Maintenance Superintendent

Birch Mountain Enterprises; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Birch Mountain Enterprises LP is hiring a Maintenance Superintendent in Fort McKay to lead maintenance shops and field activities, ensuring safety, reliability, and operational readiness. You will balance priorities, oversee planning, and collaborate with Operations to optimize equipment availability.

The role requires 5–7 years of leadership in heavy‑duty maintenance, a journeyman certification, and strong proficiency with maintenance systems and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of progressive leadership or supervisory experience in a heavy‑duty fleet, industrial, transportation, or similar maintenance environment.
• HET Journeyman certification with strong working knowledge of heavy‑duty and automotive maintenance and repair, including overseeing a maintenance shop.
• Demonstrated experience leading maintenance teams and managing competing operational priorities.
• Experience with maintenance planning, budgeting, cost control, equipment reliability, and resource allocation.
• Formal leadership training is considered an asset.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and experience with maintenance or enterprise management systems. Experience with TAG, SharePoint, or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an asset.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driver's abstract.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily shop and field maintenance operations to maximize equipment availability, productivity, quality, and return on company assets.
• Provide leadership, direction, coaching, and performance management to maintenance supervision and employees.
• Coordinate with Operations to establish repair priorities and ensure appropriate equipment is available to support current and upcoming work.
• Monitor equipment condition, maintenance requirements, repair progress, and downtime, proactively addressing issues that may impact operations.
• Oversee preventative and corrective maintenance activities and support equipment diagnosis and troubleshooting where required.
• Ensure maintenance activities, repairs, inspections, and related records are accurately documented within TAG and BME maintenance systems.
• Continuously evaluate shop processes, workflow, staffing, tools, technology, and maintenance practices to improve efficiency and reduce equipment downtime.
• Manage departmental budgets, resources, inventory, and expenditures with a focus on cost control and responsible use of company resources.
• Ensure maintenance shops and field activities meet BME safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct field and shop inspections and assessments to verify compliance with company policies, procedures, and safe work practices.
• Work collaboratively with HSE to maintain and continuously improve safe maintenance practices and procedures.
• Support recruitment, retention, training, succession planning, and development of maintenance personnel.
• Monitor departmental performance and provide relevant reporting, analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Identify emerging technologies, tools, equipment, and alternative maintenance practices that may improve reliability, productivity, or cost effectiveness.
• Build strong working relationships with Operations and internal customers to ensure maintenance services effectively support business requirements.
• Lead by example and promote a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Prioritization

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Communication

Education

HET Journeyman certification

Tools

TAG

SharePoint

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

Birch Mountain Enterprises (BME) is hiring a permanent, full-time, experienced Maintenance Superintendent immediately.

This position is based out of our Fort McKay Incubator Park, on a schedule of 7 days on, 7 days off.

Company Background:

Established in 2005, Birch Mountain Enterprises is an equal opportunity employer with over400 employees throughout the Fort McMurray region. Operating from its main operations in Fort McKay, BME provides vac, water, waste, fuel, and flat bed hauling services to industrial and commercial customers.

When you join our team, you join a family of employees dedicated to a safe,enjoyable,and positive work environment. We offer competitive wages and seek candidates that are seeking secure, long-term employment.

Job Summary:

Birch Mountain Enterprises LP is seeking an experienced Maintenance Superintendent to provide leadership and oversight of our maintenance operations. This senior operational role is responsible for ensuring our maintenance shops, field maintenance activities, personnel, tools, systems, and resources operate safely, efficiently, and effectively to maximize equipment availability and support the needs of Operations.

The Maintenance Superintendent will lead the day-to-day execution of maintenance activities, ensuring work is appropriately prioritized, planned, assigned, completed, and documented. Working closely with Operations and other departments, the Superintendent will balance equipment availability, operational priorities, preventative maintenance requirements, safety, quality, cost control, and longer-term fleet needs.

This position requires a strong understanding of heavy-duty and automotive maintenance environments, combined with proven leadership experience managing maintenance teams and shop operations. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving between strategic planning and hands-on operational oversight, including supporting complex equipment diagnosis and troubleshooting when required.

The Maintenance Superintendent will also play an important role in improving maintenance processes, developing employees and supervisors, managing departmental resources and budgets, leveraging maintenance technology and data, and identifying opportunities to reduce downtime and improve the overall reliability and performance of BME's fleet.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily shop and field maintenance operations to maximize equipment availability, productivity, quality, and return on company assets.


• Provide leadership, direction, coaching, and performance management to maintenance supervision and employees.


• Coordinate with Operations to establish repair priorities and ensure appropriate equipment is available to support current and upcoming work.


• Monitor equipment condition, maintenance requirements, repair progress, and downtime, proactively addressing issues that may impact operations.


• Oversee preventative and corrective maintenance activities and support equipment diagnosis and troubleshooting where required.


• Ensure maintenance activities, repairs, inspections, and related records are accurately documented within TAG and BME maintenance systems.


• Continuously evaluate shop processes, workflow, staffing, tools, technology, and maintenance practices to improve efficiency and reduce equipment downtime.


• Manage departmental budgets, resources, inventory, and expenditures with a focus on cost control and responsible use of company resources.


• Ensure maintenance shops and field activities meet BME safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.


• Conduct field and shop inspections and assessments to verify compliance with company policies, procedures, and safe work practices.


• Work collaboratively with HSE to maintain and continuously improve safe maintenance practices and procedures.


• Support recruitment, retention, training, succession planning, and development of maintenance personnel.


• Monitor departmental performance and provide relevant reporting, analysis, and recommendations to senior leadership.


• Identify emerging technologies, tools, equipment, and alternative maintenance practices that may improve reliability, productivity, or cost effectiveness.


• Build strong working relationships with Operations and internal customers to ensure maintenance services effectively support business requirements.


• Lead by example and promote a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum 5–7 years of progressive leadership or supervisory experience, preferably within a heavy-duty fleet, industrial, transportation, or similar maintenance environment.


• HET Journeyman certification with a strong working knowledge of heavy-duty and automotive mechanical maintenance and repair, including experience overseeing a maintenance shop.


• Demonstrated experience leading maintenance teams and managing competing operational priorities.


• Experience with maintenance planning, budgeting, cost control, equipment reliability, and resource allocation.


• Formal leadership training is considered an asset.


• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and experience with maintenance or enterprise management systems. Experience with TAG, SharePoint, or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an asset.


• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driver's abstract.

What You Bring:

The successful candidate will be a proactive and collaborative leader with strong decision-making, problem-solving, strategic planning, and organizational skills. You will be comfortable holding teams accountable while developing people, managing change, and building effective relationships across departments.

You bring strong business and financial awareness, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment. Most importantly, you demonstrate a strong commitment to safety, quality, equipment reliability, continuous improvement, and supporting the operational teams that depend on Maintenance every day.

Join Birch Mountain Enterprises LP and help lead a maintenance operation focused on safety, reliability, efficiency, and keeping our people and equipment ready to perform.