Manager, Incident Learning and Performance

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 09/27/2025

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is seeking a Manager, Incident Learning and Performance to drive continuous improvement, foster a culture of transparency & accountability, and proactive learning across teams. This position will collaborate with cross-functional customers to identify performance gaps and implement targeted training and development initiatives. By driving data-driven insights and effective communication, the manager will ensure organizational resilience and improved operational excellence.

What you’ll do:

• Guide and manage continuous improvement efforts throughout the US Downstream to support Cenovus COIMS Element 8 – Incident Management

• Take charge of major incident inquiries as required and develop investigation expertise and proficiencies throughout the US Downstream

• Coordinate the Downstream Incident Learning Forum to ensure discoveries from internal and external events are effectively shared and incorporated across the business

• Lead assurance activities at the site level to ensure findings are incorporated

• Oversee the HSE metric reporting processes and tools spanning the US Downstream

• Lead the analysis of HSE performance data at the business level to identify trends and insights

• Serve as the owner of systems/tools/processes that enables performance benchmarking vs external peers (eg AFPM Benchmarking)

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or closely related technical field

• 12+ years of refining, petrochemical or closely related industry experience

• Expertise in Root Cause Investigation methodologies and tools

• Experience collaborating with Industry Trade Associations in the Incident Learning space (eg AFPM)

• Working knowledge of Chemical Safety Board Investigation processes and learning materials

• Breadth of knowledge across Operations, Maintenance and Engineering HSE functions

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 26, 2025.

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 resolving next steps.

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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