Director, Downstream Front End Development

Worker Type: Employee

About this opportunity:

Join Cenovus Energy as the Front-End Development Director, leading multidisciplinary teams in developing cost-effective, early-stage project scopes for Cenovus Energy’s Downstream portfolio located at the Dublin, OH office. In this role, you will oversee projects through FEL 0–2 and manage process design for all downstream capital projects, including refineries, upgraders, chemicals, and terminals. Working closely with sites, Project Execution, and the Portfolio Manager, you will ensure strategic project development and funding decisions. Your expertise in downstream operations, process design, and economics is essential to delivering a technically sound, scope-efficient solution within a $300M annual portfolio. This position will be in Dublin, OH, but will consider individuals who reside in any of the US Cenovus Refineries (Lima, OH; Toledo, OH; Superior, WI) with travel to Dublin.

What you’ll do:

• Provide strategic leadership to multidisciplinary teams, ensuring project scopes are cost-competitive and effectively managed.
• Coordinate the portfolio of projects progressing through FEL 0, 1, and 2 stages, ensuring alignment and technical rigor.
• Collaborate with downstream sites and the Project Execution organization to determine project development and funding strategies.
• Implement practices to ensure projects are developed with minimal technical solutions, reducing scope rework.
• Manage a centralized team of Asset Development Engineers, guiding projects through engineering stages 0/1/2A/2B.

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemical
• 20+ years of experience in downstream unit operations and technical roles
• Demonstrated experience in Project Development, Process Design, and Project Execution in refinery systems
• Strong knowledge and experience in downstream operations, project development, process design, and downstream economics

What we offer:

• Company-provided medical and dental benefits
• Generous time-off policies
• Retirement Savings Plan

Please note: At this time, we are not engaging with recruitment agencies or third-party vendors for this position. Direct applicants only.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT May 1, 2025.

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What we offer:
• Company-paid medical and dental
• Time-off
• 401K
• Tuition & Professional Development Assistance
• Employee Volunteer Hours

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Cenovus Energy is an affirmative action employer, and we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, or personal or physical characteristics protected by law.

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 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.

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