Maintenance Planner

Suncor Energy; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in Canada seeks a Maintenance Planner for their Extraction and Tailings Planning team. This strategic role involves improving planning processes, preparing job plans, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Successful candidates will have strong planning experience in the oil and gas industry, a mechanical trade background, and exceptional collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of planning/scheduling experience in oil and gas preferred.
• Ability to prepare detailed job plans for maintenance.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning concepts.

Responsibilities

• Identify improvement opportunities in planning and scheduling.
• Prepare job plans detailing parts, materials, and requirements.
• Collaborate with various business units to enhance relationships.

Skills

Planning experience

Scheduling

Collaboration

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

Mechanical trade certificate or diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Computerized maintenance management systems (SAP)

Job description

time left to apply End Date: June 21, 2025 (5 days left to apply)

job requisition id R0012843

Joining Suncor means you will work for one of the best companies in Canada, providing tremendous future potential where talented people thrive and lead. As our business evolves, so do our employment opportunities. Our work culture includes a dynamic mix of professionals, with a diversity of skills and expertise.

Our Extraction and Tailings Planning team at Syncrude is looking for a Maintenance Planner!

Joining Suncor means you will work for one of the best companies in Canada, providing tremendous future potential where talented people thrive and lead. As our business evolves, so do our employment opportunities. Our work culture includes a dynamic mix of professionals, with a diversity of skills and expertise.

Our Extraction and Tailings Planning team at Syncrude is looking for a Maintenance Planner!

Key Accountabilities:

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities for ongoing planning / scheduling activities
• Prepare job plans with the planned cost ready for scheduling detailing parts, materials, special tools, external services and documentation
• Identify environmental, health and safety requirements
• Maintain and continuously improve job plans and task lists
• Receive input to update and maintain project schedules, at all levels
• Exercise judgment and initiative in the analysis of data obtained from a variety of sources
• Exceptional collaboration with peer groups, SCM and other stakeholders
• Apply OEMS practices to all maintenance related operations, and ensure compliance to Suncor standards of safety, and operating integrity

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of planning experience/scheduling; maintenance and/or reliability experience in Oil and Gas industry is preferred
• Mechanical trade certificate or diploma in a relevant technical field or equivalent technical and operational experience
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (preferably SAP)
• Understanding of maintenance planning and scheduling concepts as well as maintenance practices
• You constantly interact with others across a multitude of business units and effectively communicate with them to develop positive working relationships

Location and Key Information:

• This position is located at our Mildred Lake Syncrude Location in Fort McMurray, AB
• You will work a Monday to Friday 40 hour work week
• This is a safety sensitive position

Why Suncor?

Suncor's operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading; offshore oil and gas; petroleum refining in Canada and the U.S.; and the company's Petro-Canada retail and wholesale distribution networks (including Canada's Electric Highway, a coast-to-coast network of fast-charging electric vehicle stations).

With a strong strategy for growth and our long-standing approach to sustainability, operational excellence, capital discipline and technology and innovation, Suncor offers a solid foundation for you to continue building your career. We offer rewarding opportunities for you to learn, contribute and grow in a variety of career-building positions – all of which means tremendous potential for your future. We are focused on deepening our commitment to inclusion and diversity and creating a respectful workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected. We have numerous employee inclusion networks to help foster an inclusive and respectful culture and drive positive change within Suncor. Current networks include both workplace inclusion networks (focusing on inclusion and respect for all), and identity-focused networks (focusing on building community and a sense of belonging and allyship). Through the Journey of Reconciliation, we are progressing the way we think and act to build greater mutual trust and respect with the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Please note we will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request.

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About Us

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy. Our values guide us in fulfilling our vision and represent who we are and who we aspire to be. We value safety above all else, we are stronger together, operational discipline is foundational to our business, we grow through curiosity and lifelong learning, and we act with integrity in everything we do.

When you join us, you’re becoming part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive.