Sugar Boiler Technician

Redpath Sugar is located on Toronto’s historic downtown waterfront and has been a part of Canada’s heritage for more than 160 years.  Our brand is the oldest food-related trademark in Canada and is recognized across the country.  Redpath Sugar is part of ASR Group, the largest cane sugar refiner in the world.

OVERVIEW

The Sugar Boiler Technician operates and controls the sugar crystallization pans, evaporators and syrup production on a continental shift.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Achieve the required standards of quality for white and speciality sugar production.
• Operate the pans within the constraints of the process, e.g. steam supply, tank levels and maintenance requirements
• Manage the remelt pans to meet the required standards of sucrose extraction from the remelt syrups
• Manufacture the syrups for yellow syrup production, speciality syrups for Liquid loads,  and customer orders within specification
• Diagnose problems in the operation using the WonderWare control system, laboratory database and independent observations. Able to then make the required decisions to resolve them to support the plant goals.  Multiples (6) Computer screens
• Operate the evaporator system and interact with shift supervision, Stationary Engineers to balance steam flow
• Start up and Shut down of evaporator and vacuum pan systems during both routine and emergency stops.
• Operate and control the white sugar crystallization pans. 
• Operate and control the remelt sugar crystallization pans
• Manufacture the syrups required for the yellow  and speciality syrups for  production
• Operate and control the liquor evaporators and vapour systems

RELATIONSHIPS/INTER-DEPARTMENT LIAISONS:

• Shift Superintendent: Work with the Shift Superintendent to achieve the priorities required for the shift.
• Hourly employees: Communicate with hourly employees when dropping strikes and planning yellows/specials.
• Area Managers: The Sugar Boiler closely with the Crystallization Area Manager to achieve the objectives that they have for the refinery.

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making – Identifies and understands trends and/or issues; connects data points through analysis to arrive at a logical conclusion.
• Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner by tailoring one's message to fit the interests and needs of the audience.
• Establishes Trust – Gaining the confidence and faith of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming and vulnerable.
• Problem-Solving – Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Results Orientation & Accountability – Takes accountability, identifies, executes and drives actions to consistently achieve desired results.
• Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters a commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others.

 WORK EXPERIENCES

• Confidently operate a computer control system to control process equipment in an environment that demands a high level of multi-tasking. 
• Experience with meeting tight quality parameters and making decisions to change the process operating settings to achieve the desired results is key.  
• Prior experience in sugar refining or similar industry is a big advantage. 
• The Sugar Boiler needs to be experienced enough to exercise sound judgement with safety, quality and people issues, work independently and be able to make quick decisions.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• A science or engineering qualification is preferred.
• 5 years of experience in the sugar or food process industry is an asset.

LOCATION OF ROLE

• Redpath Sugar, Toronto

For more than 100 years, our employees have taken pride in “Making Life a Little Sweeter” by providing our customers and consumers with quality service and sugar products. Our commitment to that principle drives us in all that we do and encourages us to uphold our company’s high ethical standards of business conduct to ensure our continued success