Maintenance Planner, Mechanical

Suncor; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension program

Company health/dental/vision benefits

Generous vacation & personal time-off

Internal mobility & development

Job summary

Suncor Energy is seeking an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Planner for our Baseplant north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The role focuses on creating safe, cost-effective maintenance plans, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and maintaining high reliability in a demanding oil sands setting.

You will work a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday, reporting to the Baseplant Maintenance team. The position requires mechanical background, strong planning skills, and experience with CMMS and scheduling

Qualifications

• Must have mechanical maintenance planning experience and strong scheduling skills.
• Experience with fixed plant, utilities or infrastructure is preferred.
• Oil and gas or related industrial planning background is an asset.
• Proficiency with MS Office and scheduling tools is required.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Responsibilities

• Identify factors for safe, cost-effective maintenance plans.
• Improve productivity while minimizing costs and ensuring safety.
• Collaborate with teams to interface functions for planning activities.
• Adjust planning priorities based on operations, risk, and events.
• Prepare job plans with logical task sequencing and multi-craft alignment.
• Maintain and improve job plans using history, feedback, and field walks.
• Ensure compliance with policies and MOC processes, contributing to standards.
• Be a key member of the maintenance team with reliability, supply chain, and operations.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Team collaboration

Reading drawings

Microsoft Office

Education

Mechanical trades certificate or diploma

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

S4 CMMS

GWOS

IGS

Fieldglass

Ariba

Job description

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy. When you join Suncor, you become part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive. As part of our team, you play a vital role in delivering energy we all rely on, and you'll make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work. Our Baseplant Extraction Maintenance team is looking for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Planner to join our team!

What we offer:

We recognize your contribution and offer a range of rewards and development opportunities designed to support your success. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Suncor and the region where you work.

• Strong compensation: we offer competitive compensation, regional-based uplifts, annual bonuses, and long-term financial rewards. We also help you save for your future by offering pension programs, and savings plans with company matching
• Benefits: utilize an employee assistance program and comprehensive company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family to support your mental, physical, and financial well-being
• Generous time-off: enjoy generous paid vacation time and personal time-off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Talent development programs: Internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development programs are just a few ways we’re dedicated to your development

Key Accountabilities:

• Identify and manage all factors relevant to achieving safe, environmentally responsible, and cost-effective mechanical maintenance plans
• Improve resource productivity by identifying mechanical availability while minimizing costs for the equipment and ensuring that safety is built into every work order
• Work closely with various teams to develop seamless interfaces between functions, to enable the safe, consistent, and reliable planning of all maintenance activities
• Manage and adjust planning priorities according to a combination of factors such as operational requirements, plant risk, defect analysis, and major event calendar dates
• Prepare job plans to include the logical sequencing of associated tasks, taking into account multi-craft alignment
• Maintain and continuously improve job plans and task lists, through analysis of previous work order history, soliciting planning feedback, performing workplace observations, and field walk downs
• Ensure compliance to all our relevant policies and standards including the management of change (MOC) process and maintenance business processes and provide input into the development of procedures and standards
• Be a key member in the integrated maintenance team, working together with reliability engineers, supply chain management, and operations

Qualifications:

• Mechanical trade certificate or diploma in a relevant technical field or equivalent technical or operational experience
• Previous Extraction / Ore Prep experience is considered an asset
• Five or more years of related working knowledge of maintenance and reliability in fixed plant, utilities or infrastructure
• One or more years of planning experience working in oil and gas, water processing plant, or a similar industrial environment
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of programs
• Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (preferably S4)
• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• Possess a valid driver’s licence and a clean driving record
• Experience with GWOS, IGS, or other scheduling tools
• Experience with Fieldglass & Ariba
• Deep understanding of maintenance planning and scheduling concepts as well as maintenance practices, performance measures, scheduling tools and techniques
• Ability to read and interpret equipment specifications, engineering drawings, single line diagrams, isometric drawings, charts, tables, and other engineering records

Location and Other Key Details:

• You will work out of our Baseplant location north of Fort McMurray, Alberta
• If you reside outside of Fort McMurray, relocation of your primary residence to within 60 km of Fort McMurray is mandatory. To learn more about living and working in Fort McMurray, click here
• This is a 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday, 8 hour shifts

Suncor is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and building an inclusive, results-oriented and high-performance culture where all members of our team feel safe, valued and respected.