Area Authority

Responsibilities

• Safe, compliant execution of all work activities within your assigned area through effective Control of Work governance; demonstrates personal excellence in behaviors and leadership
• Accountable for Control of Work across all phases: Plan, Risk Assess, Prepare, Schedule, Authorize, Implement, Monitor, Complete, and Learn
• Owns permit approval, isolation design approval, and safe execution oversight within assigned area.
• High-quality permit, isolation, and risk assessment decisions, including approval of permits, isolations, and break-in work
• Robust risk identification, mitigation, and escalation, including leadership of task risk assessments
• Effective integration of planning, scheduling, and execution activities with strong hazard recognition and management within the assigned and neighboring assets
• Field assurance through monitoring work execution and intervening before unsafe conditions arise
• Consistent application of safety, environmental, and compliance standards, regulatory requirements, and safe work practices
• Continuous improvement of work control processes through lessons learned, incident reviews, and feedback loops
• Quality work packages including permits, risk assessments, isolation plans, and contingency planning
• Plays a key role in outages/turnarounds (TAR) and manages risk during complex work scopes
• Performs other duties as assigned to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

Requirements

• Qualified Operator or Shift Team Lead (or equivalent) in the assigned asset; or demonstrated experience within refinery operations organization, including strong knowledge of Control of Work (CoW) programs and procedures
• Certification as Issuing Authority and Isolating Authority
• Demonstrated expertise in Control of Work systems (e.g., PermitVision), risk assessment, and safe work standards
• Strong working knowledge of HSE&C requirements, regulatory standards, and company policies. Strong understanding of local applicable permit to work and equipment isolations policy - holds high standards on field execution of the policies
• Consistent field presence to understand how work is being executed and ensure hazards are understood and mitigated
• Proven ability to assess, manage, and mitigate operational risk consistently
• Strong communication, decision-making, and leadership skills in complex operational environments
• Ability to instruct or delegate tasks to operators when applicable, verify delivery, and coach to drive improvement
• Experience coordinating across operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractors
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond effectively to changing conditions
• Requires ability to work in industrial environments, including outdoor conditions, confined spaces, and elevated areas
• Ownership mindset including proactive stakeholder engagement, response to weak signals, and consistent follow-up
• May require availability outside of standard business hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and during outages or operational events
• Must be able to climb stairways and ladders and wear fresh air gear as required.
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Additional Information

Entity: Production & Operations Job Family Group: Operations Group Job Description: As an Area Authority, you will serve as the Operations leader responsible for managing, authorizing, and controlling all Control of Work (CoW) activities within your assigned area. You will ensure safe, compliant, and risk-based execution of work across all phases of CoW-planning through execution and learning-while acting as a subject matter expert on work control systems, permits, and isolations. You will play a meaningful role in protecting people, assets, and the environment by applying rigorous risk management practices, aligning planning and execution activities, and driving continuous improvement across refinery operations. You will report to the asset's Operations Superintendent but along with other Area Authorities, will have reporting expectations to the site Control of Work Technical Authority to ensure delivery of site standards, field execution consistency, and replication of standard processes across the refinery. The selected candidates for these roles will support the following o perating complexes: 11PS, 12PS, Coker, HPDN, HPDS, FCU, APS, Lakefront, Utilities and OMD.

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