About this AltaGas - Operator 3, Sundre role at AltaGas
Job Description
AltaGas - Operator 3, Sundre
AltaGas is seeking an Operator 3 to join our Enerchem Partnership team in Sundre, Alberta. Reporting to the Assistant Plant Manager, this position is responsible for supporting the safe and reliable operation of the Sundre fractionation plant and associated tank farm operations. The Operator 3 will work independently across plant and yard operations while continuing to build broader technical and process knowledge.
You Will:
- Independently complete plant and chemical logs, routine weekly/monthly maintenance, sample collection, and laboratory testing.
- Monitor and adjust chemical flow rates and troubleshoot chemical pumps as required.
- Assist with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and Confined Space packages.
- Demonstrate an understanding of tower separation and associated product streams, including overheads, wax, fractionation, drilling fluids, and heavies.
- Complete PSV car-seal inspections and required operational checklists.
- Understand and operate heat exchanger systems, including tube-and-shell exchangers and the desalter.
- Perform desalter mud-wash activities.
- Develop a strong working knowledge of tank numbers, products, piping, and product-routing requirements.
- Independently place products into production and transition the plant between recycle and production modes.
- Understand and operate condenser, reflux, reboiler, pump-around, and associated process systems.
- Operate and maintain jet particulate and clay filtration systems.
- Complete filter changes and cleaning, including water boots, Y-strainers, C100, and related equipment.
- Support product movement, including blend cooler, LACT, and tank-dipping activities as required.
- Complete required trucking documentation and support truck loading/unloading activities.
- Set up the rainmaker system and complete seasonal winterization activities.
- Maintain knowledge of chemical injection points and complete transmitter flushing as required.
- Understand and safely transition operations between RMG 380 and EB Crude modes.
- Begin developing specialized plant knowledge through participation in the Plant Champion program.
You Have:
- Minimum High School Diploma/GED required.
- Previous experience with process equipment, pumps, tanks, piping, product transfer, or chemical systems is an asset.
- 4th or 5th Class Power Engineering certification is considered an asset.
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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.
