Senior Reliability Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide site-wide strategic reliability leadership and governance for the Scotford Refinery to drive high reliability and asset availability.
• Develop and steward reliability and availability strategies, including multi-year roadmaps and decision criteria for investments.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Asset Leadership Team (ALT) to shape long-term asset improvement plans.
• Integrate engineering, operations, and maintenance to deliver reliability as a system outcome and embed High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles.
• Own governance of critical reliability performance controls, including unplanned downtime and operational availability reporting.
• Diagnose and solve complex, non-routine technical problems and provide authoritative recommendations.
• Lead the reliability discipline improvement plan and mentor/coach the reliability community.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• 10+ years of industry experience in asset-intensive environments (operations, maintenance, engineering, or reliability).
• Legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis.
• Proven ability to deliver long-term reliability improvements using risk-based asset care strategies and systems thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across different organizational boundaries and disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation.
• Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Reliability.
• Knowledge of RCM, FMEA, Reliability Modelling, Lean Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Ability to hold or achieve MRTA Technical Authority Level 3 (TA3).

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary and annual performance-related increases.
• Access to a wide range of training and development programs.
• Flexible working hours and possibilities for remote/mobile working.
• Paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Opportunity to work on innovative projects at the forefront of energy technology.

About the Company

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing approximately 96,000 people across more than 70 countries. In Canada, Shell is a leading integrated energy company with operations spanning upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables.