Preventative Maintenance Planner

Job Title : Preventative Maintenanace Planner

Location : Lloydminster, SK – must be local or willing to relocate at own expense

Schedule : Mon-Fri, 8 hours / day

Contract Length : 1 year

Start Date (target) : Feb, 2026

Description

Working in the Maintenance & Reliability Department in Canadian Thermal & Conventional Heavy Oil (CHO), the contingent Preventative Maintenance Planner will be accountable to develop and implement maintenance strategies to mitigate the risk of equipment failure.

The planner will be accountable for the development and implementation of Reliability standards, processes, and tools, as well as collaborating with the asset-based teams to actively manage the preventive maintenance program and optimize it to maximize reliability, efficiency, and safety.

The role shall have experience scoping, planning and executing reliability improvement projects and developing, working with or implementing maintenance or operational integrity management system standards and processes.

The individual must have the ability to collaborate with subject matter experts, field-based maintenance & operations leadership and front-line personnel. Experience facilitating conversations with cross functional teams to achieve alignment and managing change through large stakeholders is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise to support or lead closure of site-specific Preventive maintenance programs gaps.
• Develop template recommended practices for these plans where opportunities exist.
• Assist with development of site specific maintenance programs for new facilities and / or major expansions.
• Generate template job plans with field technicians and work with field experts to improve these plans.
• Utilize Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) tools and processes to develop risk-based asset management strategies for new facilities and / or major expansions.
• Provide expertise in development of Equipment Bill of Materials and identifying critical & operating spare inventory.
• Develop Maintenance Programs in alignment with Safety Critical Equipment Performance Standards.
• 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 the management of master data change request notifications and tasks.

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About NES Fircroft

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market‑leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

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