Why Suncor?

When you join Suncor Energy, you’re signing on with a leader that has built a solid foundation for both business success and employee success: industry-leading experience, a reputation for social and environmental responsibility, an achievement-oriented culture, opportunities for career growth and a rewarding compensation package.

Our track record and tremendous future potential make Suncor a place where talented people thrive. Suncor has great job prospects — for newly qualified trades people and professionals all the way to industry veterans. If you’re ready to take your career in exciting new directions, picture yourself at Suncor.

As our business evolves, so do our employment opportunities — in oil sands mining, production and upgrading, natural gas production, refining, wind power, marketing and retail. Suncor hires:

• operations and maintenance
• trades
• mining, mechanical, electrical, process engineers
• project management, supply chain, planning, scheduling
• human resources
• environment, health and safety, marketing, and business development

The Suncor team

• Close to 13,000 employees
• Average age is 40 — a dynamic mix of newcomers and veterans
• Diversity of skills, expertise and culture — people from all parts of Canada, North America and the globe

Industry Leader

Suncor was the first company to commercially produce crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands and, over the past four decades, we’ve grown to become a major North American energy producer and marketer. Today, a new generation of Suncor pioneers is pushing the limits of innovation in sustainable development — using technology to realize the huge potential of the oil sands resource while minimizing our environmental footprint.

The combination of Suncor Energy and Petro-Canada creates a globally competitive, Canadian-based integrated energy company with a balanced portfolio of high-quality assets, a strong balance sheet and significant growth prospects.

We’re putting our knowledge base and pioneering spirit to work on this new frontier. Being the leader is Suncor’s advantage — make it your advantage, too.

Join a leader backed by solid history. Put yourself in our picture

Career Development

Suncor is big enough and diverse enough to accommodate your evolving career interests. And we’ll encourage you every step of the way with ongoing training, educational assistance programs and leadership development.

Do it your way. Suncor employees frame their own path of success. Managers work with employees to understand their career interests and help them define a plan of action to strengthen their skills.

Challenging, interesting work. You'll find challenging and interesting work at Suncor, with lots of room for career growth and advancement. Through courses, seminars, mentoring and coaching, you'll learn new skills.

Tools and resources. You'll have all the tools and resources you need to get ahead. Our Educational Assistance Plan helps pay for the cost (tuition and books to a maximum of $4,500 per year) of approved courses that are successfully completed.

Building leaders. Strong leadership is essential to achieving our ambitious goals and creating the climate to inspire employees to deliver high performance. Suncor provides a career road map for employees who want to upgrade their skills and strengthen their overall performance

Equinox’s commitment to training is critical to ensure that we can provide a safe working environment where employees can acquire new skills. Development plans for each employee are developed through training needs analysis in support of a structured succession planning program. These skills will bring long-term benefits to the region and Zambia over the many years Lumwana is operating, and into the future.

Equinox is committed to the principles and practices of good corporate and environmental citizenship and a sustainable approach to all its activities.
The Company recognizes that its long-term success is dependent upon best practice environmental performance and strong community relations.

Our Reputation

Working at Suncor means working for a company you can be proud of. Suncor fuels the economy, contributes to communities and leads the way in environmental stewardship.

And instead of measuring one bottom line—our profits—we use a triple bottom line approach. We value financial, social and environmental performance.

Leadership on climate change. We have a comprehensive action plan to address climate change that includes reducing emissions through energy efficiency.

Reducing environmental impacts and costs. We invest in technologies and practices that help reduce our environmental footprint, including initiatives such as solid waste recycling and reducing land disturbance. Employee innovation and problem solving drive our progress.

Developing renewable energy. Our renewable energy business is a significant part of our action plan on climate change. To date, Suncor has invested $250 million in wind power projects and is the largest ethanol producer in Canada with production of 200 million litres per year.

Commitment to communities. Suncor supports our communities and our employees living in them with investments of both money and volunteer time.

Our efforts have earned us international recognition. We are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index, two key international benchmarks for socially and environmentally responsible investment

Culture

At Suncor, it’s not just about getting the job done; it's also about how the job gets done. Everything we do is guided by our values and beliefs, which demand a high standard of respect and integrity, responsibility and always working to exceed expectations — real reasons to take pride in saying, "I work for Suncor."

We work hard to maintain an exceptional workplace where we can enjoy a sense of accomplishment — one that develops personal accountability, encourages us to share ideas, get involved in decision making and contribute our best. At Suncor, you’ll be part of an extremely talented team working in a friendly, casual but achievement-oriented atmosphere.

Premium on operational excellence. Suncor relies on the employees to find better ways of doing our everyday work and to constantly look for improvement in how we operate our business. Our employees have developed cost-saving measures, implemented new technologies, ensured safety on the job, and helped keep our complex projects on schedule and on budget.

Run it like you own it. We encourage employees to run the company like they own it — and they do own it. Our long-term incentive programs provide performance-based stock options to our employees — rewards that are directly linked to Suncor’s success.

Importance of values. There are no shortcuts, no easy answers, and no simple compromises — especially when it comes to how we treat our environment, our relationships with each other and the communities in which we operate. Our values and beliefs help us assess the decisions we need to make, provide consistency of actions, and help us build a corporate culture of which we can be proud.

• Safety — if we can't do it safely, we won't.
• People and relationships — work with one another in a way that builds mutual trust and respect.
• High performance — driven to exceed past performance.
• Sustainability — generate long-term economic and social benefits while minimizing impacts to environment.
• Accountability — making a difference, always striving to add value.
• Leadership — leading with courage, integrity, respect and wisdom, and without entitlement

Honouring different perspectives. Suncor’s business is always to be conducted in a way that is non-discriminatory and that clearly and consistently communicates respect and value for all persons. A diverse workforce helps ensure we’re benefiting from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Suncor continues to remove barriers and increase our employment of Aboriginal Peoples, women, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

Compensation & Benefits

At Suncor, we believe people who contribute to our success should share in the rewards — both monetary and non-monetary. We take a "total rewards" approach that includes compensation, benefits, career development and wellness programs to support work-life commitments. Our top-ranked benefits include comprehensive health care plans, competitive retirement and savings plans and generous time off — all in a flexible package that can be adjusted to suit the changing needs of you and your family.

Compensation. Our compensation package is designed to "pay for performance," which means Suncor provides competitive base pay with the ability to earn additional rewards through annual and long-term incentives, performance bonuses and stock options. Employees who excel in their roles and demonstrate high potential have the opportunity for additional financial recognition.

Benefits. Suncor’s benefits package is an important part of the total rewards package. It includes a pension and savings plan package that is rated among the best in the industry. It also provides a menu of benefits options — health and dental plans, prescription drug coverage, life, accident and disability insurance, and a health spending account that provides for additional expenses (such as eyeglasses, massage therapy and orthodontic work) not covered by the dental/medical plans. The flexible nature of our plans means employees can personalize their benefits packages to suit their needs.

It’s not all about work. With our increasingly demanding lifestyles, many employees are looking for programs that help achieve success at work and at home. All Suncor employees have access to a free and confidential Employee and Family Assistance Program and educational assistance for courses relevant to work. Depending on which area of Suncor they work in, employees can also take advantage of flexible working hours, as well as seminars on topics such as financial planning, communicating with teenagers and managing elder care.

Employees receive generous paid vacation time, which ranges from two to six weeks per year, depending on years of service and experience level. In addition to vacation days and holidays, eligible employees also personal time off days. These ''personal time-off days" are intended to give employees extra time for doctor appointments, family activities or the ability to pursue personal interests.

Suncor also encourages community involvement by providing financial assistance to the non-profit organizations supported by employees, including matching grants to post-secondary institutions and fundraising grants.

The compensation and benefits program provided to Suncor employees may differ depending on job assignment and job location

Experienced Professionals

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You’re a professional with solid experience. Now it’s time for the next step in your career: becoming part of a continuing success story. When you join Suncor Energy, you’re signing on with a major North American energy producer and marketer, and the first company to commercially produce crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands.

At Suncor, you’ll find a solid foundation for business and employee success: industry-leading experience, a reputation for social and environmental responsibility, an achievement-oriented culture, unlimited opportunities for career growth and a rewarding compensation package.

Suncor has good job opportunities for experienced professionals — engineers, accountants, project managers, geologists, administrative assistants, to name a few. If you’re ready to take your career in exciting new directions, search our career openings

Trades & Operators

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Trades people and operators are the backbone of Suncor. Highly skilled workers build, operate and maintain our facilities. Suncor has the best opportunities for trades people, process operators and heavy equipment operators. Why? Because we do it all — mining, in-situ production, upgrading and refining.

By putting yourself in Suncor’s picture, you get to operate and maintain the widest range of state-of-the-art equipment. The very latest hydraulic shovels, cable shovels, crawler tractors, loaders, haul trucks, graders and backhoes are all at Suncor. And when new technology becomes available, we get it first. Like our brand-new D11s — every cat-skinner’s dream to operate.

It’s all part of our outstanding work environment. We’ll pay you well, provide great benefits and offer training to develop your skills. At the end of the day, you’ll take pride in seeing what you and your team have accomplished.

We need your skill and know-how. Come and work for us, search our career openings now.

If you’re starting out

Suncor needs more qualified trades people for our oil sands workforce. We will help you launch a career in the trades. Apprenticeship and training programs are available, such as coker training, a six-month program through Keyano College. Join us!

Certification

Many jobs at Suncor—especially the trades—are regulated by the government. Trades require certification specific to the location where the job resides. As a result, Suncor only considers applicants who have the proper certification.

Alberta

If you’ve completed your education in the trades in Alberta, you are certified to work in Alberta. For further information on obtaining certification in a trade, please visit the Alberta government website. This website provides information on education and experience requirements and lists some of the educational institutions in Alberta that offer the program.

Visit Alberta Learning Information Services to learn about Alberta certification

Ontario

Just like Alberta, if you have completed your education in the trades in Ontario, you are certified to work in that province. If you have education and experience from another province or country, or would like to check your qualifications to ensure they meet certification specifications, visit the Ontario government website.

Visit the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to learn about Ontario certification

Interprovincial transfers

You may wish to get your credentials evaluated before applying for a job. The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) website has information on academic and occupational credentials for nearly 200 professions and trades. The centre does not grant equivalencies or assess credentials. It gives advice and refers people to sources of help.

Visit www.cicic.ca for more information

Provincial assessment services assess academic credentials for a fee. The assessment will tell you how your education compares with educational standards in the province where you plan to work

Unions

Some jobs at Suncor are unionized — it depends on the assigned role, business and location. Employees working in these positions are members of associations or unions and are subject to the terms of a collective agreement. (Collective agreements specify the general terms and conditions of work, such as rates of pay, work schedules and vacation.)

Most unionized jobs at Suncor also result in shift work. The most common shift pattern is a 12-hour shift, working three days and three nights, followed by six days off.

During the hiring process, a Suncor recruiter can provide specific information about how the various union and association agreements may impact your compensation and benefits

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