• Use your experience in a challenging role!
• Work within a collaborative team environment!
• Receive competitive compensation and benefits with a global leader!

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. 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 Process Engineer to join the team in Medicine Hat, AB on a full-time basis. 

The Process Engineer supports the Lead Process Engineer in identifying methods that optimize plant operating conditions to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity on a daily basis while minimizing risks to people, equipment, and the environment. 

More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Support the manufacturing department to achieve daily excellence in plant operation by tracking and proposing process changes to meet established targets in plant rate and energy efficiency
• Provide engineering input into troubleshooting operational problems, plant upsets, and plant shutdowns/startups
• Participate in the development of process-related procedures (e.g. catalyst reduction, catalyst loading/unloading) and other site procedures
• Provide process engineering support, including equipment sizing, for plant changes using the Plant Change Request procedures
• Provide guidance to junior engineers in the development of monitoring tools and studies to investigate plant rate and efficiency changes
• Ensure all assigned projects are managed such that the safety, quality, cost, and schedule targets are achieved
• Utilize the Management of Change and Manufacturing Capital Management Process (MCMP) to progress projects from initiation to completion
• Provide support for engineering document review and authentication
• Provide input to Global Experts with respect to the design of process equipment
• Provide technical assistance and leads investigations and correction of incidents
• Lead Process Hazard Analysis studies, such as Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) or Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), to identify and minimize risk and mitigate hazards throughout the plant, including plant revalidation HAZOPs
• Be actively involved in the 20 elements implementation and ongoing requirements of PSM (eg. Process Knowledge Management)
• Participate in Process and Non-Process Safety Audits, as per the assigned schedule
• Provide financial analysis and/or feasibility studies for plant projects
• Ensure consultants and contractors engaged by Process Engineering comply with Methanex policies, procedures, and applicable standards
• Provide mentoring to GITs, Engineer I, II, III on all aspects of process engineering
• Ensure project work is implemented in accordance with Methanex procedures, Methanex Project Standards (MPS), International Standards, and Alberta legislation
• Ensure compliance with all Pressure Equipment Integrity Management (PEIM) responsibilities, relative to the role, as per the PEIM Manual
• Contribute to the organizational vision of Global Methanol Leadership and as a team member demonstrates the core values of integrity, trust, respect, and professionalism
• Conduct all business in a manner that supports the Responsible Care® ethic
• Actively participate in the site’s behavioral-based safety program, Everyone Owns Safety (EOS), by completing safety observations on a monthly basis
• Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis

About You

To qualify, you will need an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering, along with 7-10 years of engineering experience, with at least 6 years working in a gas processing facility. Candidates must be eligible for membership as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. 

Additionally, the following assets would be preferred, but not required:

• Relevant experience with Process Modelling software such as Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating, or equivalent
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and Visio
• Competency with hazard review/analysis software (PHAPro is preferred)

As our ideal candidate for this role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a customer-focused mentality, which will ensure you successfully meet the expectations of internal and external customers while also gaining their trust and respect. You possess the ability to make decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgment while being results-oriented and managing several competing priorities and projects simultaneously. You are able to develop and maintain strong peer relationships, utilizing your collaboration skills, diplomacy, and tact.

Above all, you must possess exceptional problem-solving, critical/conceptual thinking, and troubleshooting skills, while also demonstrating an ongoing commitment to professional development. 

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 an industry-competitive salary along with benefits.

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

To apply, please complete the online application form below. Once you have answered the questions, please click NEXT and you will be instructed to attach your resume on the following page. Please submit your resume and cover letter as a single document.

Expressions of interest must be submitted by 4 p.m. on April 4, 2023.