Drilling Engineer

About this opportunity:

Cenovus Energy is seeking a Drilling Engineer to join our Delineation / Heavy Oil team. In this role, you will lead well planning activities through to a drill‑ready state and provide engineering support during execution. You will play a key role in delivering safe, cost‑effective drilling programs while working closely with a broad set of technical and operational partners across our Heavy Oil assets, including Lloyd Thermal, Sunrise, Foster Creek, and Christina Lake.

What you’ll do:

• Lead drilling engineering activities from initial planning through execution and post‑well evaluations for delineation and heavy oil wells.

• Design, execute, and continuously improve drilling programs, including well objectives, risk reviews, Basis of Design documents, cost estimates, and detailed drilling programs.

• Support field operations to ensure well objectives are achieved while driving improvements in safety, schedule, and cost performance.

• Ensure all drilling activities comply with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements.

• Monitor costs, cycle times, and key performance indicators to improve efficiency and operational consistency.

• Collaborate closely with Geology, Reservoir, Completions, Production Engineering, Supply Chain, and Program Management throughout the full well lifecycle.

• Conduct post‑well analyses and project lookbacks to capture lessons learned and embed continuous improvement.

• Research and evaluate innovative drilling techniques and designs to enhance performance and reduce costs.

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.

• Registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA.

• Approximately 5 years of oil and gas engineering experience, with a minimum of 2 years of experience direct drilling experience.

• SAGD or heavy oil experience considered an asset.

• Strong technical capability, with experience in drilling hydraulics and torque & drag modeling preferred.

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 April 21, 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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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.

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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.

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