Maintenance Engineer - Suncor, Calgary

About the Role

Explore Suncor jobs and Suncor careers by joining our team as a Maintenance Engineer in Calgary. At Suncor, we are dedicated to producing and providing essential energy, building a solid foundation for both business and employee success. This is an excellent opportunity for engineering jobs in Calgary Suncor Energy Centre, where talented people thrive and make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work.

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will play a vital role in supporting the reliability, safety, and performance of critical electrical power systems across our operations. This position offers the chance to provide technical leadership in protection and control systems, power system studies, asset reliability, and project execution. You will contribute to the safe and reliable operation of Canada's most complex industrial power systems, making a significant impact on our energy infrastructure.

Your Impact

In this role, your expertise will directly influence the operational integrity and safety of Suncor's electrical infrastructure. You will be instrumental in maintaining high standards of system reliability and performance through a range of critical responsibilities, ensuring our energy production remains consistent and secure.

• Manage protection system updates and modifications through the Management of Change (MOC) process, ensuring compliance with applicable codes, standards, and Suncor requirements.
• Conduct and review power system and protection coordination studies using ETAP, including analysis, reporting, and recommendations to support system reliability, regulatory submissions, and the AESO ARS maintenance program.
• Provide engineering and reliability support to operations, including technical troubleshooting, outage support, and recommendations to resolve system alarms, trips, and performance issues.
• Lead condition assessments of electrical plant assets and support incident investigations, fault analysis, and corrective action development to improve system performance and reliability.
• Partner with project teams to ensure required system studies, protection coordination, and safe integration are completed for site growth and maintenance projects.
• Oversee and support the construction, testing, and commissioning of electrical projects to ensure safe execution and compliance with regulatory, technical, and company standards.
• Support the development and implementation of electrical reliability programs to meet maintenance, operational, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Power System Engineers and low-voltage business teams to drive alignment, coordination, and efficient execution of protection system scopes and deliverables.

Qualifications

To excel in this Maintenance Engineer role, you will bring a strong foundation in electrical engineering and significant experience with complex power systems. We value practical experience and a commitment to continuous learning. If you don’t have all the qualifications listed, we encourage you to apply anyway, as we acknowledge the value of transferable skills.

• 5 to 7 years of related experience with transmission and distribution protection and control systems.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and registration with APEGA as a Professional Engineer or equivalent.
• Advanced experience in ETAP (Electrical Transient Analyzer Program) for arc flash, short circuit, motor start-up, and load flow study modelling.
• Experience in an Industrial Facility and/or Utility environment, up to 260 kV.
• Experience with AESO (Alberta Electrical System Operator), AUC (Alberta Utilities Commission), NERC (North American Electric Reliability)-related Alberta Reliability Standards, and transmission requirements for major transmission-connected load.
• Experience with GE, ABB, and SEL Relay programming and interface software.
• Experience in fault analysis, report writing, and interfacing in multidiscipline teams.

Compensation and Perks

Suncor recognizes your valuable contribution and offers a comprehensive range of rewards and development opportunities designed to support your success and well-being. Our business professional roles follow internal compensation guidelines, with pay bands generally based on years of experience and scope of work.

• Strong compensation: Enjoy 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: Benefit from generous paid vacation time and personal time-off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Talent development programs: Access internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development programs dedicated to your professional growth.
• Relocation assistance: Receive support including roundtrip airfare or mileage coverage, temporary accommodations, rental search assistance, and additional resources provided pending role and location.