Senior Turnaround Planning Lead

Oil Authority; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Generous paid time off

Career development

Relocation support

Job summary

Suncor is seeking a Senior Turnaround Planner to lead detailed, execution-ready work packages for complex turnaround events. You will collaborate across Operations, Reliability, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure readiness and optimize execution prior to start.

The role focuses on defining scopes, aligning resources, and developing plans that minimize risk while maximizing productivity for critical assets returning to service. Strong planning and SAP experience are valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of planning and scheduling experience
• Previous experience supporting maintenance, reliability and turnaround execution
• Mechanical trade certificate, technical diploma, engineering technology diploma, or equivalent technical and operational experience
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems, preferably SAP
• Strong understanding of maintenance and turnaround planning concepts, work package development, maintenance work management processes, planning norms, scheduling principles, and execution readiness requirements
• Experience developing detailed job plans, work packages, task lists, labour estimates, material plans, and service strategies for maintenance and turnaround work
• Ability to gather, assess, and validate technical information from engineering documents, asset history, field observations, reliability strategies, and stakeholder input
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks, constraints, adverse cost conditions, and execution challenges, and develop practical solutions to address them
• Knowledge of OEMS processes, procedures, standards, tools, and the Regional Turnaround Planning Playbook

Responsibilities

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities in planning activities, task lists, work practices, planning standards, and work package quality
• Review and prioritize assigned turnaround worklist scope and relevant background documentation and develop optimized turnaround job plans and high-quality work packages that support safe, efficient, and competitive turnaround execution
• Identify and sequence all required resources, materials, equipment, services, and supporting activities required to prepare, execute, and close out turnaround work scope
• Coordinate the supply of parts, materials, special tools, rental equipment, and external services while preparing relevant planning and procurement documentation, following the Manage Goods & Services process
• Collaborate with Operations, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Supply Chain, Scheduling, Turnaround Execution, QA, contractors, and other stakeholders to support turnaround planning and execution readiness
• Apply OEMS practices and the Regional Turnaround Planning to all turnaround planning activities and ensure compliance with Suncor standards for safety, operating integrity, risk management, and environmental stewardship

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Maintenance planning

Turnaround planning

Risk assessment

Problem solving

Education

Mechanical trade certificate

Engineering diploma

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Suncor is seeking a Senior Turnaround Planner to lead detailed, execution-ready work packages for complex turnaround events. You will collaborate across Operations, Reliability, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure readiness and optimize execution prior to start.

The role focuses on defining scopes, aligning resources, and developing plans that minimize risk while maximizing productivity for critical assets returning to service. Strong planning and SAP experience are valued.