Rotating Equipment Specialist

Vermilion has an excellent opportunity for a Rotating Equipment Specialist. Based in Drayton Valley, AB, this position will report to the Maintenance Foreman. The Rotating Equipment Specialist is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability and optimal performance of rotating equipment through the development of maintenance strategies, technical troubleshooting, continuous improvement initiatives and optimization.

- Ensure Equipment Reliability: Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement reliability and throughput improvements.

- Maintenance Strategies: Develop and optimize preventative and predictive maintenance programs; oversee overhauls and compliance with standards.

- Technical Support: Provide field-level troubleshooting, lead root cause failure analysis, and support commissioning/start-up activities.

- Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate maintenance records, analyze equipment health and reliability KPIs, and manage CMMS data.

- Continuous Improvement: Drive reliability-centered maintenance reviews, failure mode analysis, cost reduction initiatives, and equipment upgrades.

- Training & Mentorship: Coach maintenance teams on best practices for rotating equipment.

- Safety & Compliance: Ensure adherence to HSE regulations, participate in audits and risk assessments.

- Budgeting & Planning: Contribute to OPEX and capital budgets, maintain long-term overhaul plans, and identify profit-enhancing projects.

- Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong relationships with operations, vendors, and OEMs to resolve complex issues and improve performance.

What You Will Bring

- Previous experience with rotating equipment

- Trades Ticket will be an asset (mechanic / millwright)

- Experience in investigations of equipment failures and root cause analysis would be an asset

- Proven and demonstrated commitment to HSE expectations and requirements

- Able to work independently within a high paced team environment with a disciplined approach to achieve maintenance excellence.

Attributes & Characteristics

- Open and honest team player

- Positive and engaging personality

- Influential, collaborative and flexible

Location and other Key Details

- You will work out of our Drayton Valley field office

- The shift schedule is a 5-2 rotation

- This position is safety sensitive

What We Offer

- Industry-competitive time off including vacation

- Competitive short-term and long-term incentive programs aimed to recognize and reward

- Top-tier benefits program, including a generous flexible health spending account and savings plan program

- Company-sponsored volunteer opportunities and volunteer grants

Why you’ll love working with us

- We care for each other, the environment and the company, and aim to enrich the communities in which we live and work

- We are recognized by Great Place to Work Institute® as a Best Workplace® in many of our locations around the globe

- We embrace new solutions across the business, allow space for creativity, and invest in innovation and technology

- We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness, and can be counted on to do what we say we will

- We invest in our employees, providing meaningful work and opportunities for training and professional development

- We are recognized as a leader in sustainability by independent ESG rating agencies

- We are focused on the future: responsibly producing the oil and natural gas that is essential to energy security while exploring alternative energy options

Vermilion is committed to diversity and inclusion, and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment that highlights our employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all applications to help us build a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work.