Senior Process Safety Engineer

About the role

Cenovus Energy is now seeking a Senior Process Safety Engineer to lead the process safety initiatives to support a zero-harm work environment by mitigating risk and coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders to address process safety issues at our Toledo Refinery.

What you’ll do

• Ensure regulatory compliance with U.S. process safety requirements, including OSHA PSM (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA Risk Management Program (RMP)
• Lead and support refinery process safety programs, providing technical safety and engineering expertise across PHA/HAZOP, LOPA, MAH, and Management of Change (MOC)
• Drive continuous improvement of process safety systems, workflows, and assurance mechanisms to ensure consistent and effective implementation
• Serve as a change agent, embedding process safety principles across the organization and influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Lead or support incident investigations and root cause analyses, identifying lessons learned and preventing recurrence of major incidents
• Coordinate and oversee audits (internal, third party, insurance), ensuring gap identification, tracking, and timely close out of corrective actions
• Partner with site leadership and HSE leadership to identify and mitigate key risks, advance safety systems, and set, measure, and analyze occupational and process safety performance goals

Who you are

• Legally authorized to work in the US
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Chemistry, Science, or Safety/Environmental discipline
• 8+ years experience in process engineering, technical safety, or process safety engineering in oil and gas or chemicals
• Subject matter expert of US regulations, specifically the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and the Process Safety Management Standard (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA RMP Rule
• In depth familiarity with MOC, PHA/HAZOP, LOPA, and major accident hazard (MAH) methodologies and good practices
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating MOC, HAZOP/PHA, and LOPA
• Proficient in Root Cause Analysis methodologies and incident investigation leadership