Suncor wasn’t saying Friday what its decision to cut 1,500 jobs company-wide by year end will mean for its Sarnia refinery.
Employees received the news Thursday afternoon in a companywide email by new CEP Rich Kruger, said Suncor spokesperson Sneh Seetal.
“Suncor is always looking for opportunities to drive value and improve performance in our business,” Seetal said by email. “Cost reduction is one of those opportunities.”
Specific details about the jobs cuts, including the impact on the company’s Sarnia site, weren’t being released, Seetal said.
The job cuts, affecting both employees and contractors, will be spread across the organization, which has sites across Canada, in the US and internationally, Seetal told The Canadian Press.
The reductions amount to about nine per cent of the 16,558 Calgary-based Suncor employees had at the end of 2022, according to the company’s annual information form. That tally does not include contractors.
Suncor’s website says about 500 employees and contractors work each day at its Sarnia refinery, which produces gasoline, kerosene, jet and diesel fuels, asphalt and petrochemical feedstock.
The refinery, next to the St. Clair River, began operating in 1952.
With files from The Canadian Press