Jobs
Plant Operator (Cenovus Energy)
- Company
- Cenovus Energy
- Where
- Foster Creek, AB
- Sector
- Energy
- Apply by
- Oct 21, 2026
Cenovus Energy is hiring: Plant Operator, Foster Creek, AB.
- Runs and monitors process units at a thermal heavy oil (SAGD) site, spots abnormal conditions and fixes them
- Gets equipment ready for maintenance (isolation, hand-over, safety checks), does field inspections and lockout/tagout, keeps the e-log and operating reports, and helps with start-ups and commissioning
- Full-time employee job on a shift rotation (the pattern isn’t stated); every oil sands site has a full-service camp, with flights from Calgary and Edmonton and a bus from La Corey for Foster Creek
- The opening is at Foster Creek, but the posting may be used to fill vacancies at Christina Lake, Christina Lake North or Sunrise
- Asks for 1 year of SAGD thermal heavy oil operating experience and a Fourth-Class Power Engineering certificate with progress toward Third; must be legally able to work in Canada and hold a Class 5 licence
- Safety-sensitive (pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol assessment); no pay figure stated
Applications close October 21, 2026 (11:59 p.m. MT).
Checked on the employer’s own site on October 8, 2026. Apply there; Dirt Pays does not handle applications.
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