Jason Wood

Vice President, Group Projects & Engineering

Sweden

About

A highly experienced and proven leader and motivator with experience in operations, maintenance & reliability, continuous improvement, capital management, strategic management, and major project delivery. A respected, influential, and adaptable leader that clarifies and navigates uncertainty by interacting effortlessly and effectively with stakeholders at all levels. A strategic thinker with endless energy and drive and is intensely delivery focused while still exhibiting strong leadership capabilities to mobilize and motivate organizations to deliver results, remove waste, and meet / exceed business objectives.

Experience

  • VAROPreem (Gothenburg, Sweden)
    • Board Member - Pyrocell AB
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Vice President, Group Projects and Engineering
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • VARO Energy (Zug, Switzerland)
    • President of the Board of Directors - Varo Tank Storage AG
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Vice President, European Terminals and Fuels Distribution (Interim)
      Nov 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Vice President, Projects and Engineering
      Jun 2022 - Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • General Manager at Suncor
    Aug 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Responsible for the safe, efficient maintenance and reliability of Suncor’s Base Plant operating assets. Accountable for the performance, availability and strategic direction of the M&R organization. This position is accountable for achieving the business outcomes that support the safe execution of the bitumen production plans.

  • Manager of Operations at Teck Resources Limited
    Jun 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Accountable for all operational, maintenance and technical aspects related to all operations at Teck’s Fording River mine. Responsible to ensure the delivery of all production targets while meeting safety, environmental, cost, efficiency, and risk mitigation requirements. Directly responsible for; All Mining Operations, Tailings Operations, Planning and Technical, Mine and Fixed Asset Maintenance, Mine & Tailings Engineering and Geo-technical Engineering.

  • Shell (8 yrs 2 mos)
    • Plant Operations and Production Manager (at CNRL Acquisition)
      May 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Overall accountability for the safe, reliable, and profitable operations and maintenance of Albian’s fixed oil sands production plants, utilities plants, and tailings facilities delivering 320k bbl/d

    • Capital Portfolio Manager, Heavy Oil
      Jun 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs

    • Fixed Plant Maintenance Manager
      Jul 2012 - Jun 2015 · 3 yrs