Title: Production Control Coordinator
Mississauga, ON, CA, L5J 2Y3
Basic Function
Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. (PCLI), an HF Sinclair business, located in Mississauga, ON is seeking a Coordinator, Production Control. Reporting to the Manager Business Optimization, the Coordinator, Production Control will manage the quality control, inventory management and logistics of incoming feedstocks, intermediates and finished products to ensure products meet customer requirements and are delivered on time in full (OTIF). This applies to a complex lubricant plant configured with multiple feedstocks, separate batch operations through 3 major operating units and a large number of finished products.
Job Duties
- Incorporate monthly LP plans, product demands, inventories, unit rates/yields and feedstock delivery logistics into a comprehensive refinery production schedule that is used to prepare daily operating instructions
- Issue daily operating instructions to the plant defining unit operating targets and directing rundown streams to meet production requirements
- Adjust feedstock ratios, rundown streams and stock transitions to ensure all products meet specifications and adjust quality targets if required for tank correction
- Collaborate with Tech Services to ensure that unit operating conditions are suitable for meeting production requirements
- Manage inventory and quality assurance of finished products to align with product demands including the timing of marine cargo loading
- Manage the inventory, quality and logistics related to diesel blending and export
- Manage inventories of finished basestock and intermediates in preparation for planned unit outages
- Advise Supply & Distribution of forecasted production including quality and quantity concerns that may deviate from the monthly plan
- Coordinate processing of 3rd party base oils to increase production and profits
- Work with the Basestock Quality Team to evaluate new product opportunities and troubleshoot production quality issues
- Identify ways to remove or overcome production constraints
- Identify plant modifications needed to optimize the plant operation and profitability
- Support the review, development and implementation of strategic initiatives including new feedstock evaluations and production trials
- Respond to emergency situations and ensure safe management of all inventoriesSpecial assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.
Experience
- 10 years of related experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- Preference will be given to those with a Chemical/Process engineering degree
Required Skills
- Refinery Production Knowledge – Familiar with lubricant plant operations and processes
- Optimization – ability to generate and implement alternatives which save costs, increase production, increase yields or add value
- Business Knowledge – ability to assess the economic cost and benefits of various alternatives
- Oil Flow Planning - background in planning, quality assurance and process operations
- Leadership skills with the demonstrated ability to manage, motivate and mentor in a non-authoritative capacity
- Willing and able to challenge status quo and seek new opportunities to maximize profit potentials
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Acts as a team player for the greatest good of the organization
Work Conditions
- This is an office based role in a manufacturing environment
- This job may require working extended hours to meet organization requirements and deadlines.
- Shift work not required, but must be on-call 24/7 to answer queries regarding Plan of Operations
Our One HF Sinclair Culture:
At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization. We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.
About HF Sinclair Corporation
HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry.
Equal Opportunity Employer
HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.