Contact Engineer - Primary Extraction

Description

The Contact Engineer provides continuous onsite technical support and input to operations, sustaining projects, major projects, and technology development.

The role supports expense projects and process changes, monitors key performance indicators, and ensures corrective actions are communicated and followed up. It involves technical investigations, root‑cause analysis, and delivering recommendations to restore normal plant operation after upsets. The engineer performs studies, calculations for plant optimisation, develops monitoring tools, and compares actual operating conditions with design specifications. Additional duties include regulatory reporting, MOC execution, risk reviews, bottleneck identification, plant turnarounds, and maintaining living process documentation such as P&IDs, specifications, safe operating limits, and heat and material balances.

• Support expense projects, monitor KPIs and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Conduct technical investigations, root‑cause analysis and provide remediation recommendations.
• Perform studies and calculations for plant optimisation and performance projection.
• Develop tools to enhance process and equipment monitoring.
• Calculate required process conditions, production loss, emissions and chemical needs.
• Compare actual operating conditions against design specifications.
• Provide technical support for regulatory reporting, MOC execution, risk reviews and plant turnarounds.
• Steward the MOC process and drive continuous improvement within process engineering.
• Maintain living process documents such as P&IDs, specifications, safe operating limits and material balances.
• Work 7‑on/7‑off 12‑hour shift schedule at Fort Hills site (FIFO/BIBO).

Requirements

Candidates must have at least five years of experience in an operating plant and hold a bachelor’s degree in chemical or process engineering. Registration as a Professional Engineer with APEGA is required. Experience facilitating risk assessments and HAZOP studies, familiarity with P&IDs, process flow diagrams, fluid hydraulic calculations, and knowledge of thermal heavy‑oil operations are considered assets.

• Minimum 5 years operating‑plant experience with a chemical or process engineering degree.
• Professional Engineer registration with APEGA.
• Experience in risk assessments and HAZOP studies (asset).
• Proficiency with P&IDs, process flow diagrams and fluid hydraulic calculations.
• Knowledge of thermal heavy‑oil operations, fired heaters, oil separation and water‑treatment equipment (asset).

Benefits

Suncor’s operations span oil‑sand development, offshore oil and gas, refining, and retail distribution, including Canada’s Electric Highway™ fast‑charging network. The company emphasizes growth, sustainability, operational excellence, and innovation, offering a solid foundation for career development. Suncor is committed to inclusion, diversity, safety, and a respectful workplace, providing employee networks, accessibility accommodations, and a culture guided by integrity and lifelong learning.

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