Staff Marine Utility Technologist

About this opportunity:

This role supports the Chief Engineer and utility systems on the SeaRose FPSO, similar to how Marine Technologists support the Marine department. The candidate will participate in risk assessments, assist with troubleshooting, and provide input on modifications, maintenance activities, and operational procedures to ensure safe and efficient offshore work plans.

As the marine and utilities engineering subject matter expert for the onshore Production Team, the candidate will review and approve Non-Standard Isolation Risk Assessments for marine and tank systems and provide support to the Subsea Marine and IMR teams as needed. This includes addressing issues on contracted vessels, such as supply vessels, shuttle tankers, ROV vessels, and other on-hire vessels.

This position is located at our St. John, NL office.

What you’ll do:

• Provide operational oversight of Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs), tankers, and Dedicated Field Support Vessel builds, ensuring implementation of best practices and marine engineering standards.

• Support vessel evaluations, specifications, and interface with Transport Canada and Terra Nova Joint Venture as needed for marine and utility operations.

• Maintain and review marine engineering documentation for vessel systems.

• Liaise with the onshore Production team to provide technical support and guidance.

• Participate in and approve Non-Standard Isolation Risk Assessments (NIRAs), Non-Standard Operations Risk Assessments (NOPRAs), and Abnormal or Non-Routine Work Situations (ANRAS) for marine and vessel systems.

• Complete competency assessments for SeaRose Utility Systems.

• Participate in Marine Accident Hazard Reviews, Regional Response Management Team activities, and Safety Critical Element (SCE) reviews to support safe operations.

• Support onshore Maintenance and Integrity teams with safety-critical performance reviews, maintenance strategies, and operational risk mitigation.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Diploma in Marine Engineering is required

• First Class Engineer, Mortorship (1CM) (preferred) or Second Class Engineer, Mortorship (1CM).

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience and 5 - 10 years as a Chief Engineer or senior officer on board an OSV, tanker, FPSO or construction vessel (asset).

• Minimum of 10 years of sea time.

• Knowledge of FPSO marine and utility systems, marine regulations and local regulatory framework.

• Experience in risk assessments for complex systems

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

This is a safety sensitive position and will be subject to offshore pre-placement Fitness for Work assessments, which includes drug and alcohol screening, a CAPP medical and BST/HUEBA testing.

You must be able to travel via helicopter and boat. This position requires the successful candidate travel offshore, there you will be required to obtain and maintain medical clearance and obtain all required training necessary for offshore travel.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT February 11th, 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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Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.

Who we are:

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, 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 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. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

We are the operator and majority owner of the West White Rose field and extensions, located approximately 350 kilometres offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. West White Rose is a concrete based drilling platform, which will access resources in the western part of the existing White Rose field and use the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for processing within our Atlantic Region Operations.

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The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• 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

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

• Internal course offerings

• Education assistance for additional development

• Opportunities to work on special projects

• Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes - for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

• Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.

• Our values:

  • Protect what matters

  • Do it right

  • Make it better

  • Do it together

• Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.

  • 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 $25,000 annually.

• Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.

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.

If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE, please apply by going to our Internal Career Site.