Specialist Process Safety Engineer

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy.

When you join Suncor, you become part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive. As part of our team, you play a vital role in delivering energy we all rely on, and you'll make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work.

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Are you experienced at driving operational risk excellence and strengthening process safety in complex industrial environments?
Join us as a Specialist Process Safety Engineer and take the lead in advancing operational risk management maturity and processes.

What we offer:

We recognize your contribution and offer a range of rewards and development opportunities designed to support your success. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Suncor and the region where you work.

• Strong compensation: we offer competitive compensation, regional-based uplifts, annual bonuses, and long-term financial rewards. We also help you save for your future by offering pension programs, and savings plans with company matching

• Benefits: utilize an employee assistance program and comprehensive company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family to support your mental, physical, and financial well-being

• Generous time-off: enjoy generous paid vacation time and personal time-off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance

• Talent development programs: Internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development programs are just a few ways we’re dedicated to your development

• Relocation assistance: We provide support with lease cancellation or home sale, temporary accommodations, rental home search, moving and storage costs, spousal assistance and more

Minimum Requirements:

• 10 years of engineering experience in Resource Industry i.e. Oil & Gas or Mining. Experience in oil sands Mining/Extraction/ Upgrading, in operations or engineering roles would be an asset

• A Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. Other disciplines will be considered if candidate has strong knowledge of risk management

• Registered as a Professional Engineer or immediately eligible for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

• A thorough understanding of Process Safety and Risk Management principles and associated processes tools, i.e. Process Hazard Analysis; Bowtie etc.

• A high-level knowledge of the resource industry including understanding of internal and external business issues related to risk management that impact direction of our industry

• Proven informal leadership skills with the ability to influence, persuade and facilitate change; proactive and able to work effectively with others

Responsibilities:

• Lead Operational Risk Management (ORM) process implementation for your assigned production unit (PU) as per ORM standard and best practices

• Partner with the PU leadership teams and other OEMS process key stakeholders to ensure process interfaces are accurately captured, to drive a step change improvement in OEMS maturity including Asset level Risk Register completeness with quality, for all operational risks

• Develop and/or update Asset Level risk register for Base Plant (BP) in accordance with operational risk framework (ORF)

• Lead and/or facilitate Risk Assessments for Major Incident Hazards (MIHs) for identifying critical controls across BP in accordance ORM process standard and Best Practice

• Support implementation of critical controls assurance program (CCA) at base plant, in consultation with site leadership and area subject matter expert

• Support the maturity roadmap by translating risk management process improvement initiatives to your respective production unit

• Review and update PUs on risk maturity and CCA effectiveness including consolidation, and analysis of variety of reports in the Enablon Risk and Inspection Modules

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Location & other Key Details:

• You will work out of our Base Plant site in Fort McMurray, Alberta

• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday

• If you reside outside of Fort McMurray, relocation of your primary residence to within 60 km of Fort McMurray is mandatory

• Our business professional roles follow internal compensation guidelines, and the pay band will generally be based years of experience and scope of work

Think we are a fit? Apply now!

Suncor is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and building an inclusive, results-oriented and high-performance culture where all members of our team feel safe, valued and respected.