Senior Operations Excellence Advisor

Worker Type: Employee

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is seeking a Senior Operations Excellence Advisor for refinery in Lima, Ohio. In this role you are the guide on operations processes and policies, ensuring compliance with COIMS and maintaining documentation, training, and procedures. They own the execution of the Operations Excellence plan, stepping in for the Senior Manager when needed, and provide stability to the Operations Department. The role drives compliance and safety within the Area Business Teams and 24/7 teams, reducing process safety risk through adherence to operational policies and processes. They also monitor safety and compliance, intervening to improve performance when necessary.

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What you’ll do:

• Operationalizes and implements the Operations Excellence Strategy set by the Senior Manager Site Operations in Lima including being responsible to meet key achievements, support the site through LODs, and provide back up to the Senior Manager Site Operations as required
• Monitor Ops excellence metrics and KPIs, analyze data and recommend improvements associated with operations self-verification expectations. Including but not limited to: What if drills, Procedures, Shift Handover, Operator Logs, Operator Rounds, operational readiness for maintenance, and operating limits exceedances. Further to this, reviews these KPIs with Ops Leadership to course correct as required.
• Supports rollout, implementation, and optimization of various Operational Excellence aspects including the C-Notes program, operating rounds, operator care, housekeeping etc.
• Supports ABT (Area Business teams) by collaborating with these teams on operational excellence aspects and influencing these teams and shift teams without authority. This could include things like covering EOC responsibilities (Ops Section Chief), performing LODs to support the site, or leading incident investigations as requested. Also, a required attendee in key morning meetings (STEM, Shift Alignment, DAAM, SAM) to ensure consistency of content/agenda and to provide steer for any changes required
• Collaborates with other Ops Excellence Advisors across Cenovus Downstream to create network opportunities to synergize and harmonize Ops Excellence improvements
  
  

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Additional technical education or equivalent in engineering is desirable
• 8 years’ experience in a petrochemical operations organization
  
  

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

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 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.

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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At Cenovus, we embrace diversity of thought, experience and backgrounds to help us make better business decisions, address our challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions. We’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where people feel respected, valued and engaged. We strive for a collaborative, physically and psychologically safe environment where you can be yourself, feel a sense of belonging and thrive. For more information, including details on our inclusion and diversity targets and networks, 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.

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