AddressJob Type:
Regular
Plains Midstream Canada (PMC) is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing and marketing solutions for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). PMC also operates strategically-located facilities for crude oil and NGL storage, separates NGL from natural gas and fractionates NGL into pure liquid petroleum gas (LPG) products, including propane and butane.
Fueled by our strong leadership team and a dedicated employee base, combined with our expertise in marketing, logistics and our asset base, PMC is well-positioned to provide our customers with flexible, value-added services now and in the future.
Our Operations department is a talented group of professionals who are committed to conducting our business in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the public, our employees and contractors, our assets and the environment. We want consistent and predictable operations done the right way, every time.
Plains has an immediate opening for an Operations Leader/Chief Power Engineer at our 1st class Empress facility, reporting directly to the Plant Manager. The successful candidate will join the area management team, providing leadership to a team of front-line leaders and another twenty-four indirect reports. The operations leader will be accountable for managing and monitoring the Empress facility's daily operations, ensuring optimum safety performance, environmental and regulatory compliance, and operations efficiency.
Note: Permanent residency within 120 km of the Empress Facility is a condition of employment. Medicine Hat is the largest city nearby. #plains
Responsibilities:
- Managing and monitoring the Empress facility's daily operations, ensuring optimum safety performance, environmental and regulatory compliance, and operations efficiency.
- Provide leadership and coaching to a team of front-line leaders to develop and support a highly Functional team.
- Leading the hiring, orientation, performance, and career development needs of employees in a union environment, providing strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring for personnel
- Build and support strong, cross-functional collaborative relationships between maintenance, operations, and support groups.
- Communicate in a way that is accurate, timely and easy to understand; listen effectively.
- Carry out the duties of the Chief Power Engineer in a professional manner with respect to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act for the Province of Alberta.
- Ensuring the results of internal audits are compliant, and non-complaint findings are addressed through appropriate corrective/preventative action plans.
- Responsible for integrating with the maintenance planning department ensuring the proper projects are prioritized and worked on accordingly.
- Responsible for creating and accountable for achieving the operations budget each year.
- Liaise with various internal departments including technical and mechanical maintenance, engineering, Calgary logistics and Marketing to ensure customer demands are met.
- Monitoring quality of products coming into and out of the facilities to ensure that product specifications are being met.
- Scheduling plant rates, shutdowns and turnarounds to achieve safe, efficient and environmentally sound operations.
Qualifications:
- First class ticket or completion of your 2nd class Power Engineering Certificate with the requirement to attain your 1st Class certificate within a suitable timeframe.
- Five plus years of leadership experience, previous experience as a leader of leaders would be an asset.
- Solid understanding of fractionation facilities with the ability to troubleshoot and optimize.
- Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical maintenance for process equipment, pressure vessels and heaters.
- Energetic, well-organized, self-motivated with effective communication skills (verbal and written).
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven track record of supporting and leading highly functional diverse teams.
- Ability to manage a multitude of priorities in a fast paced and changing environment.
- Valid driver's license with a clean abstract.
- Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks.
- Compliance with the Company's drug and alcohol policy including pre-employment D&A testing.
Our employees drive our success. At Plains, hard work is rewarded with competitive compensation and a top-tier benefits program designed to keep you safe, healthy and happy. We work hard to deliver exceptional results to our stakeholders while also respecting our employees' need for personal and family time, which is reflected in our great benefits program . As part of our goal to be an employer of choice, Plains is also committed to doing business in a sustainable and responsible manner. To learn more about our Sustainability and ESG (environmental, social and governance) initiatives, read our 2021 Plains Sustainability Report .
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