Sugar Boiler Technician

Florida Crystals / ASR Group•Toronto, ON

2d•CA$42•Onsite

About The Position

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®. OVERVIEW: Operate and control the sugar crystallization pans, evaporators and syrup production on a continental shift.

Requirements

Confidently operate a computer control system to control process equipment in an environment that demands a high level of multi-tasking.
Experience with meeting tight quality parameters and making decisions to change the process operating settings to achieve the desired results is key.
The Sugar Boiler needs to be experienced enough to exercise sound judgement with safety, quality and people issues, work independently and be able to make quick decisions.
University degree or a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the sugar industry

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in sugar refining or similar industry is a big advantage.

Responsibilities

Achieve the required standards of quality for white and speciality sugar production.
Operate the pans within the constraints of the process, e.g. steam supply, tank levels and maintenance requirements
Manage the remelt pans to meet the required standards of sucrose extraction from the remelt syrups
Manufacture the syrups for yellow syrup production, speciality syrups for Liquid loads, and customer orders within specification
Diagnose problems in the operation using the WonderWare control system, laboratory database and independent observations. Able to then make the required decisions to resolve them to support the plant goals. Multiples (6) Computer screens
Operate the evaporator system and interact with shift supervision, Stationary Engineers to balance steam flow
Start up and shut down of evaporator and vacuum pan systems during both routine and emergency stops.
Operate and control the white sugar crystallization pans.
Operate and control the remelt sugar crystallization pans
Manufacture the syrups required for the yellow and speciality syrups for production
Operate and control the liquor evaporators and vapour systems