. Relocation will be provided.

What you’ll do:

• Ensure regulatory compliance with U.S. process safety requirements, including OSHA PSM (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA Risk Management Program (RMP).

• Lead and support refinery process safety programs, providing technical safety and engineering expertise across PHA/HAZOP, LOPA, MAH, and Management of Change (MOC).

• Drive continuous improvement of process safety systems, workflows, and assurance mechanisms to ensure consistent and effective implementation.

• Serve as a change agent, embedding process safety principles across the organization and influencing stakeholders at all levels.

• Lead or support incident investigations and root cause analyses, identifying lessons learned and preventing recurrence of major incidents.

• Coordinate and oversee audits (internal, third‑party, insurance), ensuring gap identification, tracking, and timely close‑out of corrective actions.

• Partner with site leadership and HSE leadership to identify and mitigate key risks, advance safety systems, and set, measure, and analyze occupational and process safety performance goals.

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Chemistry, Science, or Safety/Environmental Discipline

• 12+ years' experience in process engineering, technical safety, or process safety engineering in oil and gas or chemicals

• Subject matter expert of US regulations, specifically the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and the Process Safety Management Standard (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA RMP Rule

• In depth familiarity with MOC, PHA/HAZOP, LOPA, and major accident hazard (MAH) methodologies and good practices

• Demonstrated experience in facilitating MOC, HAZOP/PHA, and LOPA

• Proficient in Root Cause Analysis methodologies and incident investigation leadership

• Experience in contractor safety, auditing, and emergency response

We acknowledge the value of transferable 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 April 30, 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. 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 downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We are currently the largest refiner in Ohio and transport products from our refineries in Lima and Toledo, Ohio and Superior, Wisconsin via pipelines, rail cars and trucks to customers throughout the United States.

Other 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.

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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:

• Generous paid vacation

• Annual bonus

• Retirement savings plan matching

• Long-term incentives*

• Medical & dental coverage

• Life insurance

• Disability benefits

• Employee assistance program

• Virtual healthcare coverage

• Generous leave of absence programs

• Fitness membership reimbursement

*Eligibility for Total Rewards varies by position. This role may not be eligible for all Total Rewards offerings.

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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