Maintenance Coordinator, Shutdown

K+S Potash Canada (KSPC) is part of the K+S Group, with headquarters in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; a solution potash mine and production facility located near Moose Jaw and Regina, Saskatchewan; and a potash handling and storage facility operated in partnership with Pacific Coast Terminals in Port Moody, British Columbia. We acknowledge that our Saskatchewan offices and facilities are located on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 land. These are the territories of the Cree, Salteaux and Sioux, and the homeland of the Métis people. Our Port Moody operation is located on the land of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Kwikwetlam, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam First Nations. Our organization is committed to having long lasting and deeply rooted relationships with Indigenous people and communities, and is proud to provide job and business opportunities for local people and businesses.

**Maintenance Coordinator, Shutdown**:
**Your Responsibilities**:
Reporting to Maintenance Superintendent, you will be responsible for planning, organizing and coordination of maintenance when outages have impact on multiple areas. The Maintenance Coordinator, Shutdown is the primary point of communication and contact for shutdowns. The primary objective of this role is to ensure that planned maintenance activities are carried out safely and efficiently, minimizing downtime and maximizing equipment reliability. This is achieved through effective meeting structure, inter-departmental communication and strong facilitation skills. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Closely work with the Area Production Coordinators, Maintenance Supervisors, Area LOTO Coordinator and Shift Supervisors, Planners, Project Managers, Project Planners and Scheduler
- Responsible for the Shutdown Plan execution by coordinating and supporting all maintenance related activities
- Support the collection and understanding of all project scopes being executed within shutdowns and incorporate those durations and milestones into a single shutdown schedule
- Chair Shutdown meetings and adhering to Shut down key stage gates. Critical path, schedule and Gantt chart and found work approval
- Work with scheduler and area planners on the job scopes, paying specific attention to sequencing and execution conflicts of all areas. (Production, loadout, Wellfield, Projects)
- Consider the critical path job(s) and develop some back-up plans to mitigate schedule impacts. Develop and support Gantt chart
- Engage Production to incorporate LOTO and any production tasks planned in the shutdown window to ensure equipment scheduled is available and cleaned
- Work with supervisors to coordinate work via the sequenced schedule
- Work with QA/QC to try to proactively identify likely “found scope” based on previous shutdowns, estimate repair times for those scopes
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a smooth and coordinated shut down process
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning within the maintenance team

**You**:

- Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent
- 3 to 5 years Supervisory Experience leading/coaching people is preferred
- 5 to 8 years Industrial or manufacturing experience required, operating experience including field and panel duties
- Production or processing multi area experience within the Bethune Production program is preferred
- Well-developed leadership, organizational, consultation and relationship building skills, ability to demonstrates effective relationship building skills (participates/leads in team meetings, actively shares knowledge, respects differences of opinions, receives feedback openly)
- Ability to display a reasoned perspective and brings resolution to issues while considering all areas of impact
- Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (SAP) considered an asset

**Us**:
By living our common K+S values across all our locations in the world: We are optimistic about our future, collaborative in building it, and with our entrepreneurial spirit, we aim to dig deeper and reach higher. We remain agile in an ever-changing world. We are innovative, turning obstacles into opportunities - and we do it all in ways that are safe and sustainable, protecting future generations.

We are committed to being a company where every employee can contribute, grow and thrive, and where we reflect the diverse communities in which we live and work. We are working toward a truly inclusive environment, because we know that the amazing array of differences in our backgrounds, competencies, experiences, race, gender, age, beliefs, sexual orientation, identity and their intersections is key to the longevity, sustainability and growth of our organization.