Syncrude Canada Employer Reviews

A typical day at work is a good hard safe day dont mind long hours. How to do a good neat safe job.leaveing home.getting paid

overall i enjoyed my time there and learned a lot of valuable skills.

As a former emplyee of Syncrude Canada and now having worked outside the fold,I have come to realize how fortunate I was to be constantly challenged,rewarded,and made to feel a part of a team.I was exposed to a wide variety of tasks after passing competency tests of course.
We would start everyday with a headcount/safety/job assignment meeting,then – more... crew delegation and finally tool assessment and ensuring safety requirements before proceeding to the field.After formal/informal discussion with management /supervision we often discovered they were onboard with mutually agreed upon plans for execution,and often exceeded their support/recognition requirements.
Overall I would have to say that my employment at Syncrude Canada at Mildred Lake,Aurora were some of the most job satisfying years in my working career.As I also worked at their sites as a contractor,I often looked at Syncrude in a comparative view and found them the foremost employer with much superior values and support of their employees.I would gladly accept a return to their workforce should they require my services.
To me the hardest part of my job with Syncrude was leaving them,but as I was in the middle of a messy divorce my focus was not on my job and found it unfair to a more than fair employer,I had to self terminate,a decision I have come to regret with each passing day.
The most rewarding part of my years with Syncrude were the years working in a team enviroment with a diverse gathering of very interesting people whose main objective was not only to maintain but to lead through innovative projects such as EAPS(later named HYDRO-Transport),TOR, IPS,NRU,and these were just some of the projects I was a part of.
I have recently submitted a resume to recruiting and remain hopeful for a return engagement,but as employment is key to my remaining in Fort McMurray I must be ever on the lookout for an employer which will not measure up to, but hopefully strive to compare with Syncrude Canada. – less

After receiving a detailed log and relief of what happened on my post the previous shift, we go straight into a tool box talk, in which we discuss various things. Such as any safety issues, what we got for relief, if there is any maintenance coming up that requires any isolation, or if maintenance has signed off the work and we can de-isolate equipment.

After – more... the toolbox talk we generally upload our intellitrac's which gives us our daily monitoring guides and our reading sheets. While I wait for the intellitrac to upload I log into a computer to check my emails, as I am pump champion, and the overtime scheduler for my team. Once I have scanned through my emails and my intellitrac is ready I go outside for my first round.

On first round of the unit we gather the information required for the reading sheet on the intellitrac as well as complete the monitoring guides. We also gas test, and sign for any safe work permits that may have been issued.We look for any unsafe conditions, such as ice build up, leaking valves, etc while we also look at our equipment assigned to our post for any deterioration, or signs of malfunction. If I happen to find something, I either fix it, if its within my ability to do it safely, or I put in a work notification to get the proper resources to come in and fix the problem.

I do at least 3 separate unit rounds per shift, too ensure the safe operation of my post. Since I have started at Syncrude I have learned the importance of attention to detail, as it is often the slightest detail out on the unit that will make the difference between safe operation and a unit upset or worse.

The most enjoyable part for me about my career has to be that everyday is different and i will never stop learning something new. As our daily routines are never the same. – less

Syncrude Canada was a fun place to work at. Management cared about the team and individual advancement. People from around the world made the work environment a diverse learning experience!

Responsible for unit rounds, samples, equipment isolations, and just daily monitering of running units.

Good employers good benefits good managment co workers are great

Found the days were long and not much to occupy yourself with. Management was unable to provide (due to cost controls) any further education to be able to advance. Not enough duties in a day to fill a 12 hr day

Work at Syncrude for 11 year as a Senior Project Manager in their IT department. It was a great experience until recently (Last 6 months). The IT department has been outsourced to Exxon Mobil and they are down sizing.

Alot of role changing without consent of employees , Would like to see upper management take more ideas from younger generation , other than that a good place to work