Senior SAGD Reservoir Engineer: Lead Optimization

Suncor Energy Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking an experienced Reservoir Engineer Specialist to lead reservoir management for the Firebag SAGD operations in Calgary.

You will drive safe, reliable, and efficient well and pad performance by integrating production, geoscience, and surveillance data. Required are 15+ years in reservoir and production engineering focused on thermal SAGD, a petroleum/chemical/mechanical engineering degree, and APEGA registration or eligibility.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of combined experience in Reservoir and Production Engineering with a focus in thermal SAGD operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical).
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).
• Expert in SAGD recovery mechanisms, thermal reservoir behaviour, conformance, steam allocation, subcool and pressure management, and mature-pad optimization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of data analytics, reservoir simulation, and use/development of digital solutions (PowerBI, Python, modelling software, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to translate reservoir analysis, simulation, and history matching into practical operating decisions and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate reservoir, production, geoscience, surveillance, and operational data to diagnose performance issues and identify optimization opportunities.
• Demonstrated technical leadership through mentoring, peer review, technical assurance, and stewardship of reservoir-management practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated reservoir surveillance and performance reviews using production, injection, pressure, temperature, geoscience, completion, and diagnostic data.
• Forecast pad production and translate reservoir insights into practical decisions on operating limits, ESP strategy, well design, interventions, and brownfield development.
• Identify and manage reservoir risks including steam breakthrough, uneven conformance, gas-handling constraints, well interactions, and containment.
• Support pad start-up, ramp-up, mature-pad optimization, and long-term depletion.
• Provide technical assurance, coaching, and mentorship while strengthening consistent reservoir-management practices.
• Ensure decisions meet regulatory requirements, internal governance, and safe operating standards.

Skills

Reservoir engineering

Thermal SAGD operations

Data analytics

Reservoir simulation

Python

PowerBI

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical)

APEGA registration or eligibility

Tools

PowerBI

Reservoir simulation software

Python

Job description

Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking an experienced Reservoir Engineer Specialist to lead reservoir management for the Firebag SAGD operations in Calgary.

You will drive safe, reliable, and efficient well and pad performance by integrating production, geoscience, and surveillance data. Required are 15+ years in reservoir and production engineering focused on thermal SAGD, a petroleum/chemical/mechanical engineering degree, and APEGA registration or eligibility.