Gas and Chemical Processing Industry Supervisors
Job description
These individuals supervise and coordinate personnel who operate and repair machines. These machines produce energy or process gas, chemicals, water, and waste. These people work for:
- Petroleum and natural gas processing companies
- Petrochemical and pipeline companies
- Chemical and pharmaceutical companies
- Electricity and gas utilities
- Water and waste treatment services
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
Main tasks
- Supervise, coordinate, and schedule the tasks of personnel responsible for operating equipment in various industries (oil refineries, chemical plants, power plants, etc.).
- Identify, correct, and document environmental and safety issues.
- Establish work methods to meet deadlines and coordinate work with other sections.
- Order equipment and supplies.
- Resolve work-related problems and recommend measures to increase productivity.
- Manage staff and ensure their training.
- Ensure compliance with occupational safety standards.
- Draft reports.
- Provide information on maintenance plans to ensure that objectives are met.
- Manage the budget of a section for which one is responsible.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between workers in this group.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $23.25
- Median
- $35.00
- Maximum
- $52.31
Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 26.3% Female
- 73.7% Male
- 26.3% Female
- 73.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 324, 32535% of jobs
-
NAICS 2217% of jobs
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NAICS 4111% of jobs
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NAICS 918% of jobs
-
NAICS 235% of jobs
-
Others24% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 324, 32535% of jobs
-
NAICS 2217% of jobs
-
NAICS 4111% of jobs
-
NAICS 918% of jobs
-
NAICS 235% of jobs
-
Others24% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
College
DCS in technologie du génie industriel
Placement rate: 41.3%
58.7% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Chemistry
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 31.7%
62.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 66.7%
30.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Several years of experience in the most senior supervised positions within the same company or plant are usually required.
- Certification or special practice rights (e.g. stationary machine operator's certificate) may be required.
- Certification may be required for operators of composting, landfill, or solid waste facilities.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Judgment and decision-making
- Information processing
- Result evaluation
- Social perception
- Written expression
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
- Quality control analysis
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Negotiation
- Learning strategies
- Monitoring operations
- Operation analysis
- Systems evaluation
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Written comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Inductive reasoning
- Written expression
- Classification
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Perception speed
- Distance vision
- Selective attention
- Time sharing
- Processing flexibility
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Diplomacy
- Leadership
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Tolerance to stress
- Respect standards and regulations
- Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
- Knowledge of chemistry
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Make, build, install
- Develop and exploit natural resources
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 92011
Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities
Job titles
- Petroleum processing shift supervisor
- Foreman/woman - petroleum, gas and chemical processing
- Power plant foreman/woman
- Water treatment lead operator
- Chemical processing supervisor
- Power station shift supervisor
- Hydro-electric station chief operator
- Water treatment plant superintendent
- Chief substation operator
- Chief power engineer
- Chief stationary engineer
- Water treatment chief operator
- Sewage disposal foreman/woman
- Pipeline foreman/woman
- By-products extraction foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Pharmaceutical compounding foreman/woman
- Water pollution control foreman/woman
- Distillation foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Gas distribution foreman/woman
- Cosmetics processing foreman/woman
- Detergent and remover manufacturing foreman/woman
- Paint making foreman/woman
- Ink preparation foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Water purification plant foreman/woman
- Grinding and packing foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Viscose filtration foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Incinerator foreman/woman
- Pumping and blending foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Continuous process foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Water and sewer foreman/woman
- Petroleum processing foreman/woman
- Evaporator foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Oven foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Sewer services foreman/woman
- Sanitary service foreman/woman
- Refinery unit foreman/woman
- Chemical unit foreman/woman
- Water treatment plant foreman/woman
- Heating plant foreman/woman
- Chlorine plant foreman/woman
- Refrigeration plant foreman/woman
- Pumping and pipeline equipment operators foreman/woman
- Water and sanitation-utilities equipment operating occupations foreman/woman
- Power station operators foreman/woman
- Coating and calendering worker foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Crushing and grinding worker foreman/woman - chemicals and related materials
- Gas plant foreman/woman
- Natural gas plant foreman/woman
- Chemical processing plant foreman/woman
- Pilot plant foreman/woman - chemical processing
- Steam plant foreman/woman
- Steam engineers foreman/woman
- Steam plant engineers foreman/woman
- Power engineer foreman/woman
- Pumping station foreman/woman
- Compressor station foreman/woman
- Head refrigerating engineer
- Lead collections operator - water treatment
- Stationary engineers supervisor
- Compost facility supervisor
- Power station supervisor
- Gas field supervisor
- Pipeline operations supervisor
- Specialty chemicals production supervisor
- Pharmaceuticals production supervisor
- Landfill supervisor
- Water treatment plant supervisor
- Sewage treatment plant supervisor
- Water filtration plant supervisor
- Waste treatment supervisor
- Water treatment operations supervisor
- Petroleum refining supervisor
- Gas transmission supervisor
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: February 14, 2024