Rotating Equipment Manager

Shell; Fort Saskatchewan; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/mobile working

Competitive starting salary

Annual salary review

Paid parental leave

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Shell Canada is seeking a Rotating Equipment Manager to lead a team of 9–14 engineers and contractors across Scotford Upgrader, Refinery, and Chemicals. You will drive reliability programs, manage the OPEX budget, and shape capital and operating decisions at the site.

You will provide technical leadership for rotating equipment, balance resources, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver safe, reliable and profitable operations while advancing technical capability within the rotating

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in mechanical or related engineering with a focus on rotating equipment.
• Registration or eligible for registration with APEG Alberta (P.Eng or P.L. Eng).
• Extensive experience in manufacturing and rotating equipment leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide rotating equipment engineering support to Production Teams for medium- and long-term needs.
• Improve reliability and availability targets for rotating equipment.
• Set direction for the Rotating Equipment engineering team.
• Lead site subject matter expertise for rotating equipment across Scotford Upgrader, Refinery, and Chemicals.
• Develop Technical Authority (TA2/TA3) for rotating equipment; ensure competency development.
• Manage team budget and provide monthly projections to PET Manager.
• Coordinate with other departments to resolve cross-functional issues.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Team leadership

Budgeting

Engineering supervision

Stakeholder management

Education

BS/MS/PhD in mechanical engineering

Tools

IMS

Job description

What’s The Role

The Rotating Equipment Manager provides technical leadership across rotating equipment disciplines, driving the implementation of programs that enhance equipment performance and reliability. The role also plays a key part in developing the capabilities of rotating engineering staff by working closely with other leaders to strengthen technical expertise across the discipline. In addition, it delivers mid- to long-term strategic support for rotating equipment across Scotford’s production assets, including the Upgrader, Refinery, and Chemicals units—and contributes to shaping both capital and operational spending decisions at the site.

Furthermore, the position acts as the gatekeeper for rotating discipline funding requests through the SEAM process and is responsible for prioritizing departmental work and allocating resources to meet engineering requirements. It leads a team of 9–14 engineers and contractors, manages the annual OPEX budget, and provides technical guidance to support capital investment decisions. The role requires balancing limited resources against competing priorities, ensuring reliability improvements while supporting business growth and addressing performance gaps. It also involves coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to align technical direction, demonstrating strong interpersonal and technical skills, and serving as a member of the site’s Incident Command team.

What You’ll Be Doing

Key Accountabilities:

• Support deployed personnel as needed in their efforts to provide both medium- and long-term engineering support to the Production Teams for rotating equipment.
• Strive for continuous improvement of existing processes (MOC, MTO, Sphera, FSR, etc.) to achieve agreed upon reliability and availability targets for rotating equipment.
• Set direction for and lead Rotating Equipment discipline engineering team.
• Leads and manages site subject matter expertise for Rotating equipment to support Production in achieving safe reliable and profitable operation of the site.
• Ensure team technical competencies, including Technical Authority (TA2 and TA3) development for rotating equipment across the Scotford site.
• Departmental accountability for the performance of rotating equipment at Scotford Upgrader, Scotford Refinery, and Scotford Chemicals.
• In partnership with the Competitive scoping team manager, support development of competitive and effective rotating equipment scope for Turnaround events.
• Ensure IMS is the tool used to capture engineering equipment history, data, for rotating equipment.
• Demand management for all rotating scope and work items, in partnership with the PET leadership team.
• Manage the team budget and provide monthly projection updates to the PET Manager.
• Perform health-checks and work process effectiveness reviews. The results of the reviews are discussed with the MAC/EI Process Focal Point and the MAC Process Owner.
• Collaborate with other Department Managers to resolve issues related to work process integration, cross department interfaces, and timelines.

What You Bring

• BS, MS, or PhD in mechanical or related engineering degree with a focus on rotating equipment.
• Registration or eligible for registration with Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (P. Eng or P.L. Eng).
• Extensive experience in manufacturing experience along with experience in Rotating Equipment at a manufacturing facility.
• Experience in providing support to operating units as well as strong organizational skills.
• Experienced in supervising or leading teams, or proven achievements in delivering results through others.

What We Offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.

Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell’s global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers.

At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include:

• Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets
• Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia
• A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada
• The Scotford Complex in Alberta, includes an upgrader, chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility
• The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario
• Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels 15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations
• Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 27 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion litersof high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe into-plane delivery
• Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business

If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women & those from under-represented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.