Suncor Energy

Specialist Process Safety Engineer

Suncor Energy$100K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of risk management experience in resource industry, preferably in oil sands operations
  • Bachelor’s degree in Process, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering; other disciplines considered with risk management knowledge
  • Registered or immediately eligible for Professional Engineer designation with APEGA
  • Deep understanding of resource industry business issues affecting risk management
  • Fundamental knowledge of risk management principles and tools
  • Proven informal leadership and change facilitation skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a non-authoritative leadership role

Responsibilities

  • Lead the implementation of Operational Risk Management (ORM) processes for assigned production units
  • Collaborate with leadership teams to ensure accurate capture of process interfaces for ORM improvements
  • Manage timely implementation of Suncor ORM processes
  • Develop and update Asset Level risk registers in line with risk framework
  • Facilitate Bowtie analysis for identifying critical controls related to Major Incident Hazards
  • Support the critical controls assurance program at the base plant
  • Translate risk management improvements into actionable initiatives for production units
  • Analyze and review risk maturity and CCA effectiveness for production units

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with annual bonuses and long-term rewards
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits for employees and families
  • Generous paid vacation time and personal leave
  • Investment in talent development and employee training programs
  • Relocation assistance including support for housing and moving costs
Full Job Description


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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 risk management experience within the resource industry, including experience in oil sands operations or engineering roles (mining, extraction, or upgrading)
  • A Bachelor's degree in Process, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. Other disciplines will be considered if candidate has strong knowledge of risk management
  • Registered as a Professional Engineer designation or immediately eligible for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
  • 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
  • A fundamental understanding of risk management principles and potentially the processes and tools associated with it
  • Proven informal leadership skills with the ability to influence, persuade and facilitate change; proactive and able to work effectively with others in a non-authoritative leadership role


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
  • Responsible for Suncor OEMS, managing operational risk process implementation in a timely manner
  • Develop and/or update Asset Level risk register for Base Plant (BP) in accordance with operational risk framework (ORF) in the common risk template and ensure that mitigation ownership Accountable/Responsible/Owner (ARO) is consistent and clear
  • Lead and/or facilitate Bowtie analysis for all 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 experts
  • 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


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!

About Suncor Energy

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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