NOVA Chemicals Corporation Looking for Engineer, Process at Corunna, ON Full Time

Job ID : 817

Closing Date : 03/25/2022

Job Category : Manufacturing

Location : Corunna Site

Relocation will be considered for this position

Compensation will be commensurate with education and experience

Who We Are:
NOVA Chemicals develops and manufactures plastic resins and other petrochemical products that make everyday life safer, healthier and easier. Our employees take pride in our focus on safety and social responsibility by working together to ensure health, safety, security and environmental stewardship through our commitment to sustainability, ESG, and Responsible Care®. NOVA Chemicals, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

NOVA Chemicals helps shape a world where products vital to our health and happiness are even better tomorrow than they are today. We are seeking talented and passionate people who enjoy working in a collaborative, innovative environment to join our dynamic team.

These positions are within our Process Engineering Team, which provides process design, process automation, operations engineering, process safety and environmental support to our production units at the Corunna, Moore, St. Clair River and Rokeby sites.

You Will Use Your Expertise To:
Develop project scope and process design for sustaining capital projects through NOVA’s Project Development and Implementation (PD&I) process. This may include, but is not limited to drawings, work packages, equipment specification, data sheets, technical reports, and engineering QA/QC. May support the unit in special projects.

Conduct technical assessments, risk assessments, feasibility assessments and calculations to optimize the design with respect to process safety/process risk, operability, reliability, and maintainability

Provide process engineering support to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of units to meet business needs.

Work collaboratively with our External Engineering Providers as NOVA’s discipline representative, to ensure efficient, timely and quality deliverables back to the NOVA project team

Work collaboratively with unit Operations and Maintenance teams to clarify scope, business case justification, business opportunities and potential solutions, engaging the unit Operators to ensure alignment of scope and project deliverables

Drive NOVA’s Nature into everything we do (Responsible, Passionate, Innovate, Collaborate)

Provide mentorship to other engineers

What We Are Looking For:
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing facility. The candidate in this role will also be required to have their Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) designation through the PEO (or equivalent regulatory body).

Comprehensive working understanding of PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances for the purposes of project design

Process simulation experience

Experience with, including facilitation, of a variety of hazard/risk analysis techniques, such as HAZOP studies, SQRA’s, or other risk assessment techniques

Demonstrated background in engineering design within a hydrocarbon facility

Familiar with Management of Change (MOC) concepts in a plant setting

Understand and apply fit for purpose engineering into all designs

Ability to work independently and manage your own workload with minimal supervision, managing multiple projects and tasks in a dynamic teamwork environment

Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral) with the ability to present or explain information using a variety of formal presentation tools & techniques, and influence without authority

The Following additional qualifications / experiences are considered an asset:

Previous formal mentoring experience

Plant support process engineering experience

Expertise in a specific area of process design, such as pumps, hydraulics, heat exchangers, overpressure relief design, or process simulations

Familiarity with the Microsoft Office software suite, Aspen Simulation Packages, Aspen Process Explorer, and SAP would be beneficial

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Operations, Maintenance, and Technical teams

Ability to contribute and be seen as an informal leader within the team is necessary. Ability to challenge their peers to ensure highest level of performance / quality from team

Demonstrated decision making and problem-solving skills, willingness to take initiative

You Can Stand Out If: You are passionate about your work and put care and thought into all that you do. You are responsible and follow through with your commitments to others and to safety. You are innovative and are willing to challenge your biases when problem solving. You are collaborative , inclusive, and work well with others towards team goals.

Location:
The NOVA Chemicals Manufacturing East Sites are located near Sarnia, Ontario. The Sarnia Sites focus on the production of ethylene and polyethylene and is recognized as a cornerstone of Ontario’s petrochemical industry.

Sarnia is situated on the south shore of Lake Huron at the headwaters of the St. Clair River, and just an hour from Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Why NOVA Chemicals?

NOVA Chemicals’ flexible benefit programs are designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees, because when it comes to benefits, everyone has different priorities. Our benefits offerings will vary based on your work location, and are an element of the “Total Rewards” package used to reward employees.

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