Maintenance General Foreman, Mining

Company:Finning Canada

Number of Openings:1

Worker Type:Permanent

Position Overview:Location: Fort McMurray, AB
Employment Type: Full-Time
Shift: 7x7 Rotation
Flights & Accommodations provided

As a pivotal leader in our maintenance organization, the Maintenance General Foreman, Mining ensures daily field operations run with precision, safety, and purpose. This role is the driving force that transforms welldeveloped weekly maintenance plans into consistent, highquality execution-keeping our fleet reliable and our teams performing at their best.

The Maintenance General Foreman, Mining is accountable for the safe, predictable, and efficient execution of the weekly mobile maintenance plan across all trades and shifts. This position converts weekly strategies into disciplined daily results, safeguarding planned work from reactive disruptions and ensuring operational continuity. Working collaboratively within both customer requirements and Finning OEM standards, the Maintenance General Foreman, Mining optimizes labor utilization, equipment availability, and overall maintenance cost performance. While not responsible for longrange planning, this role owns the quality, safety, and reliability of all field execution activities.

Job Description:

Major Job Functions:

1. Safety & Risk Control - 25%

  • Owns SIMOPS coordination across all mobile maintenance activities.

  • Ensures consistent application of LOTO, ground disturbance, and workingatheights controls.

  • Stops unsafe work across all trades and shifts.

  • Leads serious incident reviews and implements learnings.

2. Planned Adherence & Execution - 30%

  • Ensures fleet availability, MTBS, FBAS, and MTTR targets are achieved.

  • Makes realtime decisions on deferrals, breakdown response, and overtime.

  • Implements Customer/Finning OEM preventive maintenance policies.

  • Establishes repair priorities to optimize fleet utilization.

  • Ensures proper workshop equipment care, technical support, and manpower utilization.

3. CrossTrade & Shift Integration - 20%

  • Coordinates mechanical, electrical, welding, and other trades to eliminate delays.

  • Ensures accurate, detailed, timely shift handovers.

4. Fleet Availability & Cost Control - 15%

  • Owns executionside equipment availability.

  • Balances production pressure with reliability and deferredmaintenance risk.

  • Identifies executionrelated chronic losses.

  • Reduces downtime, rework, and unnecessary expenditures.

5. Leadership, Workforce Development & Interfaces - 10%

  • Coaches supervisors and trades; builds frontline leadership capability.

  • Maintains high field presence to verify job quality and remove barriers.

  • Works with Customer Execution, Operations, Planning, Reliability, and Supply Chain.

  • Supports adoption of new technologies and reliability processes.

Accountability:

  • Safe execution of all maintenance tasks by all trades and shifts.

  • Decisions regarding overtime, task reprioritization, and breakdown response.

  • Ensuring accurate CMMS data entry and job package completion.

  • Shielding crews from operational noise and maintaining disciplined workflows.

  • Approvals for:

  • Workshop consumables and minor parts (< CAD $2,000)

  • Timesheets, leave, sick leave

  • Overtime within established guardrails

  • Stopwork authority

Education & Experience

  • Technical diploma, trade certification, or equivalent industry experience.

  • 10-15+ years of mobile maintenance experience, including extensive field exposure to ultraclass and heavy mining equipment such as 797 haul trucks, D11 dozers, graders, and similar assets.

  • Strong, practical leadership in fieldbased maintenance execution across multiple trades.

  • Proven ability to make balanced, realtime decisions under pressure while maintaining safety and plan integrity.

  • Deep understanding of mobile maintenance execution, shortinterval scheduling, and reliabilitycentered work practices.

  • Skilled in coordinating crossfunctional teams and managing complex, highpriority maintenance tasks.

  • High competency in CMMS usage, job package execution, and ensuring accurate maintenance coding.

  • Proficient with OEM maintenance standards and methodologies, particularly CAT and Finning.

  • Strong knowledge of oil sands operating environments; oil sands experience strongly preferred.

  • Comprehensive understanding of regulatory requirements, including OHS legislation, LOTO procedures, and heavy equipment compliance standards.

  • Strong grasp of maintenance KPIs, cost drivers, and the operational levers that influence equipment availability and performance.

  • Excellent communication skills with disciplined and thorough shifthandover practices.

At Finning, we prioritize creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we actively encourage all individuals to express themselves and achieve their full potential. As a company, we continuously strive to enhance our outreach to individuals of all backgrounds and identities. We do notdiscriminate against applicants based on gender identity, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities.Furthermore, Finning is committed to collaborating with and providing reasonable accommodations /adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If you require an adjustment/accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please inform your recruiter.

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