Lead Production Technician

Air Products • Edmonton, AB

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world. Reimagine What’s Possible We have an immediate opening for Lead Production Technicians at our Net Zero Hydrogen and Energy Complex (ENZHEC) facility in Edmonton, AB. The Lead Production Technician is responsible for operating, monitoring, troubleshooting, and participation in the maintenance of the facility equipment. ENZHEC is a complex plant incorporating three distinct operating areas: Air Separation and Hydrogen Liquefaction (cryogenic processes), Hydrogen Production (autothermal reforming with carbon dioxide capture), and Power and Utilities (including a steam turbine and combined cycle hydrogen-fired gas turbines). Our Lead Production Technicians work on one of four (4) ten-person shift teams and are assigned to one of nine (9) positions within the factory. The tenth position on a shift team is the Lead Technician, who oversees production activities across the entire factory. Production Technicians are cross trained to allow work in multiple positions. A single shift is twelve (12) hours long and a set of shifts (up to 7 consecutive shifts depending upon schedule) involves working both dayshift and night shift.

Requirements

• 2nd Class Power Engineer certificate highly desired
• 3rd Class Power Engineer certificate required
• Production technician in refining or petrochemical facilities
• Plant commissioning experience
• Process troubleshooting experience
• Senior level Technicians must have experience in operation of plant distributed control systems (DCS) and a 2nd or 3rd Class Power Engineering certificate
• Experience with Air Separation Units, Autothermal Reforming/Steam Methane Reforming/Partial Oxidation Gasification, Amine systems, or Gas Turbines, steam generators, and complex unit operations such as large centrifugal or reciprocating compressors is considered an advantage.
• Entry level Technicians may include recent graduates from technical college with a 4th Class Power Engineering certificate.
• High degree of Safety Awareness and a commitment to safety and continuous improvement.
• Proficient in mechanical, instrument, and/or electrical proficiency.
• Must be willing to work rotating shifts and weekends and take 24 hour on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis.
• Must be a self-starter and willing to work alone.
• Proficiency in computer skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Adaptability: maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Building Customer Loyalty: Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Communication: clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions.
• Continuous Improvement. Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas, and implementing solutions.
• Continuous Learning: actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.
• Contributing to Team Success: actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
• Initiating Action: taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.

Nice To Haves

• 2nd Class Power Engineer certificate

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe work environment. Demonstrate leadership with all Company & industry safe work processes to prevent injury.
• Report all Safety and Environmental incidents and near misses that occur on site.
• Operate the facility, ensuring Process Safety parameters, Environmental/Regulatory requirements and equipment parameters are not exceeded.
• Perform field checks on process and equipment in accordance with procedures.
• Support maintenance activities and coordinate corrective maintenance to optimize plant reliability.
• Participate in investigations and Root Cause Analysis to identify and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Facilitate operational excellence and customer satisfaction through productivity, reliability, quality, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain customer communications and relationships, ensuring customer demand rates are satisfied while maximizing efficiency and profitability.
• Prepare and submit documentation, including standard operating procedures, internal/external audits, and management of change documents.
• Monitor activities of external contractors and conduct safety training for them.
• Follow lockout/tagout procedures and issue safe work permits for jobs in the plant.
• Execute plant logs accurately and reliably. Be pro-active in identifying issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Effective communication at shift handover to maintain continuity between shifts for a safe and reliable operation.
• Report status of plant to other operators and shift supervisor providing input on operational solutions for any issues or anomalies
• Take direct action to correct abnormal situations and in the event of an emergency and maintain conditions to preserve plant integrity and provide for personnel safety.
• Assist with training and competency assessment of junior/trainee technicians.

Benefits

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• Paid Vacation and holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Life Insurance (Basic Life - Paid for by Air Products) & Optional Life Insurance plans
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP) at 4% of base pay
• Company matched RRSP plan
• Healthcare Spending Account

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree