Senior Turnaround Planner

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 are looking for a Senior Turnaround Planner to support the financial planning, forecasting, and stewardship of turnaround activities. In this role, you will work closely with Production Units, Finance, Project Controls, and Turnaround teams to help develop long-range financial plans, manage funding requests, analyze costs, and support decision-making throughout the turnaround lifecycle.

• 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

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Engineering Technology, Maintenance Management, or a related technical discipline would be considered an asset, not a requirement
• 7-10 years of experience in turnaround planning, maintenance planning, reliability engineering, asset integrity, project controls, or shutdown execution
• Demonstrated experience supporting large industrial facilities such as oil sands, refineries, upgraders, mining, petrochemical, or power generation operations
• Strong strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and analytical decision-making skills
• Experience with capital project funding, budgeting, or financial management is considered an asset
• Experience using SAP, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Power Platform tools

Don’t meet every qualification listed? That’s okay — we encourage you to apply anyway. We value transferable skills, diverse experience, and a willingness to learn

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and alignment sessions with Production Unit teams to develop, maintain, and update the 10-year financial Long-Range Plan (LRP) for MIOT, including historical costs, rates, cost model changes, and benchmarking inputs
• Prepare and submit the 10-year turnaround financial Long-Range Plan as part of the Budget and Business Plan process and support the development of related presentation materials for review
• Prepare turnaround funding requests and support approvals throughout the full lifecycle of each turnaround event
• Consolidate monthly turnaround forecasts, complete variance analysis, and prepare stewardship materials and updates for turnaround leadership
• Support month-end financial activities in partnership with Project Controls and Finance, including journal entries, cost centre clearing, and other related tasks
• Identify and lead continuous improvement opportunities related to turnaround capital management, fiscal stewardship, and long-range financial planning
• Review and challenge assumptions, timelines, and cost estimates from previous plans to strengthen planning quality and improve future outcomes
• Serve as a subject matter expert on turnaround funding policies by guiding Production Units on budget decisions and partnering with Finance to support training for Turnaround and Production Unit teams.

Location and other Key details

• You will work out of our Base Plant Mine in Fort McMurray, Alberta
• To learn more about living and working in Fort McMurray, click here
• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday, with the potential for extended work hours based on business needs 
• 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!

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