Associate Operator

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About you and this role:
At Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Dow Canada operates four world-scale production units that manufacture hydrocarbons, ethylene, polyethylene, and electricity. Serving our global customers, Dow Canada's operations in Fort Saskatchewan from one of the largest petrochemical facilities in Canada. Dow currently has openings for Operating Technicians to work at our Fort Saskatchewan complex. The role of the Process Operator includes operating equipment and process related control systems in a safe environmentally responsible manner. The role involves optimizing plant performance by monitoring process equipment and conditions, conducting field checks, adjusting control systems manually and operated equipment based on process controls in a safe and efficient manner.

You will be a team player, have good prioritization and organizational skills, and demonstrate competencies in the areas of: leadership, initiative, teamwork, and interpersonal effectiveness.

**Responsibilities**:

- Works with shift team members and other shift teams to leverage skills and knowledge to balance workload ensuring assigned tasks are completed by due dates.
- Conducts effective shift relief, as defined in facility specific operating discipline and tools, to ensure effective communication and handoff to arriving shift team.
- Maintains qualification in assigned areas, per facility policy, and completes training goals in a timely manner. This includes using discretionary time to address skills and knowledge gaps.
- Mentors and trains new and existing operations personnel on process operation, troubleshooting and the use of operating discipline in alignment to plant's training process.
- Performs Immediate Response activities, as assigned.
- Initiates and documents preliminary investigations according to plant specific process/criteria and participates in formal and informal Root Cause Investigations for events involved in or by request.
- Tracks and utilizes the plant's key performance metrics on shift that are applicable to the Operating the Plant role to optimize operations and identify improvement opportunities. Uses process knowledge and skills to make improvements in plant performance and operating discipline. Proactively identifies improvements and opportunities utilizing the facility improvement processes, appropriate management of change processes and communication tools.

Qualifications:

- A minimum of a High school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of Alberta 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Class.
- 3 or more years related (Operations, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Electrical) work experience.
- Must be 18 years old or older.
- Able to work a 12 hour rotating shift.
- A minimum requirement for this Canada based position is the ability to work legally in Canada. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position.

Preferred Skills:

- Related two year technical diploma, such as Chemical Engineering Technology or Power Engineering Technology.
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

The physical abilities, with or without reasonable accommodations, include:

- Medically approved to respond to emergencies.
- Physically & Mentally able to work in stressful environments including, but not limited to: confined spaces, low visibility, fully encapsulated PPE, and extreme close proximity to others.
- Physically & Mentally able to work at varying heights in an emergency capacity.
- Frequent/Occasional lifting of material weighing approximately 50lbs.
- Must have or be willing to earn EMT-Basic and HazMat Technician certifications.
- Wear all required personal protective equipment, including but not limited to respirator, SCBA, safety harness.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- Demonstrates excellent decision making skills, ability to prioritize appropriately.
- Effectively manages multiple competing priorities.
- Strong troubleshooting skills, with strong mechanical aptitude.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to communicate with a very diverse population which is spread across the site.
- Strong reading comprehension and listening skills.
- Strong multi-tasking, problem solving and time management skills.
- Demonstrate leadership skills - inspire others and lead them through influence.
- Able to work with independently with mínimal su