Staff Advanced Process Control Engineer

Cenovus Energy is seeking a Staff Advanced Process Control Engineer in Toledo, OH. The role involves leading the development of Advanced Process Controls to enhance refinery operations' safety and performance. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, implementing standard processes, and advising leadership on technical matters. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering and at least 12 years of relevant experience in refining or related industries.
Worker Type: Employee

Group: Process Control - Toledo Department

Job Post End Date: 02/27/2025

About this opportunity:

The Staff Advanced Process Control Engineer will play a lead role in developing, promoting, and maintaining Advanced Process Controls tools to continuously improve the safety, reliability, and business performance of the refinery operations. This role will develop and maintain standards, coach and train Process Controls Engineers, and support complex process controls efforts. This role will also support the development of Advanced Process Control capabilities at other Cenovus downstream sites.

What you’ll do:

The Staff Advanced Process Control Engineer will be responsible for driving the technical depth and site influence of the Process Controls team through Technical Excellence Leadership. This is expected to be completed through individual contribution as well as mentoring and coaching of the site Process Controls Engineers. This role will develop and implement standard processes, lead diverse teams to fix and improve plant performance/processes, support unit outages/Turnarounds, and support the overall refinery initiatives. This role will also provide mentoring and coaching of other site Process Controls personnel regarding DMC and other Advanced Process Controls applications. This role will also provide day-to-day process controls support to a portion of the refinery.
• Advises leadership on technical, capability and strategic matters, leading to wise business decisions. Steers the development of solutions and new opportunities that make a significant contribution to Cenovus
• Contributes to the success of the team, leading by example in terms of learning, sharing of ideas and building capability. Coaches and mentors throughout Cenovus to build distinctive capability in our staff, ensuring a healthy talent pipeline
• Operates routinely across functional and business silos, and externally via extended networks, to access and use subject matter expertise
• Applies scientific rigor to evaluations despite business pressure and constraints; prioritizes and sets clear direction, and boundaries in delivery of results
• Drives cross team interactions; comfortable leading multidiscipline teams and providing recommendations to senior leadership
• Maintains site engineering practices across the Process Controls field, approving changes and deviations, and incorporating industry standard methodologies and Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP)
• Network with Cenovus central Downstream Technical Services teams, other Cenovus refinery and manufacturing sites and industry groups/networks to capture best practices. Network with Cenovus Downstream Process Controls teams to increase the utilization of DMC and other Advanced Process Control applications across the company
• Develop where necessary and lead Cenovus CoP (Community of Practice) forums activities as well as participate in/present to industry technology forums

Who you are:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field
• Minimum 12 years’ experience working in refining or relevant industry
• Experience in multiple process units and a broad working knowledge of Honeywell control systems and AspenTech DMC and Inferrentials

Additionally, proficiency in codes and standards related to refinery process controls such as:
• ISA 18.2 (Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries)
• EEMUA Publication 191 (Alarm Systems. A guide to design, management, and procurement)
• ISA 101.01 (Human Machine Interfaces for Process Automation Systems)
• ISA 106.00.01 (Procedural Automation for Continuous Process Operations)
• IEC 63303 (Human machine interfaces for process automation systems)

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

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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 determining next steps.

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 developing our assets in a safe, responsible 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.

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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The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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