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This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions.

City: Burnaby 

State: British Columbia

Job Description

Job Title: Petroleum Inspector

Reports to (title): Operations Manager Department: Petroleum Inspection-CTD

Location: 8501- 8678 Commerce Ct., Burnaby, BC   V5A 4N6

Basic Purpose: What is the overall function of the job?

Oil and Petroleum Inspectors visit client facilities, including barges and ships, shore tanks, railcars, and tank trucks for quantity surveys of a variety of commodities including petroleum and petrochemicals inspection and collect samples for laboratory analysis.

Key Accountability/Responsibilities: What specifically is this job expected to accomplish?

• Receives orders, obtains information, and gathers paperwork from Operations Supervisor(s) on movements.
• Ensures that all equipment is in good operating condition, calibration verification, correct and clean. This includes safety and monitoring equipment appropriate to the job.
• Reports to job-site punctually and observes all Bureau Veritas applicable federal and province regulations and standards, Terminal, Refinery, and/or vessel requirements; including quality, safety and environmental standards.
• Support the ISO certificate(s) and assist in the corrective/preventive action process.
• Read, understand and adhere to the company Business Management System; including Quality, Safety, and Environmental policies and procedures.
• Attend “Key Meetings” with external personnel ashore and/or abroad. Represents Bureau Veritas by appearance and conduct. Behaves ethically at all times.
• Communicates any problems, discrepancies, or other noteworthy incidents to the Operations Supervisor and/or Dispatcher without delay.
• Obtains samples, gauges shore tanks, vessel(s), barge(s), railcar(s), and/or tank truck(s) as specified per job order.
• Labels sample containers with full and correct identifying data, including location of sample, material, type of sample, safety information, time collected, etc.
• Promptly and accurately calculates quantities and completes all required paperwork and distributes copies appropriately.
• Promptly and safely delivers samples to a Bureau Veritas laboratory for analysis or turn in for retain, or client facilities for analysis or retain.
• Reviews any discrepancies with Operations Supervisor, signs and returns job order form.
• Maintains a 24-hour on-call status.
• Supports and participates in Bureau Veritas Business Management System (BMS).
• Attends company meetings as required.
• Keep company provided vehicle well maintained.

Skills and Knowledge: What skills and knowledge are used to carry out job responsibilities and solve problems?

• High school diploma or general education development certificate (GED) + petroleum technology diploma (optional but highly preferred)
• 3-5 years’ minimum experience in an Inspector /Marine Petroleum Inspector role
• Knowledge of HS&E procedures associated with governmental regulations.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Access to a well maintained vehicle to travel to job locations.
• Valid class 5 driver’s license

Work Relationships

• Internal: Laboratory department, Inspectors, supervisors and managers.
• External: Client facilities

Working Conditions: physical work environment, physical and mental effort, visual/listening attention and travel

• Performs work in high, precarious place, outdoors (all year round) and near flammable material.
• Regular exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold and extreme heat; possibility of working in enclosed spaces.
• Regular lifting/climbing and/or moving with up to 50lbs; occasional lifting of up to 100lbs (with assistance); may involve long periods of standing
• Regular walking, use of hands to handle or feel objects, tools and controls
• Regular reaching with arms, climbing and balancing
• Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, listen, taste and smell.
• Frequently required to climb and descend stairways, ladders, and gangways.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Requires flexible working hours, overtime and shift work

Acknowledgement

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