Reliability Operations Specialist
(Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)
Full Time
Hinton, Alberta, Canada
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Our Hinton Pulp Division has exciting opportunities for highly motivated individuals to fill the following position: Reliability Operations Specialist
Hinton Pulp is striving to improve operational, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation reliability. The role of the reliability department is to develop/implement best practices, systems, equipment design, etc. to help support our operational and maintenance departments achieve excellence in reliability.
The reliability department has an opening for a Reliability Operations Specialist. Candidates should have supervisory experience. We are looking for a person who has a strong ability to lead cross functional teams, has good process knowledge, can drive projects/processes ahead despite competing priorities, persists in seeing solutions implemented, will challenge existing systems/processes, can do what they are told cannot be done, will work closely with mill operations, and can work on several items simultaneously.
Some of the initiatives for this role are:
- Key driver of operator basic care process
- Root Cause Analysis leader
- Asset management leader
- Develop failure prevention plans for our most critical assets sitewide
- Drive excellence in housekeeping
- Work with operations to ensure all necessary startup procedures exist
- Developer/owner of winterization plan.
This position reports to the Reliability Manager.
We are located in Hinton, Alberta, 20 minutes east of Jasper National Park, and 2½ hours West of Edmonton, Alberta. Hinton, set amidst the stunning scenery of the Alberta Rockies, is a modern community of 10,000 offering terrific lifestyles for individuals and families. Relocation assistance is available. Our region is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, with exciting activities from skiing, snowmobiling, camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, and ATV’s. Hinton features a full-service acute care hospital, major retail and restaurant chains, community parks and pools, and educational institutions for pre-school through post-secondary. To learn more, visit the Town of Hinton Web site: www.town.hinton.ab.ca.