Coordinator - Maintenance Planning (Carseland, AB)

About Orica

At Orica, it’s the power of our people that leads change and shapes our futures.

Every day, all around the world, our people help mobilise vital resources essential to progress. Established in 1874, we have grown to become the world leader in mining and civil blasting with a diverse of team of more than 13,000 across the world. From the production and supply of explosives, blasting systems, mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring to our cutting-edge digital solutions and comprehensive range of services, we sustainably mobilize the earth’s resources.   

It’s an exciting time to join us – we are shaping the future of mining through digital and automated technologies, embracing new ways of thinking, pioneering innovation and reimagining the way we work.

About the role

We are excited to announce a new opportunity for a Coordinator – Maintenance Planning, focused on developing and delivering work plans and schedules for Electrical and Instrumentation trades that optimises efficient maintenance execution and plant uptime to support the Product Line on achieving their objectives of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.

What you will be doing

More specifically the Coordinator – Maintenance Planning for Electrical & Instrumentation will deliver the following within their responsible Mfg. Centre geography and discipline(s):

• Ensure that safety, health, and environmental procedures are adhered to within his/her work environment.
• Plan and schedule all maintenance work (online, offline, preventative, predictive and corrective) including its inputs (material, equipment and labour).
• Prepare and issue the weekly maintenance schedule ensuring approval is given by Maintenance Planning Superintendent and Maintenance Execution Superintendent.
• Review and process for (quality and priority) all maintenance notifications daily.
• Liaise with subject matter experts where scopes are unclear, incomplete, outside area of expertise or above a technical threshold.
• Develop and continuously improve a library of maintenance task lists for Electrical & Instrumentation Trades in SAP that facilitates the planning of the work.
• Ensure closure of maintenance work orders and history recording in line with standard set by Reliability.
• Support the execution control of the Product Line(s) annual maintenance budget on behalf of the Maintenance Execution Superintendent.
• Enter into and manage strategic sourcing contracts required to efficiently execute the Manufacturing Centre’s maintenance strategy with support from Supply Chain and Planning.
• Ensure, through collaboration with the Maintenance Execution Superintendent, cost effective maintenance execution resourcing is in place and adjusted to deliver weekly schedule in line with preventative/corrective maintenance and cost requirements.
• Support the reliability improvement agenda through escalation of continuous improvement opportunities to the Reliability and Integrity Teams for consideration (eg. Bad Actors, PM optimisation) .
• Monitor maintenance planning management KPIs (lag and lead) and identify and drive improvement opportunities in collaboration with the Maintenance Planning Superintendent and the Maintenance Execution Superintendent.
• Management of planners and schedulers through engagement and motivation which includes ensuring their training and development, performance management, reward and recognitions etc.
• Ensure compliance reporting (including supporting KPIs) for asset category related corporate and regulatory standards and procedures.

Connection with the bigger picture:
The Coordinator – Maintenance Planning for Electrical & Instrumentation provides the critical service of providing the product line maintenance execution team(s) with fully planned and resourced work schedules to execute. The work schedules delivered ensure routine work from maintenance strategies (set by Reliability and Integrity) are executed to plan while also balancing the priorities of corrective work.

What you will bring

• Electrical and/or Instrumentation Trade qualification(s) and have experience in planning/scheduling within heavy industry.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Understanding of Electrical systems, instrumentation , industrial controls/automation systems & safety systems.
• Competent in reading Single line and Loop drawings. Reading P&ID’s will also be valuable.
• Knowledge of SAP or any CMMS applications.

Role dimensions

• Planning & scheduling dimension - Creating fully planned & resourced work orders.
• Maintenance strategy execution - Ensuring preventive & predictive maintenance tasks (from reliability / integrity) are scheduled & executed on time.
• Coordination & communication - Liaising between reliability, maintenance execution teams, operations, supply chain & engineering.
• Work management - Managing backlog accuracy, ensuring task lists, BOMs, labour estimates.
• Continuous improvement- Identifying bottlenecks in Planning & scheduling, improving job plans.

Your qualifications

• Possess unquestioned reputation for integrity, ethics, personal values and solid character
• Builds the trust of others both internally and externally
• Demonstrate innate business intellect, achievement orientation and competitive spirit
• Exude confidence, yet be without strong ego needs; is self-aware and open to feedback
• Show courage to make decisions, yet is patient to make the right ones
• Model resilience and flexibility; adapts well to new circumstances and adversity
• Demonstrate a bias to working in a team-oriented fashion, supporting other’s success

What we offer

As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills. 

You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.

Salary to be determined by the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Benefits (Full Time Employees) 

•    Medical on the first day worked.   Basic module paid by the employer.  
•    Dental on the first day worked.   Basic module paid by the employer.  
•    Life, Disability and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance 
•    Short and Long Term Disability 
•    Retirement / Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)
•    Holidays - twelve nationally and/or provincially recognized holidays per calendar year
•    Paid Time Off 

We respect and value all

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone’s contributions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.

Orica is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where our people feel engaged, respected, and connected.

We have been made aware that some individuals have received scam emails which include false and invalid offers of employment from Orica.  Please note that Orica will not offer employment to any candidate without first undertaking a formal application and recruitment process.  All candidates are required to actively participate in the recruitment process applicable to the specific role and location where the role is based, prior to any offer of employment being made.