Manager, Laboratory
Cenovus Energy Inc.

Worker Type: Employee

Group: Engineering & Technical Services - Toledo Department

Job Post End Date: 01/11/2025

About this opportunity:
Cenovus is looking for a dynamic Manager, Laboratory to join our Toledo, Ohio refinery team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for overseeing health and safety performance in the Toledo Refinery's Quality Control Laboratory to achieve our goals of no accidents, no harm to people and no harm to the environment. The Manager, Laboratory is responsible for leading a broad team of approximately 23 employees, both salary and hourly (union represented) personnel to ensure product quality across the refinery.

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What you'll do:

• Manages the Quality Control Laboratory, ensuring accurate test results are provided to internal and external customers according to a pre-established schedule, within the Laboratory's operating budget, and applying safe laboratory practices.
• Lead a salaried and hourly represented team to deliver vital results to the business to ensure refinery optimization and finished product certification.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a Statistical Process Control/Quality Assurance program in all sections of the laboratory.
• Develops, implements and ensure adherence to standards and procedures, methods and practices for all the analytical procedures in the Quality Control Laboratory.
• Directs and ensures certification and quality testing on raw materials, intermediate products, finished products, and QA/QC samples in compliance with company product specifications and federal, state, and local regulations.
• Participates in knowledge transfer within the site and with other Cenovus facilities . Implements standard processes as appropriate .
• Acts as Single Point of Accountability (SPA) to ensure product quality is consistent with established quality specifications, all off-spec products are quarantined and remediated, and all product quality incidents are fully investigated . Organizes and interprets product specifications into a laboratory sample/test matrix to control product quality.
• Consults with plant engineers, operations coordinators, and others to accommodate testing vital for process product optimization plans, supervises participation in specialty surveys and audits sponsored by industry, trade groups, Cenovus or company affiliated and approved organizations.

Who you are:

• Legally authorized to work in the US
• High School diploma
• Minimum 12 years' relevant experience in a refinery, chemical or environmental laboratory

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry , Chemical Engineering or like degree type.
• Experience mentoring and leading teams; experience working with union represented employees.

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
 
If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email careeropportunities@cenovus.com .
 
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 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 developing our assets in a safe, responsible 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.
 
We've been named a Top Alberta Employer for 2024, a designation recognizing organizations leading their industries in offering exceptional places to work.
 
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For more information, please visit cenovus.com
 
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 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 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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