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Materials Engineer

Employer

Suncor

Date Posted

June 23, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Fort McMurray, AB
  • Earnings $120,000.00 to $175,000.00 annually (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jul 23, 2025
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Materials Engineer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Metallurgical and Materials Engineers
INNOVATIVE

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

Interest in precision working to conduct chemical and physical analytical studies, failure analyses and other studies and operational testing

DIRECTIVE

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

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

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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