Facility Engineer

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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 currently has an immediate opening for a Facility Engineer (Process) to join our Great Lakes Operations Engineering (OE) Team. The Operations Engineering team acts as the engineering authority for the district and is responsible for provision of technical support for:

• Maintaining safe and reliable operations
• Regulatory compliance
• Asset Optimization
• Commercial Expansion

The OE team provides support and guidance on all aspects of production, product quality, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, asset optimization, maintenance, reliability, asset condition monitoring, project development, execution, management of change, process safety management, technology selection and evaluation, and environmental and regulatory compliance.

Reporting to the Manager, Engineering, the Facility Engineer - Process will be responsible for providing technical and engineering support to the Sarnia Fractionation Plant and associated storage and marketing terminals in the region (Canada and USA) in project management, process optimizing and troubleshooting the facilities, work order support, process safety management to ensure continued equipment performance and capability. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast paced environment and are confident in their ability to work independently on multiple projects and tasks while balancing conflicting priorities.

The expected term of this contract will be for 6-12 months and be directed through one of our preferred vendors for payrolling.

Responsibilities:

• Daily monitoring of the plant and equipment performance at the Control Room and through PI Data Historian and troubleshoot plant upsets and flag equipment (distillation towers, exchangers, pump, compressor) performance issues;
• Analyses of various trends in PI in order to identify maintenance activities and raise associated work orders needed to keep the plant and equipment operating as efficiently as possible;
• Identify and implement potential operational adjustments to the fractionation plant in order to achieve savings on operational costs;
• Provide process coaching to the plant operations team as required;
• Develop process simulation models (HYSYS, Flarenet, EDR/HTRI, Promax, hydraulic software), perform sizing and rating calculations for pump hydraulics, aerial cooler, PSV and flare sizing and calculations, control valve, pipe size, heat exchangers, vertical and horizontal separators, review transient models and peer calculations and reports independently without guidance;
• Prepare and review process design basis, heat and material balance, P&ID markups, datasheets, technical specifications, line list, PFDs, Shutdown Keys, control and operating philosophy, flare and depressurization study.
• Lead or assist projects related to plant piping, storage, pipelines and rail/truck loading (material specification, procurement, QC requirements, construction drawings, and drawing updates). Complete conceptual studies through to FEED & detailed design stages and interface with vendors ;
• Provide support for the Management of Change evaluations and completion of Work Orders;
• Develop and recommend projects, as well as the related scope, to improve performance in terms of operating costs, reliability, safety, environmental performance, and net revenue;
• Provide project management services on small projects (procurement, contractor evaluations, pre-job meetings, drawing updates, maintenance capital forecast);
• Provide engineering support to ensure that maximum benefit is obtained from process or operational changes without negatively impacting the safety or operability of production facilities;
• Ensure compliance with standards and regulatory requirements applicable to the engineering activities and plains practice of engineering;
• Perform detailed plant tests including analysis of results;
• Participate in process safety evaluations (HAZOP, LOPA, Management of Change Checklists, PSSRs);
• Participate in incident investigations, process and equipment failure analysis as required;
• Perform simple and more detailed economic analysis of projects. Recognize the key business drivers which generate value (low operating costs, flexibility, importance of reacting to outside business influences); and
• Provide innovative, cost effective solutions to plant problems and confidently respond to Operations queries.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering is require.
• Registered Professional Engineer.
• Minimum 8 - 12 years of overall experience. Preferably in a Facility Operations settings with good solid foundational background of EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction).
• Ability to travel up to 20% of time, including potential travel to the USA therefore, a valid passport would be required for travel into the U.S.
• Good knowledge of data historians, process simulation software, heat exchanger performance, etc.
• Working knowledge of industry codes, Oil and Gas operations and regulatory requirements;
• Familiar with project management processes;
• Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Strong computer, organizational and technical skills.
• This is an on-site role based out of our Sarnia facility.
• Compliance with the company's Drug & Alcohol Policy;
• Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks; and
• A valid Driver's License with a clean driver's abstract.

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, visit our dedicated Sustainability page

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