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Equipment Strategy & Reliability Engineer

  • Fort McMurray, AB
  • On-site
  • Posted Oct 17, 2026
  • 1 position

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Employment type
Contract
Experience level
Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education
Professional degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week
Seniority
Mid-Senior level
Application method
Direct apply is available

Job summary

Develop and optimize equipment strategies using GE APM, reliability methodologies, and risk-based maintenance principles, including criticality and failure-mode assessments. Improve maintenance plans and analyze asset performance and maintenance data, while supporting strategy reviews, implementation, backlog reviews, and risk-based decisions.

Job details

Your New Company Hays has partnered with a leading energy organization seeking an experienced Equipment Strategy & Reliability Engineer to support a major oil sands operation in Fort McMurray. Your New Role You will develop, review and optimize equipment and asset strategies for complex operating assets. Using GE APM and reliability methodologies such as ASM and RCM, you will assess equipment criticality, failure modes and maintenance requirements. This is a site-based role in Fort McMurray, requiring you to be on-site five days a week, Monday through Friday. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain equipment strategies in GE APM using ASM, RCM and risk-based maintenance principles. Complete equipment criticality and failure-mode assessments to optimize asset risk, reliability and lifecycle cost. Review and improve preventive maintenance and condition-based maintenance tasks, intervals and job plans. Analyze asset performance, failure history and maintenance data to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Facilitate and participate in cross-functional strategy reviews across teams. Support equipment strategy implementation, backlog reviews, deferral assessments and risk-based maintenance decisions. Must-Have Requirements 5+ years of relevant industry experience, ideally within oil sands, refining, hydrocarbon processing or a comparable heavy industrial environment. Undergraduate degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Instrumentation Engineering. P.Eng. designation with APEGA, or eligibility for registration with APEGA. Working knowledge of RCM, ASM and risk-based maintenance principles, including equipment criticality and failure-mode analysis. Experience using GE APM or comparable asset strategy software, with proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office. If you're interested, apply below or send your resume to me at holland.stiel@hays.com

What you’ll do

Develop and optimize equipment strategies using GE APM, reliability methodologies, and risk-based maintenance principles, including criticality and failure-mode assessments. Improve maintenance plans and analyze asset performance and maintenance data, while supporting strategy reviews, implementation, backlog reviews, and risk-based decisions.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of relevant experience, ideally in oil sands, refining, hydrocarbon processing, or a comparable heavy industrial environment, and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation Engineering. Candidates must hold an APEGA P.Eng. designation or be eligible for registration, and have working knowledge of RCM, ASM, and risk-based maintenance, plus experience with GE APM or comparable software, SAP, and Microsoft Office.

Listed skills

  • Continuous Improvement · Preferred
  • SAP · Preferred
  • Preventive Maintenance · Preferred
  • Microsoft Office · Preferred
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Equipment Strategy Development
  • Asset Reliability
  • GE APM
  • Asset Strategy Management
  • Reliability-Centered Maintenance
  • Risk-Based Maintenance
  • Equipment Criticality Assessment
  • Failure-Mode Analysis
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Condition-Based Maintenance
  • Asset Performance Analysis
  • Maintenance Data Analysis
  • Continuous Improvement
  • SAP
  • Microsoft Office
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration

Job areas

  • Engineering
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing

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