Staff iSTO Long Range Planning Engineer
About The Position
The Staff, iSTO Long Range Planning Engineer leads the integrated Shutdown, Turnaround, and Outage (iSTO) program for a designated CTCHO asset, developing and managing five-year turnaround and major maintenance plans, schedules, and budgets exceeding $100 million. As the iSTO lead for one of North America's largest SAGD assets, Foster Creek or Christina Lake, this role drives long-range planning strategy, outage optimization, and execution readiness while leading continuous improvement initiatives, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering to improve asset reliability, operational performance, and business results. This position requires occasional travel to the Foster Creek site as business needs dictate.
Requirements
- Legally authorized to work in Canada
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and professional engineer (P.Eng.) designation in good standing with APEGA.
- Minimum 12 years of engineering experience, preferably within the SAGD, oil sands, or broader oil and gas industry.
- Broad technical knowledge across Asset Integrity, Process Engineering, Production Engineering, Facility Engineering, Management of Change (MOC), and Major Capital Projects.
- Strong analytical capabilities, including experience with data modeling, analysis, and visualization tools such as Power BI to support data-driven decision-making.
- Proven ability to influence and drive results across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Corporate Planning organizations in a fast-paced, continuously evolving environment.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and leading cross-functional discussions to achieve alignment and business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development, optimization, and management of integrated 5-year Turnaround and Major Maintenance plans, schedules, and budgets for either the Foster Creek or Christina Lake asset.
- Develop and maintain production loss forecasting models by integrating Reservoir, Development, Process, and iSTO data to support outage planning and business decision-making.
- Establish preliminary scope frameworks and manage approved changes through the iSTO Change Request process to ensure alignment with schedule, budget, and operational priorities.
- Optimize outage strategies and schedules to minimize production losses, improve execution efficiency, reduce operating costs, and enhance marketing volume forecast reliability.
- Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Asset Integrity, Production, Process, Reservoir, and Development teams to align maintenance plans with asset objectives.
- Identify and lead OPEX reduction, maintenance budget optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives across CTCHO.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members, drawing on expertise in Operations, Maintenance, Asset Integrity, and Process Engineering.
- Engage and influence site and senior leadership through regular reviews, presentations, and cross-functional forums focused on turnaround strategy, production loss mitigation, and business performance.
Benefits
- Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
- Health & dental benefits
- Substantial mental health coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Employee family assistance
- Virtual healthcare coverage
- Internal course offerings
- Education assistance for additional development
- Opportunities to work on special projects
- Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders
- Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares
- 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 $10,000 annually.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
