Senior Production Lead

Worker Type: Employee

Job Post End Date: 08/06/2026

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is seeking a Senior Production Lead for our Toledo refinery. The Production Lead is the "go-to" expert for field production related knowledge for a process unit complex. They support Operational Rigor within the Operations Team through maintaining functional operations documentation including Operations Rounds & Checklists. The Production Lead supports the Sr Operations Advisor with training of new hires and cross bid operators (classroom and field). They have the leadership capability to routinely fill in for and backup the Asset Operations Manager and provide long-term stability for the Asset Team.

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What you’ll do:

• Reduce process safety risk through compliance and support of established work processes including safe work permits, procedures, operating limits, the MOC process, isolation plans, ORR’s, HAZOP, Self-Verification, and completion of action items

• Serves as SPA for completion of PSM and other HSSE related action items assigned to the Operations Team.  These include action items from all incident investigations, PHAs, MOCs, PSSRs, audits, etc.

• Investigates incidents and near-misses including PSV lifts, SOL/SDL excursions, etc.

• Acts as SPA for unit specific Asset Team meetings, Operational Notes, and Asset Prioritization

• Develops guidance for planned outages in coordination with Process Engineers, Scheduling & Planning, 24/7 Operations, etc.

• Ensures consistent and clear communication between the Asset team and the 24/7 team

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US

• High School Diploma or equivalent required, additional technical education or equivalent in engineering is desirable

• 8+ years of related work history, including experience in operations in petrochemical or similar industry

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 AUG 5TH, 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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