At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.
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.
What's In It for You:
At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and phenomenal benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!
- Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
- Paid Vacation and holidays
- 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
Key Job 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.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to climb ladders and steps and lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
- Ability to work elevated work environments.
Minimum Qualification:
- 2nd Class Power Engineer certificate highly desired
- 3rd Class Power Engineer certificate required
Minimum Experience:
- 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.
Job Specific Skills:
- 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.
Competencies:
- 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.
This role is designated as a safety‑sensitive position and requires successful completion of a pre‑employment drug and alcohol test and may be subject to ongoing testing in accordance with company policy and applicable law.
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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
Air Products offers a competitive salary, extensive health benefits package, company paid pension and company matched RRSP plans.
We strive to be inclusive of the diversity of our employees, invest in their development and foster a collaborative and respectful work environment where all employees feel like they belong and matter.
We are committed to employment equity for women, aboriginal people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities. We are an Equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their background. In accordance with AODA, applicants with disability requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are encouraged to make their needs known in advance.
Due to Canadian Immigration regulations, we are only able to consider applications from Canadian citizens or other individuals legally entitled to work in Canada.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however only those being considered will be contacted.
