Plant Operator IV

Petroplan; Fort St. John; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Petroplan in Fort St. John, Canada, seeks a senior power engineer to operate a plant from the control room on a 14 on/14 off shift. Travel options include fly-in or drive-in; candidates must hold a Power Engineering Level 4 and bring substantial field experience.

The role emphasizes technical excellence, hands-on maintenance readiness, and active contribution to safety and efficiency initiatives in a demanding industrial setting.

Qualifications

• Senior level, typically 7+ years of experience.
• Provides more technical support than administrative support.
• Typically viewed as a technical/functional specialist in discipline.
• Ability to apply extensive knowledge and experience to a wide variety of situations.
• Recommends solutions to complex problems.
• Performs major accountabilities.
• Typically acts as a lead in the technical/functional area, coordinating the work of others, but is not a supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and operates the plant through a control room in a reliable, safe manner.
• Surveils operating equipment and critical parameters and maintains accurate operations logs.
• May prepare equipment for maintenance and perform maintenance and preventative inspections.
• Identifies improvement opportunities and works with others to implement changes.
• Supports and complies with COP's Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System.

Skills

Technical leadership

Problem solving

Operational excellence

Control room operations

Education

Power Engineering Level 4

Job description

Shift: 14 days on/14 days off
Fly-in or drive-in
Must have at least a Power Engineering Level 4

Key Accountabilities

• Responsibly and consistently monitors and operates the plant through a control room.
• Conducts surveillance of operating equipment and critical parameters, while keeping accurate operations logs.
• May prepare equipment for maintenance and perform maintenance and preventative inspections.
• Identifies improvement opportunities and work with others to implement changes.
• Supports and complies with the policies, goals, efforts, and programs of COP's Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System.

Required and Preferred Skills and Experience

• Senior level, typically 7+ years of experience.
• Provides more technical support than administrative support.
• Typically viewed as a technical/functional specialist in discipline.
• Ability to apply extensive knowledge and experience to a wide variety of situations.
• Recommends solutions to complex problems.
• Performs major accountabilities.
• Typically acts as a lead in the technical/functional area, coordinating the work of others, but is not a supervisor.