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 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $23.25
- Median
- $35.00
- Maximum
- $52.88
Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
2,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 28% Female
- 72% Male
Not available.
- 28% Female
- 72% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$76,000
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
Not available.
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NAICS 324, 32546% of jobs
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NAICS 2218% of jobs
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NAICS 918% of jobs
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NAICS 416% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 566% of jobs
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Others16% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 324, 32546% of jobs
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NAICS 2218% of jobs
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NAICS 918% of jobs
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NAICS 416% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 566% of jobs
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Others16% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in technologie du génie industriel 
Code : 235B0
Placement rate: 47.2%
52.8% 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
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
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.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 9212 (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
- Water treatment chief operator
- Chemical processing supervisor
- Power station shift supervisor
- Power plant chief substation operator
- Water treatment plant superintendent
- Hydro-electric station chief operator
- Chief power engineer
- Chief stationary engineer
- Pharmaceutical compounding foreman
- Water pollution control forewoman
- Distillation foreman - chemical processing
- Gas distribution foreman
- Cosmetics processing forewoman
- Detergent and remover manufacturing forewoman
- Paint processing foreman/woman
- Ink preparation foreman - chemical processing
- Water purification plant foreman/woman
- Sewage disposal foreman
- Pipeline foreman
- By-products extraction forewoman - chemical processing
- Grinding and packing foreman - chemical processing
- Viscose filtration forewoman - chemical processing
- Incinerator foreman
- Pumping and blending foreman - chemical processing
- Continuous process foreman - chemical processing
- Water and sewer forewoman
- Petroleum processing foreman
- Evaporator foreman - chemical processing
- Oven foreman - chemical processing
- Sewer services foreman/woman
- Sanitary service foreman/woman
- Steam plant foreman
- Steam engineers foreman
- Steam plant engineers foreman
- Power engineer foreman
- Pumping station foreman
- Compressor station foreman
- Water treatment plant foreman
- Refinery unit foreman
- Chemical unit foreman/woman
- Heating plant foreman
- Chlorine plant foreman/woman
- Refrigeration plant foreman
- Power station operators foreman
- Pumping and pipeline equipment operators foreman
- Water and sanitation-utilities equipment operating occupations forewoman
- Coating and calendering worker forewoman - chemical processing
- Crushing and grinding worker forewoman - chemicals and related materials
- Gas plant foreman
- Natural gas plant foreman/woman
- Chemical processing plant foreman
- Pilot plant foreman - chemical processing
- Head refrigerating engineer
- Lead collections operator - water treatment
- Water treatment lead operator
- Stationary engineers supervisor
- Power station supervisor
- Gas field supervisor
- Specialty chemicals production supervisor
- Pharmaceuticals production supervisor
- Pipeline operations supervisor
- Landfill supervisor
- Sewage treatment plant supervisor
- Water treatment plant supervisor
- Water filtration plant supervisor
- Waste treatment supervisor
- Water treatment operations supervisor
- Compost facility supervisor
- Petroleum refining supervisor
- Gas transmission supervisor
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: December 22, 2022
