Suncor Energy

Maintenance Planner, Electrical and Instrumentation

Suncor Energy$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Electrical or Instrumentation trade certificate or diploma, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of maintenance and reliability knowledge in fixed plant or utilities
  • 1+ year of planning experience in oil and gas or similar industrial settings
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (preferably S4)
  • Valid driver's license with a clean driving record
  • Experience with scheduling tools (e.g., GWOS, IGS) and procurement software (e.g., Fieldglass, Ariba)

Responsibilities

  • Identify and manage factors for safe and cost-effective maintenance plans
  • Enhance resource productivity by optimizing equipment availability while minimizing costs
  • Collaborate with teams to ensure reliable planning of maintenance activities
  • Adjust planning priorities based on operational needs and risk assessments
  • Prepare detailed job plans with task sequencing and multi-craft alignment
  • Continuously improve job plans using historical data and feedback
  • Ensure compliance with policies and standards, providing input for procedure development

Benefits

  • Work in a collaborative integrated maintenance team environment
  • Direct involvement with reliability engineers and supply chain management
  • Structured 40-hour work week with Monday to Friday schedule
  • Opportunity to live and work in the Fort McMurray area
  • Potential for professional growth in a thriving industry environment
Full Job Description
Our Baseplant Extraction Maintenance team is looking for an experienced Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance Planner to join our team!

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:
  • Electrical or Instrumentation trade certificate or diploma in a relevant technical field or equivalent technical or operational experience
  • 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


Think we are a fit? Apply now!

About Suncor Energy

Suncor pioneered commercial development of Canada's Athabasca oil sands — one of the world's largest petroleum resource basins. Since then, Suncor has grown to become a globally-competitive, Canadian-based integrated energy company with a balanced portfolio of high quality assets, a strong balance sheet and significant growth prospects.

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