Contract Great Lakes Marine Dock Owners Representative

Job Description

Represent Cenovus from project definition through detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup. Independently challenge engineering, integrate refinery and marine-terminal requirements, and protect safety, reliability, cost, schedule, and operability.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as Cenovus’ single-point Owner’s Representative for the Great Lakes (GLX) marine dock and terminal scope.
• Review and validate FEL/FEED, detailed design, estimates, schedules, execution plans, and contractor deliverables.
• Coordinate marine, civil/structural, piping, mechanical, electrical, controls, operations, maintenance, environmental, regulatory, and commercial interfaces.
• Lead constructability, operability, maintainability, marine access, product-transfer, QA/QC, and startup-readiness reviews.
• Monitor scope, cost, schedule, risk, change management, field quality, and contractor execution; provide concise leadership updates and recommendations.
• Support construction, commissioning, turnover, and startup, including resolution of refinery-to-dock interface issues.
• Provide oversight for vapor destruction units added to marine docks, including design review, installation, commissioning, and startup.
• Provide oversight for additional dock flush tanks and associated piping, controls, utility, drainage, and operating systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Direct experience with hydrocarbon docks, product-transfer systems, loading facilities, brownfield revamps, and contractor oversight.
• Experience with marine-dock vapor destruction units, including design, installation, commissioning, and startup.
• Experience adding flush tanks and associated dock systems, including equipment integration, piping, controls, utilities, drainage, and operating interfaces.
• Demonstrated construction, commissioning, and startup experience.
• Working knowledge of marine permitting and regulatory interfaces; PE, PMP, marine engineering, or operations credentials are valued.
• Strong judgment, communication, and ability to independently challenge EPC and engineering-contractor recommendations.

ENGAGEMENT MODEL

• FEL/design: primarily remote with planned site visits and focused design-review participation.
• Construction: substantial field presence to support execution assurance, quality, change control, and issue resolution.
• Commissioning/startup: full-time site support as needed through turnover and stable operation.
• Works closely with Cenovus project leadership, site operations, maintenance, project controls, contractors, and regulatory stakeholders.

Location: Toledo, OH. Position can be remote during initial phases with on site presence required for kick off, then return to remote.

Minimal travel (20%) may be required for potential vendor visits for equipment checks.

Work schedule/expected hours per week: typically Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Potential for some weekend work during construction and startup. Typical work week will be 40 hours/week, once in construction and startup could go to 50-60 hours/week for 2-4 weeks.

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