Lab Technician Helper

**Description**

**Competitive Benefits. Meaningful Extras. Unmatched Value.**
- A place where you can take your career in the direction you want to grow and go
- Save on gas at stations across Canada, including Chevron, Fas Gas, Ultramar, and Pioneer

**The Opportunity**:
Parkland’s Burnaby Refinery is a modern 55,000 Barrel per day refinery located on Burrard Inlet near Vancouver, British Columbia. Our facility supplies a significant portion of southwestern BC’s gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

As a Technician in the Refinery Lab, you will perform testing as required to meet customer and refinery needs and ensure a consistent quality of data is provided to stakeholders.
**Hourly Rate**:$47.15/hour plus 14% in lieu of vacation pay and benefits.

**Term Length**: the anticipated term for this position will be until April 6th, or until the return of the incumbent.

**Responsibilities**:

- Routine and non-routine testing of process streams as well as testing of finished products (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, propane, butane and asphalt) to ensure quality of products prior to shipment from the Refinery.
- Typical testing includes but is not limited to distillation, RVP, density, viscosity, cloud point, flash point, Karl Fisher, sulfur, gas chromatography, and wastewater analyses such as pH, TSS, phenols, oil & grease, and colorimetric titrations.
- Duties also include general lab supply replenishment, such as mixing and filtering solvents, discarding retained fuel, inventory management, changing compressed gas cylinders and washing sample bottles.
- Must be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Must have excellent analytical skills, organizational and time management skills, and solid written and verbal communication skills.
- Must embrace positive change and is committed to further advancing the Refinery’s safety and reliability culture.
- Weekend work is required as part of the normal working schedule after completion of the short service employee program.

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s Degree, with a Major or Minor in Chemistry, or a minimum of 2 years of standard chemistry lectures and chemistry laboratory courses.
- 2-year post-secondary Diploma or Associate of Science Degree in the chemical sciences with classroom laboratory component or its equivalent.

**Requirements**:

- Consideration will be given to those with two or more years of full-time petroleum lab testing experience.
- Basic knowledge of the refining industry and finished products would be an asset.
- Experience with the maintenance, calibration, and repair of instrumentation would be a valuable asset.
- Experience using gas chromatography software and GC method validation is considered a valuable asset.

**This posting will close by February 11th, 2025.**

**Humble. Hungry. Smart.**Does this sound like you?**

Do others describe you as being a down-to-earth achiever? Someone who thinks outside the box and always strives to do more than what is required. Someone who sees the bigger picture? You sound brilliant to work with

**We Want You To Shine**:
We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants. If you require accommodation due to a disability, you will have an opportunity to notify us when scheduling your interview.

**Belonging Matters. Because You Do**:
Our ability to work as one team across Canada, the United States and the Caribbean is foundational to our success. We show up as our authentic selves each day and create space for one another’s unique contributions.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Affinity Networks help us activate enterprise-wide strategies that power a proactive culture of diversity, equity, inclusions, and ultimately - belonging.

We respect the diverse cultures, traditions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and seek to achieve equitable partnerships and opportunities with Indigenous communities.

**The Fine Print**: