Senior Front End Development Engineer

Cenovus Energy

Senior Front End Development Engineer managing project scope and technical leadership at Cenovus Ohio Refineries. Collaborating with teams to deliver sustainable engineering solutions and project approvals.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeToledo • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Front-End Development (FED-1/FED-2), owning project scope, premise development, and option selection.
Develop project justifications, problem statements, economic models, and cashflow analyses for project screening and approvals.
Collaborate with asset teams, EHS, reliability, SMEs, and commercial stakeholders to validate assumptions, risks, and economics.
Define and assess project scope to ensure risk resolution, asset availability targets, and sustaining capital optimization.
Lead Select-phase option development to minimize cost and complexity while meeting technical and operational requirements.
Develop margin improvement projects in collaboration with the wider FED team, central commercial organization and SME’s to support commercial improvement goals.
Develop Basis of Design and develop/review key process engineering deliverables (PFDs, P&IDs, calculations, datasheets, relief systems).
Perform process engineering quality assurance, including review of equipment sizing, alarm management basis, and PSI documentation.
Provide technical support for MoC, detailed design, execution, and commissioning activities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Legally authorized to work in the US.
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical or Petroleum Engineering.
8+ years of experience in Refining process engineering with project development engineering.
Strong technical computing literacy to support modeling, simulation and data analytics.
Expertise on Hysys or PetroSim, Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR), HTRI or similar tools.
Process equipment design experience.
Willing to travel approximately 15% of the time outside of the Ohio Refineries.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous paid vacation
Annual bonus
Retirement savings plan matching
Long-term incentives
Medical & dental coverage
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Employee assistance program
Virtual healthcare coverage
Generous leave of absence programs
Fitness membership reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools

process engineeringproject development engineeringeconomic modelingcashflow analysisprocess equipment designtechnical computing literacymodelingsimulationdata analyticsmargin improvement

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipproblem-solvingrisk assessmentcommunication

Certifications

Bachelor of Science in Chemical EngineeringBachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering