Materials Technician - Fort Saskatchewan, Canada - Plains

Plains

Verified Company

Fort Saskatchewan, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Type:

Regular

Plains Midstream Canada (PMC) is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing and marketing solutions for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs).

PMC also operates strategically-located facilities for crude oil and NGL storage, separates NGL from natural gas and fractionates NGL into pure liquid petroleum gas (LPG) products, including propane and butane.

Fueled by our strong leadership team and a dedicated employee base, combined with our expertise in marketing, logistics and our asset base, PMC is well-positioned to provide our customers with flexible, value-added services now and in the future.

Our Operations department is a talented group of professionals who are committed to conducting our business in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the public, our employees and contractors, our assets and the environment.

We want consistent and predictable operations done the right way, every time.

Plains Midstream Canada is looking for a Materials Technician based at the Fort Saskatchewan facility. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager. This is a key position supporting all activities within the facility working with Operations, maintenance, project engineering and construction. This position is permanent/full-time, Monday through Friday dayshift.

Responsibilities:

Inventory management and controls, shipping/receiving of goods, parts kitting/staging, physical inventory cycle counts
Managing physical distribution of materials to customers/stakeholders
Operating Warehouse equipment such as forklift, pallet jacks and company vehicle as required
Housekeeping (including warehouse, warm, cold, north storage buildings, and outside shipping receiving area) ensuring that areas are clean, decluttered, and Plains' assets are protected
Following quality assurance/quality control process for ABSA/PMC related documentation and controls. MTR-LOC compliance, SDS labelling, Hazardous goods shipping
Conducting physical inventory counts routinely to ensure correct balance, maintaining and verifying inventory of spare parts, chemicals and consumables
Identifying and implementing cost improvements through managing obsolescence and duplications, determining the disposal of material
Coordinate shipping and deliveries to meet site schedules
Works with Team Leaders to develop effective minimum/maximum order levels to support inventory
Optimize consumable, maintenance and critical spare inventory based on FIFO concepts
Management of temporary rental equipment
Large Project/Outage related materials management
Maintaining multiple storage facilities surplus and project materials and assets
Managing consumable/VMI stock with multiple vendors
Inventory purchasing through requisition process
Daily focus on individual and team safety workfront preparation, prejob hazard assessments, hazard identification
Understanding and adhering to safety practices, procedures, and policies
Provide support during nonbusiness hours as necessary

Qualifications:

7+ years of relevant industry experience working in a warehouse
Materials Technician or Parts Technician certification
A minimum of 5 years of relevant supply chain management experience
Demonstrates excellent communications, organizational and business skills
Consistently meet internal customers' expectations and company performance measures
Excellent skills in effectively working within crossfunctional teams, and generating results through coordinating the inputs and efforts of others
Demonstrates ability to drive for results with mínimal supervision; must have a strong work ethic
Able to prioritize multiple requirements
Proficient in Maximo, software skills with Microsoft suite of tools
Capable of lifting 50 lbs.
Valid driver's license with a clean abstract
Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks
Compliance with the Company's drug and alcohol policy including preemployment D&A testing; and
Compliance with the Company's requirement to be clean shaven to ensure proper fit of emergency PPE.

Note:
_Permanent residency within 120 km of the Fort Saskatchewan Facility is a condition of employment._

Our employees drive our success.

At Plains, hard work is rewarded with competitive compensation and a top-tier benefits program designed to keep you safe, healthy and happy.

We work hard to deliver exceptional results to our stakeholders while also respecting our employees' need for personal and family time, which is reflected in our great benefits program.

As part of our goal to be an employer of choice, Plains is also committed to doing business in a sustainable and responsible manner.

To learn more about our Sustainability and ESG (environmental, social and governance) initiatives, read our 2021 Plains Sustainability Report
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