HEATHER SCOTT
Heather M. Scott, Vice President Oilsands Assets - Brion Energy
When Heather Scott started working in oil and gas engineering in the 1980s, she heard more than once that women didn’t belong in the field.
But she didn’t listen.
Instead, she went on to build a successful 30-year career and spent a lot of time helping younger women — and men — grow in the field.
As Brion’s Vice President Oilsands Assets, Scott is responsible for developing the company’s largest resource base while respecting safety, the environment, stakeholders and business performance.
She came to the company after decades working with Petro-Canada, where she started right out of school as an Engineer-in-Training. Over the years, she worked in technical reservoir engineering roles for Western Canada fields as well as business-oriented roles in Natural Gas Marketing and Corporate Strategy and Planning.
Scott was General Manager of a number of divisions including Western Canada Productions Operations and Engineering, Technology and Land. After Petro-Canada merged with Suncor, she worked in Unconventional Gas Operations and the MacKay River and Firebag InSitu Asset Team.
All along the way she found mentors who challenged her and helped her grow as an engineer, something she gets a real kick out of doing with her younger colleagues. Scott is involved in many organizations that encourage girls to pursue careers in science. She’s given presentations at schools, chaired committees and helped organized more than a few events to promote women in engineering.
Scott is registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA, works with the Canadian Heavy Oil Association and sits on the Canadian Association Petroleum Producers’ Oilsands Executive Policy Group.
She attended John Abbott CEGEP (college) in Montreal and moved to Ontario to attend the University of Waterloo. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree majoring in chemical engineering and a lifetime of experiences she’s happy to share in order to advance individual engineers and the profession as a whole.
