Suncor Energy

Specialist Electrical Engineer

Suncor Energy$100K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of relevant experience; P. Eng. designation required
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline
  • Experience with high-voltage T&D systems in industrial, utility, or power systems environments
  • Ability to interpret electrical drawings and analyze power-quality data
  • Knowledge of industry standards and safety practices relevant to T&D operations
  • Experience with high-voltage substations and T&D assets
  • Familiarity with SAP and digital operating platforms is an asset

Responsibilities

  • Provide real-time technical support to T&D Operations by monitoring system conditions and supporting outages
  • Identify and assess system risks through operational reviews and support issue prioritization
  • Maintain T&D operating envelopes and communicate requirements to certified personnel
  • Prepare documentation for outage endorsements and risk reviews, recommending mitigation measures
  • Support improvements in system visibility and understanding through maintenance of single-line diagrams
  • Lead power-quality analysis and event investigations to support operational decision-making
  • Provide technical input for projects and initiatives to enhance system resilience

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a safety-sensitive environment
  • Engage in a dynamic role with operational responsibilities and direct impact
  • Contribute to system operability and operational excellence through diverse initiatives
  • Work in a supportive, team-oriented environment
  • Regular hours with the possibility of additional support during outages and events
Full Job Description
We are seeking a senior electrical engineering professional to support the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of the Base Plant high-voltage T&D system, including adherence to approved facility ratings and applicable FAC-008 requirements. This operations-facing role focuses on near-real-time system support, operating decision quality, system risk and outage-risk management, and system performance stewardship, and is distinct from long-range system planning.

Minimum Requirements:
  • 12+ years of relevant experience; P. Eng. designation required
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline
  • Experience supporting high-voltage T&D systems in an industrial, utility, or power systems environment, with strong knowledge of power system operations, operating limits, system risk assessment, outage management, and operating-role boundaries with certified operating personnel
  • Strong ability to interpret single-line diagrams, electrical drawings, alarms, sequence-of-events data, system trends, and other operating data to support event investigation, power-quality analysis, and system performance assessment
  • Working knowledge of applicable industry standards, electrical safety practices, and AESO/NERC/Alberta reliability requirements relevant to T&D operations and bulk electric system support, including approved facility ratings and FAC-008
  • Experience with high-voltage substations and T&D assets such as transformers, breakers, protection systems, and reactive devices
  • Experience with SAP, Microsoft Office, engineering reports, stewardship reporting, and digital operating platforms is considered an asset

Don't have all the qualifications listed? That's ok! Apply anyway. We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide day-to-day technical support to T&D Operations by monitoring real-time and near-real-time system conditions, including voltage, frequency, loading, alarms, abnormal states, and restoration readiness, and by supporting outages, operational events, abnormal system conditions, on-call coverage, and after-hours consultation as required
  • Identify, assess, and communicate system risks through daily and weekly operational reviews, supporting issue prioritization, alarm governance, mitigation planning, and alignment with operating priorities
  • Maintain and communicate T&D operating envelopes, system limits, standing instructions, operating procedures, approved facility ratings, and applicable FAC-008 requirements, and apply these in day-to-day operational guidance in coordination with certified operating personnel
  • Prepare outage endorsement and risk review documentation for planned outages, switching activities, special configurations, and non-standard operating scenarios, recommending mitigation measures as needed
  • Maintain operating single-line diagrams and support improvements to supervisory displays, control room visibility, and overall system understanding
  • Lead or support power-quality analysis, system studies, event investigations, and performance reporting by reviewing alarms, sequence-of-events data, protection/relay records, and operating trends to support event response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, KPI tracking, and risk repository updates
  • Provide technical input to projects, turnaround planning, and cross-functional improvement initiatives to improve system operability, resilience, and execution quality

Location and other Key details:
  • You will work out of our Base Plant site in Fort McMurray, Alberta
  • This is an office-based role with field interface as required to support T&D Operations, outages, system events, and operational risk reviews
  • Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday, with additional support for outages, operational events, on-call coverage, and after-hours consultation as required
  • This position is safety sensitive


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Suncor pioneered commercial development of Canada's Athabasca oil sands — one of the world's largest petroleum resource basins. Since then, Suncor has grown to become a globally-competitive, Canadian-based integrated energy company with a balanced portfolio of high quality assets, a strong balance sheet and significant growth prospects.

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