Job Description AltaGas - Plant Operator, Edmonton Ethane Extraction Plant (EEEP)

Reporting to the Operations Superintendent, the

Plant Operator

will work a rotating shift schedule and monitor a variety of processing equipment at the Edmonton Ethane Extraction Plant (EEEP).

Located within the city limits in south Edmonton, Alberta, EEEP is a gas extraction straddle plant with a gross production capacity of 23,000 Bbls/d of specification ethane and 7,500 Bbls/d of natural gas liquids (NGLs). It is connected to several pipeline systems, which provide the opportunity for valuable liquids such as ethane, propane, and butane to be processed for commercial and industrial use.

What You'll Do:

- Achieve the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound operations of all plant equipment and connecting pipelines.

- Provide quick identification and response to emergency situations. Understand, abide by, and follow Emergency Response Procedures

- Update operating procedures by scheduled review or immediately if conditions require.

- Respond during unit upsets, adverse conditions, or serious situations using team members, management, or external expertise as required.

- Troubleshoot process equipment and concerns, communicate and assist outside operators.

- Participate in pre-jobs and work permitting and is responsible for the control room to ensure non-routine or high-risk jobs are reported to and approved by the Senior Operator or Operations Team Lead.

- Prepare equipment for maintenance following all process and safety procedures which include lock out / tag out, personal protective equipment, confined space entry, and all environmental performance standards.

- Ensure appropriate housekeeping in assigned units but also be responsible for cleaning up any areas that may present any safety or environmental hazards.

- Continuously improve skills and knowledge to enhance professional competence in order to effectively complete responsibilities and perform your job tasks. Also responsible for learning new systems and processes in the facility as they are installed.

- Report any health, safety, security, environmental, or EOH&S management system incidents, concerns, or near misses. Report and record all non-conformances (environmental and medical aid, etc.)

- Assist the maintenance department in the capacity of general maintenance.

- Enter Work Order requests for equipment repairs in the Maximo system.

- Assist in plant HSE Inspections as required and serve as a member of the Plant HS&E Committee as required.

- Maintain sensitive and confidential information regarding company information.

- Other duties deemed necessary for the safe and effective operation of EEEP.

What You Bring:

- Minimum 4th Class Power Engineering Certificate. 3rd Class Power Engineering Certificate is considered an asset.

- 5 to 10 years of process plant operations experience, preferably in a gas plant with liquids extraction or NGL fractionation facility.

- DCS experience or control panel experience is considered an asset.

- Ability to read and interpret operating manuals and Plant P&ID’s

- Ability to identify and respond quickly to operating deviations to maintain safe operating conditions in the plant and to minimize downtime in the plant.

- Sound understanding of environmental impacts, health, safety, and security risks.

- H2S Alive, First Aid, CPR, Confined Space Entry certifications

- Computer knowledge would be considered an asset.

- Ability to work overtime as required.

Why work at AltaGas?

AltaGas

is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States.

To learn more about our mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYAAg21IuU For Canadian hires

: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

For U.S. hires

: WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.

U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.