Senior Safety Advisor, Emergency Management

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.

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

Why you should join us

Are you passionate about emergency management, business continuity, and organizational resilience? Join Suncor as a Senior Safety Advisor, Emergency Management. In this role, you will provide enterprise leadership and subject matter expertise for Suncor’s emergency management and business continuity program. As the Enterprise Process Lead, you will work closely with the Enterprise Process Owner, operating site process leads, and key stakeholders to enhance enterprise performance, strengthen emergency preparedness and response, and build business continuity resilience across the organization.

Minimum requirements:

• 8 or more years of experience in Disaster and Emergency Management, Emergency Services, Business Continuity, Occupational Health and Safety, Public Safety, Risk Management, Engineering, or a related discipline. Formal education in relevant field is an asset

• Strong knowledge of emergency planning, preparedness, response, recovery and business continuity principles and practices

• Completion of ICS 100, 200 and 300; advanced training such as ICS 400, role specific training, and spill response knowledge would be an asset

• Working knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements for Suncor jurisdictions, industry standards and codes, including occupational health and safety requirements, applicable CSA standards and Alberta Energy Regulator expectations, including Directive 071

• Track record of active role participation in emergency response events

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

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Enterprise Process Lead for process Manage Emergencies and Business Continuity

• Support the Enterprise Process Owner in managing process effectiveness, performance and continuous improvement for the ME&BC (Manager, Emergency, and Business Continuity) process standard and best practices across the enterprise

• Co-chair the site process lead network to promote performance, standardization, replication, and accelerate best practices

• Maintain enterprise process documentation, tools, templates, and guidance materials

• Provide process expertise and support during activations of the crisis management team and/or site response management teams

• Support maintenance of the crisis management team roster, onboarding of new members, exercise schedule and facilitation, and ensuring the virtual EOC structure and documentation are in place for event activations

• Facilitate business impact assessments at the enterprise or site level to support business continuity planning

Location and other key details:

• The position will be based at the  Calgary head office, located in the Suncor Energy Center at 150 – 6th Ave S.W. The position can also be located in Fort McMurray at our Syncrude site

• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday with business travel to sites

• Occasional support for emergency response outside of regular work hours may be required

• 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!

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.