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Materials Engineer
Employer
SuncorDate Posted
June 23, 2025Languages
English-
Location Fort McMurray, AB
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Earnings $120,000.00 to $175,000.00 annually (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jul 23, 2025
Employer
Suncor
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor's degree
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Mining company
- Remote location
- Willing to relocate
- Relocation costs covered by employer
Tasks
- Conduct studies on metal extraction
- Develop processes and machinery to concentrate, extract and refine metals from ores
- Oversee the preparation of engineering technical reports or other documents
- Prepare engineering technical reports or other documents
- Supervise technologists, technicians and other engineers and scientists
- Conduct studies on the properties of materials and characteristics of materials
- Read blueprints and drawings
- Design, develop and specify processes for moulding, forming and thermal treatment of metals, alloys, ceramics and other materials
- Conduct chemical and physical analytical studies, failure analyses and operational testing, and recommend materials and corrosion control measures
- Co-ordinate production testing and control of metal refining, smelting or foundry operations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) accreditation
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) by a provincial or territorial association
- Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) by a provincial or territorial association
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word
Area of work experience
- Evaluate work environments, programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury
- Installation, maintenance and inspection of equipment or facilities
- Operations or production
- Project management
- Quality assurance or control
Specialization or experience
Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
- Physical metallurgy
- Materials
- Failure analysis
- Welding
- Corrosion
- Extractive metallurgy
- Ferrous metals
- Construction
- Pressure vessels
Security and safety
Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Physically demanding
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Experience
5 years or more
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Life insurance
- Night shift premium
- Pension plan
- Stocks/shares
Long term benefits
- Long-term care insurance
- Maternity and parental benefits
Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Travel insurance
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Interest Codes
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in synthesizing information to design, develop and specify the processes for moulding, shaping, forming and thermal treatment of metals, alloys and metallic systems ceramics, semiconductors and other materials
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to conduct chemical and physical analytical studies, failure analyses and other studies and operational testing
- DIRECTIVE
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Interest in supervising technologists, technicians, other engineers and scientists; and in recommending material selection, design of materials, corrosion-control measures, operational testing and other procedures
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
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