Receptionist
About this opportunity:
This position will serve as the primary point of contact for guests and staff, delivering best-in-class customer service and creating a welcoming, professional front desk experience. The role is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of reception activities, including visitor management, incoming calls, and general office support. Additionally, the receptionist will support workplace operations by assisting with administrative tasks, maintaining an organized and safe reception area, and coordinating vendor and workplace team activities. The ideal candidate is professional, detail-oriented, adaptable, and collaborative, with a proactive approach to supporting both employees and visitors.
This role is based at our St. John’s, NL office.
What you’ll do:
Serve as the primary point of contact, greeting employees, visitors, and vendors while delivering a professional and welcoming front desk experience.
Manage all front desk operations, including in-person, phone, and email inquiries, ensuring timely and effective communication.
Coordinate visitor management processes, including maintaining logs, issuing access badges, and adhering to security protocols.
Maintain a clean, organized, and fully functional reception area to support daily workplace operations.
Oversee incoming and outgoing mail, courier services, deliveries, and office supply inventory, including ordering and restocking.
Provide administrative and coordination support, including document preparation, record updates, and onsite event support.
Liaise with vendors and service providers, report facility issues, and assist with service request follow-ups and workplace readiness (e.g., onboarding support, workstation setup).
Support workplace safety and security by ensuring protocol adherence, assisting with emergency procedures, and addressing urgent front desk matters as needed.
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:
Legally authorized to work in Canada
High school diploma required; post-secondary education in business administration or office management is an asset.
Minimum 1 year of experience in a receptionist, administrative, or customer-facing role.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a professional, customer-focused presence.
Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Proficient in MS Office Suite and comfortable learning new systems, such as SharePoint or ServiceNow.
Collaborative and adaptable, able to work effectively with colleagues and leaders at all levels of the organization.
Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT April 9, 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.
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.
Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.
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.
We are the operator and majority owner of the West White Rose field and extensions, located approximately 350 kilometres offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. West White Rose is a concrete based drilling platform, which will access resources in the western part of the existing White Rose field and use the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for processing within our Atlantic Region Operations.
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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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