Manager, Area Maintenance

About this opportunity:

Cenovus Toledo Refinery is now hiring for Manager Area Maintenance roles that will serve as the single point of accountability for maintenance within their assigned asset area(s). This posting will fill three similar roles each supporting a different portion of the refinery - two roles aligned to the North-South East-West asset areas and one dedicated to the OM&S asset and Tank Program.

What youll do:

• Leads execution of planned and unplanned unit shutdowns executed by the Maintenance team including support of timely worklist job plan and critical path schedule development efficient completion of high-quality field execution tracking and closeout activities

• Single point of accountability to the asset for Maintenance in assigned asset area

• Assures annual maintenance budget is transparent to the asset team and properly managed and maintained and is responsible for minimizing spend for maintenance in asset area by efficiencies ensuring maintenance and expense projects are completed efficiently and correctly the first time

• Facilitates multi-bid efforts from outside contractors for larger scopes that are unable to be scheduled within the normal running maintenance headcount or when additional skills are required collaborating with the Maintenance Discipline Managers to ensure the capabilities and risks are evaluated and managed

• Drives proactive maintenance in assigned area including backlog management processes for work prioritization schedule break-ins overtime materials management risk assessment craft utilization quality work history documentation change management future recommendations and long-term Reliability. Backlog management includes understanding risk carried by the current backlog hours and ensuring backlog reviews are proactively completed to remove completed work

• Accountable for driving Maintenance execution of the reliability equipment strategy that supports the refinerys goals in availability as well as safe reliable and environmentally sound operations. This role is also responsible identifying improvements to the reliability strategies and implementing execution optimizations

• Assures and optimizes Maintenance execution practices and procedures to achieve cost-effective results including efficient scheduling of resources feedback to craft supervisors for proper training and performance of Craft personnel and high-quality execution of work with a focus on Safety and Availability

• Responsible for the health safety and environmental performance and awareness in areas of responsibility to achieve the refinery goals of zero incidents i.e. no accidents no harm to people and no harm to the environment. Participates in refinery safety programs investigate accidents and near-misses prepares and conducts safety meetings. Promotes a clean safe work site and ensures proper housekeeping

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering Engineering or a Journeymans License

• 12 years experience in relevant maintenance execution and engineering activities

• Background in maintenance and/or capital project execution contractor relations and exposure to plant/refinery operation. Breadth of experience including some commercial project turnaround or similar non-technical experience

• Ability to understand the Union-Company Collective Bargaining Agreement and make decisions

• Maintenance and Repair working knowledge preferred in multiple maintenance department disciplines

• First call for maintenance support including nights weekends and holidays

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

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT MARCH 27TH 2026.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canadas Best Employers in 2025. Were 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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Who we are:

Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. Were 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 downstream operations include upgrading refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. 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.

Other 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.

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The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

Were committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package including:

• 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

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 outcomesfor employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

• Our purpose: We energize the world to make peoples 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 $1000 per event).

  • Receive donation matching up to $25000 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.

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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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