General Manager, Refinery Operations

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is hiring a General Manager, Refinery Operations on a permanent basis at our Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) in Regina, SK.

Are you ready to lead a dynamic team that plays an integral role in fueling Western Canada? As the General Manager, Refinery Operations, you will have the unique opportunity to oversee one of Canada's largest integrated refining and upgrading complexes that processes up to 130,000 barrels of crude oil every day.

At the CRC, we're proud of our legacy, but we're even more excited about our future. If you're a proven leader with a passion for safety, reliability, sustainability, and operational excellence, this is your chance to make a lasting impact. To learn more about the CRC, click here.

What you'll do:

• Leadership and Team Development: Foster a high-performing, accountable team culture through leadership development, performance management, and succession planning, while ensuring clear communication of vision, values, and goals to drive employee engagement and organizational success.
• Business and Operational Planning: Participate in Business Unit strategic planning to establish and renew multi-year plans. Lead the annual operational planning for the refinery, ensuring alignment to Business Unit strategic plans and the long-term goals of the organization. Guide the development of the annual refinery budget, including production volumes, operating costs, and capital plans.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Promote and sustain a strong safety culture, ensuring effective risk management through the implementation of the Operational Excellence Management system. Ensure compliance with both internal standards and external regulations. Lead emergency preparedness and incident management, ensuring these are maintained to industry best practices.
• Production: Ensure production objectives, product quality specifications, and safe reliable operating results are achieved. Maintain focus on optimizing hydrocarbon yields, catalyst performance, and energy use, ensuring continual performance improvement in these areas as measured through internal and external benchmarking.
• Economic Optimization and Business Performance: Drive refinery profitability through the selection of optimum feedstock and operating scenarios to best meet production objectives, inventory targets, and sales plans. Guide the determination of incremental economic opportunities to maximize profitability. Ensure management system use to drive achievement and continuous improvement of business performance.
• Asset Availability and Maintenance Management: Ensure high asset availability through effective maintenance strategies, including multi-year planning for turnarounds. Ensure the establishment and use of a management system for maintenance performance monitoring and advancement of maintenance efficiency as per industry benchmarks.
• Capital Project Delivery: Oversee the capital projects portfolio, ensuring projects meet the safety, regulatory, and operational requirements of the refinery, while staying within the established budget.

Who you'll work with:

The Team: You will oversee all refinery operations with 7 direct reports in the areas of Process Operations, Maintenance & Reliability, and HSE. Indirect reports will include 900+ management and unionized employees.

Why it matters:

We fuel Western Canada. Our Refinery strives to be a recognized leader in safety, reliability and sustainability within the petroleum-refining industry.

Who you are:

You are looking for a career in operational leadership and:

• Have 20+ years of experience in a petroleum refinery, upgrader, or petrochemical plant with 8+ years of progressively responsible leadership experience.
• Have a bachelor's degree in chemical or mechanical engineering or a related field. Advanced training in leadership, finance, and Incident Command Training would be an asset. P. Eng membership or eligibility for membership is preferred (a combination of relevant education and experience may be considered)
• Are familiar with the key functions of refinery operations such as Process Operations, Maintenance & Reliability, Process & Occupational Safety, Engineering, and Planning & Economics.

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries, short-term incentives, a comprehensive benefits package, and an employer-contributed pension plan.
• A relocation package for successful candidates not living in Regina, SK area.
• Encouragement to take advantage of learning opportunities to grow and develop as a leader and team member.
• As a co-operative, we do business differently. We believe in working together to serve Western Canadians, delivering profits back to our communities and investing in sustainable growth. To learn more about who we are and what we offer, visit fcl.crs

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process to ensure an enjoyable candidate experience. If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, we invite you to submit your requests to us via fclhr@fcl.crs. All information received will be kept confidential.

If this opportunity speaks to you, we invite you to apply by April 20th, 2025.

We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to continue in the recruitment process will be contacted. FCLUP

Please note you will be required to comply with the safety sensitive pre-employment conditions in accordance with CRC policies.

FCL embraces diversity and inclusion. We're working to create a workforce that is as diverse as the communities we serve and an environment where every team member brings their whole self to work. We believe all candidates should feel at home with us and be given the opportunity to fully participate during the recruitment process.