Safety-Kleen is seeking a skilled and motivated Refinery Operator (3rd Class Power Engineer) to join our team in Breslau, Ontario. This is an exciting chance to build your career with an industry leader while working in a dynamic refinery environment committed to safety, operational excellence, and environmental responsibility.
As a Refinery Operator, you will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of refinery processes and equipment. You will monitor and optimize processing systems, perform equipment inspections and adjustments, and help maintain compliance with all company policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements
Why work for Safety-Kleen?
- Health and Safety is our #1 priority and we live it 3-6-5!
- Schedule: 12-hour shifts in a Continental Pattern
- Competitive wages, this is a union based position, starting at $37.53
- Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment;
- Group RRSP with company matching component;
- Eligible to participate in the employee company stock purchase program;
- Generous paid time off, company paid training and tuition reimbursement;
- Positive and safe work environments;
- Opportunities for growth and development for all the stages of your career.
- Operate and monitor computerized control systems from a central control room to optimize the performance of multiple processing units.
- Monitor, control, and adjust refinery and processing operations to ensure the safe and efficient production of petroleum products, including lubricating oils, using processes such as distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, thermal cracking, and catalytic cracking.
- Review production schedules, operating logs, laboratory test results, and technical recommendations to identify and implement process adjustments required to meet production, quality, and operational targets.
- Adjust and regulate process variables including flow rates, temperatures, pressures, vacuum levels, catalyst usage,
and chemical inputs through automated control systems and remote operation of equipment such as heaters, furnaces, compressors, heat exchangers, reactors, fractionators, absorbers, strippers, and towers.
- Provide training, guidance, and support to employees as required.
- Actively participate in safety initiatives, audits, and compliance programs, including permit issuance, inspections, hazard assessments, and related documentation.
- Ensure adherence to company policies, operating procedures, and environmental regulations.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
- 3rd Class Stationary Engineer Certificate mandatory;
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve operational issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Thorough understanding of process equipment, including pumps, motors, valves, piping systems, and instrumentation.
- Proficient computer skills, including experience with process control and monitoring systems.
- Emergency response experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is considered an asset.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making abilities.
- Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and regulatory compliance.
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Safety-Kleen Systems, a Clean Harbors company, has a commitment to excellence deeply rooted in a strong sense of tradition.
Our entire business model revolves around keeping North American businesses green. We generate more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue as a world-class environmental service organization and market leader in industrial hazardous waste management, parts-cleaning technology, and oil re-refining. We collect over 200 million gallons of used motor oil each year and we have the largest re-refinery capacity in North America, allowing us to re-refine more than 150 million gallons each year.
Every day, we help our customers resolve their waste management needs and reduce their carbon footprint. PROTECTION. CHOICES. PEOPLE. MAKE GREEN WORK ™
Join our safety focused team today! To learn more about our company, and to apply online for this exciting opportunity, visit us at www.safety-kleen.com/careers.
We thank all those interested in joining the Safety-Kleen team; however only those that complete the online application and meet the minimum job qualifications will be considered for this role.
Clean Harbors is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact
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Clean Harbors is a Military & Veteran friendly and equal opportunity employer.
Please be advised that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support certain stages of the recruitment process but are not used as a replacement for human decision making.
Clean Harbors is committed to complying with applicable pay transparency laws and ensuring fair and equitable compensation. The posted salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for this role. Final compensation may vary based on factors such as location, experience, skills, and business needs. In addition to the base salary, some roles may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
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📌 Refinery Operator (3rd Class Stationary Engineer) - Breslau (Cambridge)
🏢 Clean Harbors
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