Senior Reliability Engineer

Cenovus Energy•Toledo, OH

About The Position

Cenovus Toledo Refinery is hiring a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability implementation, troubleshooting, and operational experience across downstream facilities, including refining, tankage, and rail and truck loading. The role covers a broad range of equipment, including pumps, compressors, motors, level gauges, pressure transmitters, and switches. The successful candidate will bring advanced technical knowledge as well as strong leadership and communication skills. Cenovus values candidates with experience navigating organizational change, interest in international engineering and leadership trends, and emotional intelligence. The role focuses on improving equipment availability from mechanical and instrumentation-and-electrical perspectives, analyzing failures and operational data, and developing unit reliability strategies. The engineer will collaborate with discipline engineers and operational and maintenance teams to manage reliability risks and support site targets. This is an employee position. Cenovus describes a competitive total rewards package and employee development opportunities; eligibility for particular rewards may vary by position.

Requirements

Legally authorized to work in the United States.
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another closely related discipline.
At least 8 years of engineering experience in an operating refinery or chemical plant with similar responsibilities and deliverables.
Broad and detailed knowledge of industry standards and reliability best practices.
Knowledge of relevant ASME, API, ISO, and NFPA standards and codes.
Advanced technical knowledge and exceptional leadership and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience identifying and navigating organizational changes.
Interest in international trends in engineering and leadership, and emotional intelligence.
Experience with Maximo, Meridium, Excel, and AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

Improve availability from mechanical and instrumentation-and-electrical perspectives.
Perform root cause analysis for equipment and instrument failures that meet defined thresholds.
Lead unit vulnerability studies and develop unit reliability road maps, including long-term reliability plans and goals.
Champion the bad actor program through formal data analysis and recommendations.
Use operators’ care best practices, including equipment basic care, operator rounds, and lubrication programs, to improve equipment reliability.
Analyze data and provide input and context for operational and maintenance activities.
Develop obsolescence and long-range plans for bad actor or performance-improvement equipment, including mitigation plans.
Use failure data and reliability tools, such as Risk Based Maintenance, to optimize maintenance and equipment strategies in collaboration with discipline engineers.
Request LPO from E&P for equipment failures.
Manage recommendations and justify single-discipline defect-elimination micro projects for reliability and availability improvements.
Ensure asset strategies support overall site targets and reliability risks are addressed through asset strategies, turnaround (TAR) strategies, annual maintenance plans, and the defect-elimination program.