Production Operator, Process

Tasks

**Your Responsibilities**:
The Production Operator is part of the production team responsible for the safe operation of the Production Area Equipment. KSPC is looking for individuals who are interested in immediate positions as well as future opportunities.
- Be enrolled in the KSPC Operations Progression Program, this learning and development program will provides the opportunity to progress through all Production Process Areas, which will allow enhanced knowledge and skills to excel as a Production Operator.
- Monitor standard operating conditions such as field alarms, set-point adjustments, operating parameters and adjust to ensure stable operation
- Ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations
- Troubleshoot and analyze process upset conditions to optimize production
- Input operational information into shift logs and enter maintenance notifications into SAP system to initiate repairs
- Perform preventative and maintenance measures on process equipment
- Communicate with other Process Operators and Shift Supervisors to safely start up and shutdown process equipment
- Communicate with other process areas to ensure stable operation and report process upset conditions
- Perform routine checks on equipment
- Isolate and Lock Out process equipment for maintenance work and safe return of equipment to service
- Perform area cleanup as required to maintain high housekeeping standards and limit maintenance and reliability tasks in the area as required
- Input operational information into shift logs
- Review and adhere to Standard Operating Procedures, Lock Out Lists, and Commissioning Procedures for area
- Area sampling with samples taken to the lab to ensure process is within operating parameters and production of quality product
- Responsible for personal safety along with co-workers, reporting of safety and environmental incidents, continual improvement for safe and environmentally responsible product

***Process Areas**
- ** **Dry Process / Loadout** - This includes bulk solids transportation equipment (belts, drags, bucket elevators, etc.), compactors, crushers, screens, treatment systems, warehouses, weigh system and all rail yard equipment and assets.
- ** **Wet Process (Wet End)** - This includes a 5-stage cooling DTB type crystallizer type system, liquid and slurry pumping systems, centrifuges, cyclones, leaching, KCL 99 production, rotary dryer / combustion system / bag house, thickener, heat exchanges, barometric condensers, reclaim dredges.
- ** **Wellfield **- This includes multiple locations within the wellfield equipped with a 5-flow stream header for directing flows, blanket fluid pumps, tank farms or separation ponds, wellhead equipment, downhole equipment and consistently working alongside service rigs and wireline trucks.
- Benefits

**We enrich your life**:

- By living our common K+S values across all our locations in the world: We are optimistic about our future, collaborative in building it, and with our entrepreneurial spirit, we aim to dig deeper and reach higher. We remain agile in an ever-changing world. We are innovative, turning obstacles into opportunities - and we do it all in ways that are safe and sustainable, protecting future generations.
- We are committed to being a company where every employee can contribute, grow and thrive, and where we reflect the diverse communities in which we live and work. We are working toward a truly inclusive environment, because we know that the amazing array of differences in our backgrounds, competencies, experiences, race, gender, age, beliefs, sexual orientation, identity and their intersections is key to the longevity, sustainability and growth of our organization.
- In a career with K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), you can look forward to:

- Good People and Great Culture
- Be part of a team committed to building an innovative and diverse culture. KSPC is growing our business, delivering exciting new opportunities, and giving back to the communities where we live and work.
- Challenge and Growth
- We support your growth and potential through professional development, training, and a robust performance recognition program.
- Valuable Compensation
- Our total target compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the market. We have a Pay-for-Performance philosophy that includes two components: fixed (base) pay, and a short-term incentive (bonus) that rewards employees for their contributions towards corporate, team and individual successes.
- Supporting Benefits
- Our comprehensive, employer-paid benefits program includes Life, Disability, Health and Dental, as well as competitive Retirement benefits, Employee and Family Assistance Program, paid work time to help out in your community (volunteer with a sports team or a charitable organization of your choice) and more We offer a Health Spending Account for extras, like more expensive glasses, or a Wellness Account that covers recreational items, like your park camping fees, hunting