Job Overview
We are hiring a Reliability Engineer/EIT on behalf of our respected client for their oil and gas operations in Lloydminster. This role is ideal for a detail-driven, mechanically inclined engineer with a passion for optimizing asset performance and ensuring the reliability of industrial equipment in a high-stakes environment.
As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and implementing maintenance strategies, analyzing equipment performance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the facility. You'll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to enhance operational efficiency, support risk-based asset management, and ensure compliance with safety and performance standards.
Duties
•Lead or support equipment Criticality Analysis and gap closure.
•Review project drawings (MOC-Management of Change Projects) and identity data details required to update SAP Plant Maintenance Module according to client's data standards.
•Lead equipment hierarchy and asset data development from small & large projects.
•Support Process Safety Critical Equipment (SCE) identification and develops Maintenance Programs in alignment with SCE Performance Standards.
•Utilize Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) tools and processes to develop risk-based asset management strategies for new facilities and/or major expansions.
•Analyze existing maintenance strategies and KPI’s to determine opportunity for improvements and support or lead gap closure.
•Provide expertise to support or lead closure of site-specific Preventive maintenance programs gaps.
•Provide expertise in development of Equipment Bill of Materials and identifying critical & operating spare inventory.
•Support maintenance work planning, scheduling, and execution improvement initiatives
•Support the development of job aids and training materials to enhance knowledge and utilization of SAP PM Module.
•Support the development and reporting of M&R KPI’s and dashboards including maintaining master data in an accurate and timely manner to ensure validity of the KPI’s.
•Support the development of standards and processes that set the minimum requirements for Canadian Thermal & Conventional Heavy Oil (CHO) maintenance, reliability, and turnarounds.
Deliverables
•Standard Functional Location and Equipment Hierarchy
•Risk based equipment criticalities
•Standardize and optimized Equipment Maintenance Strategies
•Standardize and optimized Maintenance Plans
•Equipment Bill of Materials and recommended inventory levels
Qualifications
•Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
•Licensed Professional Engineer or EIT registered with APEGS.
•Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred; however, Engineers from other disciplines with experience in a similar role will be considered.
•2-5 years Engineering and/or Maintenance & Reliability Experience in Oil and Gas.
•Experience in facility operating environments, preferably upstream Thermal (SAGD) facilities, and ideally working in or directly with maintenance and operations teams would be an asset
•Knowledge and experience with safe work practices in oil and gas production accompanied by a superior safety attitude.
•Familiarity with industry standards related to equipment reliability, safety, and risk management would be an asset.
•Knowledge of SAP PM module would be an asset.
•Change management experience in managing change from projects would be an asset.
•Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
•As this position has been identified as safety sensitive, employment of a final candidate selected for this position will be conditional upon successful completion of required pre-employment medical and alcohol/drug assessments.
•Valid Class 5 driver's license. A driver's abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre-employment screening for the final candidate.
Join our team as a Reliability Engineer where your expertise will contribute significantly to the efficiency and reliability of our operations.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45.00-$67.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Additional pay:
Benefits:
Flexible language requirement:
Schedule:
Application question(s):
•Do you hold a P.Eng or EIT designation with APEGS?
•Do you have experience with Management of Change (MOC) processes?
•Are you experienced in using SAP?
•How many years of experience do you have in Engineering and/or Maintenance & Reliability within the Oil and Gas industry?
•Do you have a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline?
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2025-05-21
Expected start date: 2025-06-10