Student, Project Risk Management, January 2024 (Calgary)

Worker Type: Employee

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Job Post End Date: 09/12/2023

Title: Student, Project Risk Management

Start Date: January, 2024

Location: Calgary, AB

Length of Term: 12 months | 16 months

About This Opportunity

Are you looking for an exciting Student opportunity full of meaningful, diverse, and challenging assignments working alongside industry-leading professionals? You will be part of a driven and collaborative team completing important projects while receiving the mentorship, knowledge, and experience to develop the skills you need to build an exciting career.

The Project Risk Management team within the Downstream & Midstream Projects group has an excellent opportunity for Student, Project Risk Management to assist the Project Risk Management team responsible for integrated project risk management process across Cenovus Downstream & Midstream portfolio. Key pieces of the role include assist Project Risk Management team in facilitating risk assessment, coordinate risk reviews, follow up with project team and contractors to collate risk updates for risk reporting and communication. The successful candidate will be a great teammate, highly organized, energetic, and work well in a fast-paced project management environment that requires taking initiative and managing multiple priorities.

Note: The application deadline for this position is Sep 11th, 2023

Responsibilities

• Support reporting activities of the Project Risk Management team, including monthly risk updates on the SharePoint site.
• Provide support in preparation and facilitation of risk assessment workshops.
• Support the maintenance and updates of risk registers for individual projects.
• Assist with the updates of risk management content on the PME website, SharePoint and Power BI Risk Dashboard.
• Provide general support towards ongoing COIMS activities, as they relate to project risk management, specifically COIMS Element 3.
• Assist the Project Risk Management team in supporting the risk management process across Cenovus Downstream & Midstream portfolio.
• Engage and follow up with project teams on risk statuses, risk rankings and mitigation activities.
• Assist with risk integration and aggregation process and aggregated project risk register updates.
• Develop safety and diversity moments in business-related safety and diversity presentations.
• Sharing part of the daily workload as required.

Qualifications

• Legally entitled to work in Canada full-time for the duration of your work term and able to produce documentation upon application (e.g., work visa)
• Available to begin work in January, 2024

Competencies/ Skills

• Knowledge of Power BI software is considered a strong assist
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Possess excellent computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
• The individual is self-motivated and proactive to ensure the timely completion of assigned tasks and project requirements.
• The individual in this position will exhibit the following organizational competencies: Safely gets results, enables agility, communicates with impact, fosters collaboration.

Education

• A valid Canadian class 5 Driver's License with no restrictions (i.e., non GDL) is a requirement for this role
• Must be enrolled in an Engineering or Business Undergraduate Program at an accredited post-secondary institution at the time of the intended work term and returning to full-time studies after the work term OR registered in an accredited post-secondary co-op or internship program for the duration of the work term
• New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.
• Candidates currently enrolled in either a master’s or Ph.D. program at an accredited post-secondary institution may also be considered

Working Conditions

May include frequency of travel, sitting, standing, computer work, lifting, driving, working at site, etc.

Submission

Please submit a resume and transcript in one (1) PDF document.

Note: Applications without a recent transcript will not be considered. 

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 [email protected].

Student Program Benefits:

• Wide support network including direct leaders, program leads, human resource, peers, mentor(s), New Grad Committee, and buddy.
• A multi-discipline program with meaningful, hands-on work experience
• Networking events coordinated by the New Grad Committee including group mentoring from senior/executive leaders, lunch ‘n learns, guest speakers, technical presentations, and holiday celebrations.
• Students moving for their work term may be eligible to receive a lump sum relocation payment to assist with relocation expenses.
• Candidates must have their own means of transportation as there is no public transportation in field locations.
• Structured goal setting and performance evaluations.
• Opportunity to present work-term findings to the Cenovus Leadership team.

Additional Information

• Interested in some of our past student experiences? Read their stories here.  
• Learn more about our Student and New Grad program!
• New graduates are not eligible for student opportunities.
• Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About Cenovus

We’re a Canadian-based integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to improving value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

Sustainability has always been deeply engrained in Cenovus’s culture. We have ambitious environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets in five focus areas – climate & greenhouse gas emissions, water stewardship, biodiversity, Indigenous reconciliation and Inclusion & Diversity – and are taking action to achieve them.

Cenovus is a founding member of the Pathways Alliance, Canada’s largest oil sands producers working together to address climate change. For more information on Cenovus’s ESG focus areas and targets, and overall sustainability efforts, visit https://www.cenovus.com/Sustainability.

For more information, visit cenovus.com.

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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, equitable 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.

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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