Reliability Manager (Peace River, AB)

Source Energy•Peace River, AB

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Reliability Manager will lead the reduction of unplanned downtime, focusing on recurring and chronic equipment failures. This role involves owning and driving root cause analysis for downtime events, identifying and eliminating bad-actor equipment, and establishing clear reliability standards. The manager will also develop and implement maintenance strategies, manage the CMMS, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize uptime, reduce costs, and extend asset life cycles. Collaboration with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations leaders is key to aligning reliability priorities with production goals.

Requirements

Direct leadership to maintenance team, including coaching, performance management, and employee development.
Support hiring, onboarding, training, and succession planning for maintenance team.
Ensure effective scheduling and staffing to meet demands while managing overtime and labor costs.
Promote accountability, teamwork, and a positive work culture.
Ensure consistent enforcement of company policies, procedures, and standards.
Lead the reduction of unplanned downtime, with particular focus on recurring and chronic equipment failures.
Own and drive root cause analysis (RCA) for all significant downtime events; ensure corrective and preventative actions are completed, tracked, and sustained.
Identify and eliminate bad-actor equipment, process bottlenecks, and reliability gaps across wet and dry plant systems.
Establish clear reliability standards and enforce execution discipline across operations and maintenance.
Monitor downtime trends and ensure learnings are translated into durable process improvements.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
Partner closely with Maintenance and Operations to shift the site from reactive firefighting to planned maintenance execution.
Ensure PM compliance targets are met and maintenance quality standards are consistently achieved.
Maintain and prioritize critical equipment lists based on risk, downtime impact, and safety exposure.
Lead spare parts and inventory strategies to support equipment reliability and reduce extended outages.
Ensure effective utilization and data integrity of the CMMS for work orders, failure coding, and maintenance history.
Develop and maintain key reliability metrics, dashboards, and reporting, including: Unplanned vs. planned downtime, MTBF / MTTR, PM compliance, Equipment availability and OEE.
Use data to drive fact-based decisions and prioritize reliability improvement initiatives.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on uptime, cost reduction, and asset life-cycle optimization.
Collaborate with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations leaders to align reliability priorities with production goals.
Provide coaching and hands-on training to supervisors, trades, and operators on reliability best practices.
Support capital planning, rebuild strategies, and reliability-driven investment decisions.

Nice To Haves

Other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Provide direct leadership to maintenance team, including coaching, performance management, and employee development.
Support hiring, onboarding, training, and succession planning for maintenance team.
Ensure effective scheduling and staffing to meet demands while managing overtime and labor costs.
Promote accountability, teamwork, and a positive work culture.
Ensure consistent enforcement of company policies, procedures, and standards.
Lead the reduction of unplanned downtime, with particular focus on recurring and chronic equipment failures.
Own and drive root cause analysis (RCA) for all significant downtime events; ensure corrective and preventative actions are completed, tracked, and sustained.
Identify and eliminate bad-actor equipment, process bottlenecks, and reliability gaps across wet and dry plant systems.
Establish clear reliability standards and enforce execution discipline across operations and maintenance.
Monitor downtime trends and ensure learnings are translated into durable process improvements.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
Partner closely with Maintenance and Operations to shift the site from reactive firefighting to planned maintenance execution.
Ensure PM compliance targets are met and maintenance quality standards are consistently achieved.
Maintain and prioritize critical equipment lists based on risk, downtime impact, and safety exposure.
Lead spare parts and inventory strategies to support equipment reliability and reduce extended outages.
Ensure effective utilization and data integrity of the CMMS for work orders, failure coding, and maintenance history.
Develop and maintain key reliability metrics, dashboards, and reporting, including: Unplanned vs. planned downtime, MTBF / MTTR, PM compliance, Equipment availability and OEE.
Use data to drive fact-based decisions and prioritize reliability improvement initiatives.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on uptime, cost reduction, and asset life-cycle optimization.
Collaborate with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations leaders to align reliability priorities with production goals.
Provide coaching and hands-on training to supervisors, trades, and operators on reliability best practices.
Support capital planning, rebuild strategies, and reliability-driven investment decisions.
Other duties as assigned.