Production Support Specialist

There’s never been a better time to be working with LNG Canada.

Why? We are Canada’s first liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility, underpinned by safety, continuous improvement, quality execution, ethics, and compliance. Our facility will provide the world with lower carbon, made-in B.C. LNG. This is your opportunity to be part of history, in an environment that will challenge you to apply all your skills, and where you can learn with a diverse team of highly experienced industry professionals and mentors.

With gratitude and respect LNG Canada acknowledges our facility and will be operated in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation. We also gratefully acknowledge the First Nations in our project area and along our shipping route.

LNG Canada maintains a healthy, respectful, and safe environment for all our employees, contractors, partners, and communities. Protecting our people, community and our operations is our top priority. We're proud to be the catalyst for a thriving new energy sector, which sets the benchmark for economically, environmentally, and socially responsible LNG production. Our Vision: To be the leading LNG export company in British Columbia and the world.

Our Mission: To set the benchmark for economically, environmentally, and socially responsible LNG development in Canada. Our Values: Respect, collaboration, integrity, and safety. Come join the team making Canadian history!

About the Role:

Reporting to the Head of Production Support, the Production Support Engineer/Specialist is an essential technical member of the production team. This role involves shared responsibility for production planning, daily technical support, incident investigation, benchmarking, and embracing digitization and innovative work methods.

This position offers an excellent opportunity for a new professional chemical engineer to advance their career. The ideal candidate has a passion for working closely with plant operations, seeks opportunities to enhance production, and applies process engineering principles.

This is not a desk job; you are proud to wear your coveralls and personal protective equipment (PPE) and spending 50% of your time in the plant alongside your operations colleagues.

To succeed with us in Production Support team, we need your enthusiasm to: Leadership Capabilities

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills that inspire and energize people and create a clear sense of direction and priorities with a ONE Team approach.

• Ability to positively influence people, effectively drive work processes and ensure compliance with policies.

• Ability to drive execution and stretch the performance of people with a wide range of capabilities.

• Comfortable with change and ambiguity such that informed decisions are made without undue delay.

• Courage to hold strong to views when challenging current practices to encourage exploration of new ideas that drive improvement, i.e., Digitization.

• Demonstrate a strong personal commitment to Diversity and Inclusion through collaboration across functional and cultural boundaries.

You will use your expertise to:

•Engage with the wider Production Team to build a strong and coherent operations culture

•Support Asset Management System work processes pertaining to Production (Ensure Safe Production (ESP), Forecast and Plan Production (FPP), Integrated Activities Planning, Permit to Work (PtW), Safe Isolations (SI), Management of Change (MOC), Perform Turnaround, Execute Strategic Asset Management Plan, Causal Learning)

•Develop technical expertise across all areas of the facility and become Subject Matter Expert (SME) in assigned area

•Support and participate in Operations procedure development

•Subject Matter Expert for ESP, FPP, PtW/SI work processes

•Support PER, LOD audits and provide input into ESP improvement planning to continuously improve the work process

•Responsible for development of Operations incident reporting capability, investigating, lessons learnt processes within the Production team.

•Support digital and data centric ways of working through leveraging new and existing solutions, and identifying opportunities in line with the digitalisation journey

•Responsible for development of benchmarking plan to drive continuous improvement and provide data analysis

•Develop Production Planning skill with usage of related production models/tools and databases

•Support CSU activities and act as focal point for Production related issues resolution in assigned area

•Act as integrator across all the functions during CSU and initial start up period

•Work with Technical Asset Operations (TAO) team for ESP support and KPI/dashboard development and management

•Identify use cases for advanced analytics and support data and innovation lead to develop business cases

•Lead by example in demonstrating excellent HSE and ESP compliance behaviours and ensure MOC process is followed when required

•Perform proactive technical monitoring (PTM) along with Disciplines to understand process unit performance, troubleshoot operating issues, and identify opportunities for improvement in assigned area

•Accountable for providing technical support for troubleshooting, daily optimization of facility, regulatory reporting, MOC, turnarounds, and coordination/escalation to engineering and technical team for assigned area

•Provide support to Brownfield Projects to ensure proper implementation and performance when integrated into existing operating units and systems.

•Participate in Process Hazard Analyses to identify and assess Process Safety threats and develop recommendations to mitigate these threats.

•Identify opportunities for Margin and Energy improvements and drive changes to capture these opportunities. Ensure optimization of energy and chemicals usage.

•Identify threats to meeting the production plan and business objectives and develop and implement plans to mitigate these threats.

•Support Technology and Engineering with MOC development and closeout

•Utilize sound Causal Learning methods for problem solving and determining root and contributing causes to unit upsets and reliability events.

•Develop and present lessons learned from incidents to wider production and asset team

•Upkeep and continuous improvement of production department management system

To be successful, you will have:

•A chemical engineering degree or equivalent

•Minimum 3-5 years relevant industry experience preferably in petro chemical or heavy industry

•Registration or eligible for registration with the Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC)

•Demonstrated Knowledge in Hydrocarbon Processing, Utilities and Water treatment

•Proven safety leadership skills, good understanding of HSSE CF/AMS requirements, track record in managing personal and process safety.

•Good leadership skills and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization.

•Work together with/ align with other engineering disciplines for supporting operations shift teams

•Ability to assess process and deliver continuous improvement.

•Ability to support and sustain changes.

•Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision

•Ability to define issues, collect data and draw valid conclusions

•Strong networking and business relationship building skills is strongly desired.

•Ability to keep calm under pressure, with an aptitude to for troubleshooting issues, tracking down resources, and coaching and mentoring the team

• The incumbent needs to be a positive, and open minded person with a ‘can-do’ attitude, able to make practical ALARP decisions and deliver safe and compliant operations

• Strong Analytical skill

This role requires that you:

•Be legally entitled to work in Canada (i.e., by way of Canadian citizenship, permanent residency, or valid work permit)

•Live in the beautiful District of Stikine (Kitimat/Terrace). For applicants located outside of the region, you are encouraged to explore what Kitimat has to offer in terms of lifestyle including schooling, local amenities, outdoor adventure, and housing, to ensure Kitimat is where you would like to call your new home.

•Are willing to comply with LNGC’s drug-free and harassment-free work environment and comply with all safety policies and procedures.

•Undergo a pre-placement medical assessment of your fitness for duty, and Pre-Site Access testing for alcohol and specified drugs.

•Ability to climb stairs, work outside in inclement weather.

•Know that this role may be expected to be on call on a rotational basis during the year and/or during site specific situations.

•Extra hours, afterhours coverage and/or shiftwork may be required particularly during the CSU phase, operate phase and turnarounds.

•During Commissioning and start up 50hrs per week, during stable operations 40 hrs. per week.

We Offer:

• A Comprehensive LNG Canada relocation package (if required)

• A full suite of benefits including a flexible Medical and Health plan.

• A Defined Contribution Pension plan with a matching program

• A competitive vacation offering to ensure a work life balance.

• See attached document for more information about Kitimat and LNG Canada.

About Us:

LNG Canada is a joint venture comprised of Shell Canada Energy (40%) and affiliates of Petronas (25%) PetroChina (15%), Mitsubishi Corporation (15%) and Korea Gas Corporation (5%). The joint venture is building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.

LNG Canada sets out to be a company of choice for British Columbia and Canada. Safety, shared economic value, environmental performance and social performance are our highest priorities. We have partnered with governments, local communities, and First Nations to maximize shared value.