Team Lead Maintenance - Mine Equipment Maintenance

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy.

When you join Suncor, you become part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive. As part of our team, you play a vital role in delivering energy we all rely on, and you'll make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work.

We're hiring a Maintenance Team Lead to join our Mine Equipment Maintenance team at Base Plant in Fort McMurray! In this role, you will provide leadership, direction and mentorship to our mine equipment maintenance teams by safely executing shift priorities and creating an engaging workplace.

You will work in conjunction with multiple stakeholders to ensure the execution team is aware of maintenance, reliability and operational requirements for the shift.

We recognize your contribution and offer a range of rewards and development opportunities designed to support your success. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Suncor and the region where you work.

- Strong compensation: we offer competitive compensation, regional-based uplifts, annual bonuses, and long-term financial rewards. We also help you save for your future by offering pension programs, and savings plans with company matching

- Benefits: utilize an employee assistance program and comprehensive company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family to support your mental, physical, and financial well-being

- Generous time-off: enjoy generous paid vacation time and personal time-off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance

- Talent development programs: Internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development programs are just a few ways we’re dedicated to your development

- Relocation assistance: We provide support with lease cancellation or home sale, temporary accommodations, rental home search, moving and storage costs, spousal assistance and more

Minimum Requirements:

- Five years of combined leadership and heavy equipment maintenance experience

- A High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)

- Trade or technologist certificate or applicable engineering degree will be considered

- A valid driver’s license and a clean driving record

- Strong collaboration skills that enable you to build strong, positive relationships with diverse groups

- The ability to anticipate potential problems and check for out-of-the-ordinary conditions, as well as having a strong sense of accountability

Don’t have all the qualifications listed? That’s ok! Apply anyway. We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills.

- Proactively communicate with direct reports, maintenance leadership team and peers

- Inform other support functions as required by communicating business vision and priorities, program or project status, conducting and participating in leadership meetings, providing presentations and listening to employee concerns and suggestions

- Work with other leaders to streamline processes across organizational and functional boundaries

- Monitor appropriate metrics to ensure performance to shift plan

- Communicate business priorities to maintenance teams to strategize execution and collaborates to set targets for achievement

- Champion program and project initiatives geared toward recognizing employee achievements, increasing employee satisfaction and retaining a skilled and motivated workforce

- Create a culture of continuous improvement by communicating/deploying enterprise best practices and employee engagement to improve cost, quality, delivery, employee job satisfaction and customer satisfaction

- Lead initiatives to evaluate and improve cost saving programs and processes

Location & other key details

- You will work out of our Base Plant site in Fort McMurray, Alberta

- The shift schedule is a 6 days on / 6 days off rotation (3 days on, 3 nights on, 6 days off; 12-hour shifts)

- This position is safety sensitive

- If you reside outside of Fort McMurray, relocation of your primary residence to within 60 km of Fort McMurray is mandatory. Relocation support will be provided; we offer competitive housing assistance to eligible individuals

- To learn more about living and working in Fort McMurray, click here

Think we are a fit? Apply now!

Suncor is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and building an inclusive, results-oriented and high-performance culture where all members of our team feel safe, valued and respected.