Product Handler

Job No: 121190

Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta

Closing Date: 6 Mar 2020 AEST

• Excellent opportunity for a Product Handler to join a leading organization!
• Work within a collaborative and driven team environment.
• Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to earn a competitive salary plus a wide range of benefits!

About the Organization

Methanex is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Methanol can be found in products from windshield washer fluid to recyclable plastic bottles, plywood floors to paint, silicone sealants to synthetic fibers. The energy sector is one of the most rapidly growing markets for the use of Methanol and greatly relies on the expertise and commitment of Methanex as their trusted supplier.

With the care of the environment as the root of their business, Methanex is a Responsible Care® company committed to the safe, ethical and environmentally sound management of the chemicals it makes and uses. Responsible Care® is an ethic established by the Chemical Industry Association of Canada (CIAC). The Responsible Care® ethic is an integral part of Methanex’s global commitment to ensuring the well-being of all stakeholders, wherever Methanex does business.

About the Opportunity

Methanex is currently seeking a qualified Product Handler to join our team in Medicine Hat, Alberta. This is a temporary position with an anticipated end date of December 31st 2020.

As our new Product Handler, you'll perform shipping and logistics duties to ensure that all company policies, procedures, and government regulations are met, with regard to railcar and truck loading/shipping, intraplant switching, rail track inspection, operating a track mobile to move railcars, bills of lading, customs documents, and inventory management. The duties of this role ensure that methanol production and shipping volumes balance and that product reaches customers within the allocated time frame.

More specifically your responsibilities in this role will include:

• Preparing rail tracks to ensure all safety measures have been put into place prior to loading.
• Ensuring railcars are grounded and bonded to prevent sparks.
• Securing railcars to avoid leaks while in transit.
• Ensuring competency of Accuload system, valves for loading and off-loading lines, and troubleshooting said areas.
• Ensuring loading documentation is accurate to promote correct information transfer to shipping documentation.
• Ensuring railcars are vented using the vapour recovery system.
• Using a track mobile, moving railcars between the loading and storage tracks and aligning railcars to the loading stalls.
• Ensuring track mobile pre-use inspections are completed.
• Understanding communication protocols between track mobile operator and brakemen (handheld radio & hand signals) to ensure safe operation while moving railcars.
• Setting handbrakes on railcars to prevent runaway equipment and collision with other railcars or people.
• Replacing tankcar manway bolts, dome nuts and seal pins; removing and replacing gaskets and inspecting bottom of shear bolts to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Completing lockout/tagout of valves and equipment prior to maintenance on loading equipment.
• Working with Marketing & Logistics and the Truck Drivers to ensure maximum load limits are achieved based on Transport Canada’s Guidelines.
• Ensuring trucks are secured and ready for delivery to the customer.
• Completing transport truck documentation ensuring compliance with Transport Canada and its subsidiaries.
• Completing Safety Fire Protection Inspections, and Housekeeping Audits.
• Accurately entering data into the Rail and Truck Loading spreadsheet in order to balance daily and monthly plant production.
• Participating in the EOS (Everyone Owns Safety) program.
• Participating in track inspections with qualified track inspector.

In order to qualify for this role, you will need a minimum of a High School Diploma coupled with a valid Class 5 Driver's License. Previous experience with railcar loading as well as moving railcars using a track mobile is certainly an asset, as is the relevant safety and Industrial Railway Rail Car Mover Operations Training. This role requires a degree of physical fitness with the ability to lift 50 lbs. You will also need to have experience using hand tools (impact gun and torque wrench), as well as working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

As our ideal candidate for this role, you'll join us with excellent communication skills in both written and verbal form. Your strong interpersonal and team collaboration skills will combine with your ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of individuals. You will also need to have exceptional critical thinking, decision making and troubleshooting skills, as well as sound judgment and a demonstrated ability to make valuable decisions and recognize inconsistencies. 

This role is well suited to someone who is organized, detail-oriented, and capable of resolving issues independently within a dynamic environment with minimal supervision. With excellent time management, planning and prioritization skills, you will have the ability to consistently meet identified goals and achieve results. Of course, you will also join Methanex with a flexible mindset and the ability to manage ambiguity while prioritizing competing tasks.

Above all, you'll be a positive and enthusiastic individual that is committed to a strong safety-orientation within daily work activities. 

About the Benefits

Building on our core values of integrity, trust, respect and professionalism, our corporate culture encourages communication and teamwork and rewards employees for creativity and innovation. We are also very active in supporting educational and training/development initiatives. We sponsor scholarships and co-op programs at local colleges and universities as well as hands-on training programs at our manufacturing facilities.

In exchange for your hard work and dedication, you can expect to receive an industry competitive salary. 

Join this thriving and team focused market leader today and expand your experience with a new challenge - Apply Now! 

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