Team Leader, Mechanic Shop & Tool and Equipment Control (TEC)

Description

Highlights of the job

We are hiring a full-time permanent Team Leader, Mechanic Shop & Tool and Equipment Control (TEC)position working out of Aurum in Edmonton, AB.

In this role, you will lead the Mechanic Shop and Tool and Equipment Control teams, ensuring the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of operational work. You will provide leadership, coaching, and support to employees while promoting a strong culture of safety, accountability, and teamwork.

The Team Leader is responsible for planning, assigning and scheduling work ahead of the day-to-day (up to 3 months in advance), overseeing daily operations, maintaining compliance with safety and operational standards, supporting employee development, and ensuring clear communication with staff and management. As a key operational leader, you will help drive performance, support continuous improvement, and ensure work is executed in alignment with organizational expectations.

The Team Lead reports directly to the Manager, Shops & TEC and is responsible for leading a team of Maintenance Repairpersons and Labourer 2s in the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of maintenance operations. This role provides technical oversight over maintenance, heavy duty mechanic, hydraulic, carpentry and tool inventory tracking and certification tasks.

What you’d be responsible for

• Lead and coordinate the Mechanical Shop and Tool & Equipment Control (TEC) team within established direction and authority limits.
• Plan, schedule, and prioritize work activities up to three months in advance.
• Assign tasks, conduct pre-job briefings, and monitor work progress to ensure objectives are achieved.
• Provide higher-level technical expertise, guidance, and troubleshooting support to team members.
• Coach employees, provide performance feedback, and support skill development.
• Keep the Manager, Shops & TEC informed of work progress, performance, issues, and risks.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and workforce planning activities.
• Recommend improvements to work practices, processes, and operational effectiveness.
• Assist with investigations related to operational issues, incidents, accidents, and safety concerns.
• Promote and lead a strong safety culture through hazard identification, inspections, safe work planning, and compliance with safety standards.
• Oversee equipment and tool inventories, maintenance programs, certifications, scheduled maintenance, asset lifecycle management and vendor coordination.
• Ensure operational readiness, reliability, quality, efficiency, and on-time delivery against performance metrics.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, operational teams, and HSE partners to support business objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and foster effective communication across teams.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve complex maintenance, equipment, and operational challenges.
• Apply sound technical judgment while balancing operational, safety, financial, and resource considerations.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a high-performance, accountable, innovative, safety-focused, and customer-oriented approach to work.

What’s required to be successful

Education

• Grade 12 diploma (or GED equivalent level of secondary education).
• Valid Alberta Journeyman Millwright or Heavy Duty MechanicCertificate.Red Seal Certification required if obtained outside Alberta

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the Journeyman level in:Mechanical maintenance and/or heavy duty environments.Unionized settings.Supervising diverse trades.
• Ability to qualify for and maintain an EPCOR driver’s permit, which requires a valid Class 5 Alberta Motor Vehicle Operator's License.Limited to 6 demerits or less at date of hire (prior infractions for unsafe driving behaviours will be evaluated and considered for non-selection regardless of current demerits on file).A Driver Abstract (5-year commercial type) will be required.Drivers with a GDL class may be considered (limited to 3 demerits and pending driving behavior review referenced above).
• Ability to withstand strenuous physical activity inherent to the work performed, as well as to function effectively outside under a variety of weather conditions and through all seasons.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of mechanical maintenance hazards, safety precautions, and procedures.
• Solid knowledge of standard methods, tools, and equipment used in the trade.
• Intermediate proficiency with software such as IVARA, and Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel).

Leadership & Behavioural Competencies

• Effective planning, organizing, and scheduling skills.
• Strong decision-making and technical problem-solving abilities.
• Proven ability to:Respond effectively in emergency situations.Coach and mentor maintenance workers.Use business software applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative team mindset.
• Commitment to safety and ability to work independently in high-pressure environments.
• Demonstrated initiative, adaptability to change, and a focus on continuous improvement—for both self and team.

Other important facts about this job

Jurisdiction: CUPE 30
Class: 7621 (TRLDR)
Wage: $69.63 per hour

Hours of work: 40 hours per week

• 10 hours per day, 4 days per week. Rotating shifts are subject to a compressed hours work schedule and the "Alternate Hours of Work Addendum" as per the CUPE 30 Collective Agreement