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SalaryAbout Valero Energy Inc.
Valero Energy Inc., with its Canadian head office in Montreal, is a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, a Fortune 500 company. We are the leading distributor of petroleum products in Quebec, the Atlantic provinces and Ontario—and the world’s second-largest producer of renewable diesel fuel and ethanol. We stand out as the second-largest petroleum refiner in eastern Canada, thanks to our Jean-Gaulin Refinery in Lévis. We also possess numerous major logistical infrastructures, such as the Montreal East Terminal.Our success? We owe it to our 10,000 employees who are committed to our values—including safety, environmental stewardship, teamwork, community engagement and operational excellence.
We consider our employees our most important asset and provide a wide variety of stimulating jobs for those seeking to grow professionally. Our salaries and benefits—along with our retirement savings plan, which ranks among Canada’s Top 5 in terms of employer contributions—are highly competitive. These are some of the reasons we are known as an employer of choice.
About the position :
The incumbent is responsible for the configuration, installation and maintenance of Valero’s ICS system, which includes network equipment (routers and switches), Human-machine interfaces (HMI), decentralized control systems, process controllers, flowmeters, etc. The specialist must also provide technical expertise on managing the infrastructure of the control system in its entirety, including the local and remote physical network, an environment of virtual servers along with server and client software and applications.
This position requires technical analysis skills to develop solutions should equipment, software and network telecommunication break down by using several troubleshooting tools to ensure required system efficiency. The specialist must be able to perform several tasks simultaneously and resolve complex problems in addition to having a holistic view to come up with innovative solutions.
Responsabilities :
- Work with various resources to develop solutions, resolve operational problems and improve business performance or existing systems;
- Communicate effectively, build confidence and mutual collaboration with functional units to identify problems and needs; and to evaluate business solutions;
- Serve as an active contributor to projects and help with the design of applications as a member of the project team;
- Work with the project team to compile requirements and document them effectively in order to express the client’s needs;
- Write up and update system documentation and train users, if necessary;
- Develop and maintain test plans, if necessary, for systems, coordinate tests and document results;
- Provide direct customer service on service matters;
- Collaborate with technical and design teams to find solutions and then implement them;
- Configure, code, test and develop reports; and coordinate application projects with technical resources;
- Provide support following application deployment;
- Interact with the end users of the functional unit in all project phases and support activities.
Qualifications :
- College diploma or an undergraduate degree in computer science or a relevant field;
- A minimum of five years’ experience with industrial control languages and network equipment such as routers and switches;
- Three years’ experience in computing, which covers Microsoft Office products, relational databases, Windows and/or direct computer support activities, including the knowledge of application software and equipment, is preferable;
- Good knowledge of decentralized control systems and software (such as Experion, Rockwell, etc.);
- Experience with industrial control systems, including configuration, installation and maintenance;
- Good knowledge of programmable controllers and software such as Allen Bradley’s RS-Logix, GE’s Bently Nevada);
- Good knowledge of HMI and software such as Honeywell, Experion, Aviva, Atmos, etc.
- Knowledge of industrial protocols and systems such as Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP, interface client/server OPC UA, etc.
- Extensive experience with numerous computer systems and operating systems and with system interaction;
- Understanding of the principles of relational databases, application interfaces, design and deployment of man-machine interfaces (MMI);
- Bilingualism (French and English) both written and oral.
Valero Energy Inc. is governed by the Charter of the French Language. However, knowledge of English is considered necessary for performing the tasks of this position. The individual in this position will be required to review documents and interact both verbally and in writing with colleagues at the head office in Texas or in other Canadian provinces, or with various stakeholders such as customers, suppliers, unilingual anglophone business partners.
When working at our Company, your benefits will include :
- Full benefits package
- Being employed by one of Canada’s Top 5 employers in contributions to the retirement savings plan
- Annual bonus program
- Reimbursement of training expenses program
- Reimbursement of fitness activities program
- Health and Wellness Program
- Free access at all times to virtual healthcare
- On-site access to a gym and fitness courses
- Rewards program for service anniversaries
- Summer schedule for eligible positions
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