Senior Reliability Engineer

Shell•Scotford - Refinery, AB

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Reliability Engineer (SRE) provides site‑wide strategic reliability leadership, with accountability for the Reliability/Availability Strategy and its governance. As a recognized reliability expert, the role translates business objectives into an integrated reliability ecosystem spanning Operation, Maintenance, Engineering, TA, Business, Supply Chain, and other key partners toward becoming a High Reliability Organization. The SRE acts as a trusted advisor to the Asset Leadership Team (ALT) by shaping mid‑ to long‑term asset improvement plans, establishing decision criteria and governance, and ensuring learning loops convert into sustainable business improvements such as safety, integrity, uptime, margin, and cost competitiveness. The role leads a regular reliability governance rhythm with the ALT to align priorities, escalate constraints, and confirm delivery against targets.

Requirements

Legal authorization to work in the Canada on a full-time basis
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or related engineering discipline) from an accredited institution (or equivalent technical discipline/experience)
15 or more years of industry experience (operations, maintenance, engineering, or reliability) in asset‑intensive environments
Proven ability to deliver medium‑ to long‑term reliability/availability improvements using risk‑based asset care strategies, structured problem solving, and systems thinking
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across disciplines and organizational boundaries, balancing competing priorities and enabling delivery through others
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and change management skills, credibility with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and senior Leadership
The role will require MRTA Technical Authority Level 3 (TA3). Candidate must already hold TA3 or commit to achieving MRTA TA3 within an agreed timeframe following appointment

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of RCM, FMEA, Reliability Modelling, Lean Six Sigma, Problem Solving methodology is desired

Responsibilities

Develop, steward, and govern reliability and availability strategies for Scotford, using reliability benchmarking and internal/external performance insights to set standards and decision criteria, define multi‑year roadmaps, and lead governance reviews aligned to business trajectory, safety/integrity requirements, and availability targets.
Define the decision criteria and decision support required to prioritise and endorse reliability/availability investments and care strategy changes, bringing recommendations and risk/value trade‑offs to the ALT for approval and tracking delivery through governance forums.
Accountable for the site reliability improvement portfolio and high‑value efforts—ensuring scope, resourcing alignment, and sustained execution against agreed targets.
Sponsor and lead the Reliability discipline improvement plan; partner with stakeholders to set, refresh, and assure execution of mid‑ to long‑term asset care strategies.
Integrate engineering, operations, maintenance to deliver reliability as a system outcome; assure execution against asset improvement plans and adjust strategies based on performance and changing conditions.
Deploy and embed High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles; coach leaders and teams so reliability is treated as a leadership responsibility and learning is converted into sustained improvement.
Own governance of critical reliability performance controls (e.g., Data Systems; Unplanned Downtime (UPDT)/ Operational Availability (OA) reporting), ensuring data quality, disciplined work process execution, and insight‑to‑action, including triggering performance interventions as needed.
Lead formal audits of reliability work processes; improve the interfaces to ensure it delivers the intended reliability outcomes.
Diagnoses and solves significant, complex and non-routine problems; translates practices from elsewhere (peer assets, other LOBs, industry) and provides authoritative, technical recommendations which have a significant impact on business performance in short and medium term.
Champion Big Hit Management and enable disciplined learning through key work processes to ensure performance improvements are sustained.
Shapes medium‑ and long‑term Scotford performance, influencing safety, integrity, availability, reliability, and cost through strategy architecture, governance, and targeted interventions with material business value.
Builds a repeatable performance system and learning culture—embedded in work processes and leadership behaviours—that sustains improvement beyond individual events and personnel changes.
Provide functional leadership through coaching, mentoring, and assurance; build Scotford reliability capability across the community including frontline.