Mechanical 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.

As a Mechanical Engineer, supporting our Fort Hills Primary Extraction operations, you will apply your engineering skills, knowledge, and experience in a collaborative, cross-functional environment. This role offers short-term technical challenges and long-term initiatives aligned with Suncor's business values and goals focusing on safety, environment, reliability, and financial performance.

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

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience
• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Must be a registered Profession Engineer with APEGA
• Field experience and knowledge of Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, or Oil Sands operations
• Experience employing ASME/API Standards including ASME B31.3, ASME B31.4, and API 579
• Experience developing and improving reliability programs, quality programs, equipment strategies, and degradation mode mitigation
• Knowledge and experience in use of mechanical design standards, specifications, and codes
• Able to provide clear work direction through verbal and written scopes

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

Key Accountabilities

• Interface daily with operations, maintenance, planning, and other engineering disciplines on equipment performance issues
• Develop and optimize detailed mechanical equipment inspection and repair plans for field execution
• Monitor and troubleshoot mechanical equipment health including conveyors, sizers, rotary wet screens, pumps, tanks/vessels, and piping systems
• Conduct and support root cause analysis investigations of mechanical equipment issues or failures
• Lead mechanical engineering management of change (MOC) initiatives focused on equipment availability and cost improvements
• Support in rationalizing future spend activities, preparations for outages and shutdowns, and input into planning processes

Location and other key details

• You will work out of our camp-based Fort Hills mining site, located in Alberta’s Athabasca region, 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alberta
• The shift schedule is a seven (7) days on / seven (7) days off rotation
• Our engineering 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.