Member Spotlight: Greg Engman, MMP

Since the mid 80's Greg has been in planning, scheduling, and management types of roles with titles like Maintenance Foreman, Management of Change Coordinator, Equipment Reliability Technician, and involved both in troubleshooting existing plants and in commissioning and startup of new facilities.

Employer: Apache Canada Ltd.
Title: Maintenance Planner

Greg is currently a Maintenance Planner for Apache Canada Ltd. He started his career with Hudson Bay Oil and Gas in 1976 for a short time as an operator and quickly moved over into maintenance roles, completing three apprenticeships - Millwright, Heavy Duty Mechanic and Crane and Hoisting. Since the mid 80's he has been in planning, scheduling, and management types of roles with titles like Maintenance Foreman, Management of Change Coordinator, Equipment Reliability Technician, and involved both in troubleshooting existing plants and in commissioning and startup of new facilities.

Planning major maintenance operations to minimize the amount of time the equipment is out of service is a big job and usually requires a whole team of people with technical knowledge paying a lot of attention to detail. Greg likes being part of a team that is constantly working out (and avoiding) problems. "You have to take all of your experiences and apply them. You have to throw on all of these hats." He also welcomes the opportunity to share his experience to mentor others.

When asked what advice he would give to a young person starting out in the maintenance business he says, "Never think, 'My education is done. I'm just going to work now.' That's never going to happen. It's a dull day if you don't learn something. If you stop learning, maybe your interest isn't there and it's time to try something different. Things change, you might have some of the same old problems but there are always better ways to solve them. You have to keep up with change."