Site Operations Engineer - Foster Creek, Canada - Cenovus Energy Inc.

Description

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is currently recruiting for a Site Operations Engineer at Foster Creek.

Working with the Manager, Operations Process Engineering, the Site Operations Engineer is responsible for supporting water treatment, steam generation and utilities. The successful candidate will apply their engineering knowledge and critical thinking skills to address safety, environmental, regulatory compliance or realize equipment optimization opportunities. The Site Operations Engineer will identify/scope opportunities and engineering projects to add business value by reducing residual risks, increasing capacity, or reducing OPEX.

This position will provide field level process engineering support to Operations at Foster Creek and Calgary-based Operations Process Engineers.

Work Environment:

• This is a full-time employee position working a shift of 7 days on 7 days off, 12 hours per day, Wednesday to Wednesday
• Foster Creek has full-service camp facilities
• Depending on your place of residence and your shift rotation, bus and/or air transportation to/from site is offered from designated departure points in select locations
• Foster Creek is serviced by flight Hubs in Calgary and Edmonton

What you'll do:

• Identify capacity bottlenecks and optimization opportunities for water treatment, steam production, water balance, fuel gas balance and heat integration daily to ensure throughput is maximized and all regulatory requirements are being met.
• Provide technical support to Operations and Maintenance to resolve short-term operational issues in the steam generation, water treatment and utilities areas.
• Preliminary scoping, economic justification, & initiation of engineering projects, control and/or operational changes to address bottlenecks or increase capacity, reduce operating costs, handle chemical usage, and reduce safety or regulatory compliance risks.
• Complete or support work intake for process engineering investigations and management of change requests.
• Coordinate process trials (PTRs) for new chemicals or process optimization.
• Complete Construction Work Packages (CWPs) for small scope projects.
• Complete process simulations and/or engineering calculations to understand impact of potential process changes.
• Complete process release calculations to support process safety event incident investigations.
• Attend Process Hazard Assessments (PHAs), revalidation HazOps, Over Pressure Risk Assessments, and Risk Assessments for bypasses and abnormal Operation as a domain expert (SME).
• Develop and maintain advanced engineering models to track long-term fouling of steam generators, heat exchangers, ion exchange and after-filter vessels.
• Chair weekly Technical Meetings with Operations and key partners from the area work team.

Who you are:

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Must be a registered with APEGA in good standing, as a P.Eng or an EIT
• A minimum of 4 years of process engineering related experience in Oil & Gas is required.
• A bachelor's degree in engineering is required, with a strong preference for a degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Capable of working in a challenging environment with shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, organization, and time management skills.
• Capable of working independently and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• As this position has been identified as safety sensitive, employment of a final candidate selected for this position will be conditional upon successful completion of required pre-employment medical and alcohol/drug assessments.
• For this position you will be required to maintain a Class 5 driver's license, a satisfactory driving record, and adhere to the appropriate Company policies and guidelines. A driver's abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre-employment screening for the final candidate.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT March 18, 2024.

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Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.

Who we are:

We're an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining, and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We're committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative, and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

We've been named a Top Alberta Employer for 2024, a designation recognizing organizations leading their industries in offering exceptional places to work.

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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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