Senior Vibration & Rotating Equipment Reliability Lead

Oil Authority; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong compensation

Benefits: health/dental/vision

Generous time-off

Talent development programs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Suncor Energy seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead vibration analysis, condition monitoring, and rotating equipment diagnostics across refining, mining, and material handling operations. You will diagnose faults and work with maintenance, operations, reliability, and engineering teams to deliver practical, sustainable solutions.

Requires extensive heavy industry experience, strong knowledge of rotating equipment, and proficiency with vibration software and online monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field, or CET/Red Seal with experience.
• 10+ years in rotating equipment in heavy industry.
• Expertise in vibration analysis, condition monitoring, and failure analysis.
• Knowledge of bearings, gearboxes, couplings, shafts, motors, pumps, fans, conveyors, crushers.
• Experience diagnosing vibration with predictive maintenance and root cause analysis.
• Proficiency with vibration software and online monitoring tools.
• Ability to collaborate across maintenance, operations, reliability, and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant-wide vibration analysis and condition monitoring for critical assets.
• Perform advanced diagnostics on rotating and dynamic equipment.
• Troubleshoot issues like imbalance, misalignment, looseness, resonance, bearing/gear defects.
• Develop predictive maintenance strategies to improve reliability and lifecycle performance.
• Conduct root cause failure analyses and recommend corrective actions.
• Support commissioning and performance verification of new/rebuilt equipment.
• Review equipment design and foundations to mitigate vibration risks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize actions and improve practices.

Skills

Rotating equipment expertise

Vibration analysis

Predictive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Industrial diagnostics

API/ISO reliability practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree / CET-Red Seal

Tools

System 1

Prognost

Job description

Suncor Energy seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead vibration analysis, condition monitoring, and rotating equipment diagnostics across refining, mining, and material handling operations. You will diagnose faults and work with maintenance, operations, reliability, and engineering teams to deliver practical, sustainable solutions.

Requires extensive heavy industry experience, strong knowledge of rotating equipment, and proficiency with vibration software and online monitoring tools.