Bruce Sangster

Experience

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  NOVA CHEMICAL

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1995

  Process Operator/Power Engineer/Team Leader

  Lead an operating team for 11 years as the Administrative Leader responsible for hiring, interpersonal skill development, reporting, budgeting, scheduling, and representing the operating team at administrative meetings.Coordinated the day to day plant operation along with other team members - Ethylene I department, 5 years, Utilities department, 9 years.Appointed as Technical Leader for 10 years, responsible for setting, delivering and maintaining technical training standards and procedures, ensuring operating technician competence, and providing input for the team into projects.Developed training manuals and procedures as required for projects, including the pipeline SCADA system, pipeline expansion and the SCADA Trainer for the pipeline. I also worked, documented, and coordinated many utility area projects. Show less

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  BOVAR WASTE MANAGEMENT

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  Senior Trainer

  Researched, wrote and edited procedures for and by varying departments to help improve job performance and consistency.Helped the operating technicians obtain Power Engineering certification with tutoring and practice tests at work and at home.

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  ALLIANCE PIPELINE LTD

  Jan 1999 - Aug 2001

  Training and Competency Advisor

  Responsible for the development and delivery of environmental, emergency response, safety, pipeline, operations, and maintenance training.Developed and implemented an on-line operations and maintenance practices and procedures manual which provided instant access and reduced costs by eliminating an outside supplier of this service.Performed training in classroom, field and by demonstration in Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG), Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE), benzene practices, emergency response, permitting and other safe work practices.Created technician competency and behavioral tests for pipeline safety and operation in compliance with the National Energy Board requirements.Participated in the development and training of emergency response plans for Canada and United States operations providing standards for company staff and management. Show less

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  SHELL CANADA LIMITED

  Jan 2002 - May 2006

  Safety Inspector

  Responsible for the Utilities, Sulfur Recovery, and the Residual Hydrogen Conversion-Hydro Treater areas for the new Upgrader for Shell during construction, commissioning, and start-up. Working as a Safety Inspector on the Shell Scotford site during start-up, and commissioning, converted from a contractor to an employee after 9 months. Develop safety-training courses such as Job Hazard Analysis, Critical Task Analysis, Breathing Air, Fall Arrest, Area Orientations, Gas Testing, site and unit specific orientation packagesComplete incident reports on the Shell Incident Reporting System (SIRS) as required.Worked on the development of the Scotford HSE-MS in alignment with the corporate Management Systems.Developed Safe Work Practices individually and as part of a multi-discipline committee. (I.e. Diving, Permitting, and Confined Space. Show less

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  TEAM, Inc.

  Aug 2006 - May 2007

  Canadian HSE&S Manager

  Created a Safety Manual to meet the Alberta WCB COR standards for the ACSA and the MHSA as each of Teams division belonged to a different safety association. Trained the company on the manual and set up the COR audit for the mechanical division to help them get their COR.

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  Fluor Constructors

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  HSE Supervisor II

  Responsible for providing Safety Leadership for site contractors in the Utilities and off sites division of CNRL's Horizon project.

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  SAFETECH Consulting Group Ltd

  Nov 2007 - Nov 2008

  Safety Advisor

  Responsible for doing needs assessment work, collecting site data and creating company safety manuals, lining up safety consultants for various jobs from clients, doing audits for clients, and doing on-site safety for clients.Site Safety for Kinder Morgan at their Edmonton terminal during tank line upgrades.Needs Assessments for Omega Joists, BucyrusWorked on manuals for Prairie North, Bold Developments and others.

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  Enbridge Pipelines

  Feb 2009 - Mar 2019

  Prairie Region Safety Advisor

  I support Management and employees in the development and application of Safety and Safety Management systems. I track metrics and recommend actions based on metric trends, I train people on safety courses (Electrical Safety, Contractor Safety Management, LOTO, Safety Standards, and gas detection. I help Lead Investigators with Investigations and I have trained numerous Investigators. I look for reasonable and practical solutions to safety issues.

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  Retired

  Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

  Safety Advisor
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  Kelly's Services

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2020

  Safety Advisor

  Construction Safety at the DOW, Fort Saskatchewan site on the construction of a new furnace in their Ethylene Plant.

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  Worked as Contract Safety for Chemco on a Turnaround at DOW Chemical, Ft. Sask.

  Aug 2021 - Aug 2021

  Safety Advisor

  Turnaround Safety for Chemco at DOW Chemicals Fort Saskatchewan's Ethylene Plant

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  GOAL ZERO

  Oct 2021 - now

  Safety Advisor