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Terminal Operator – Fixed Term

Shell
Montreal Terminal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posted Aug 20, 2026
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About this role

Job Description

This is a 10-month Fixed-Term position created to support increased railcar traffic at the Montreal Terminal. The role is located at 10605 Henri Bourassa Est, Montréal-Est, Québec, H1C 1G7, Canada.

What’s the role

The Terminal Operator – Fixed Term Montreal is part of a 13-person team dedicated to delivering safe, reliable, and efficient operations that support Shell’s fuel customers in the local market. Maintaining compliance with Shell policies, regulatory requirements, and the Shell Code of Conduct, while upholding our License to Operate, is essential to the role.

As a key member of the terminal operations team, the incumbent is responsible for the day-to-day receipt, storage, handling, and distribution of railcar products. The role serves as an important interface with local rail companies and carriers and includes railcar loading and unloading, truck loading rack operations, terminal surveillance, and maintenance activities to ensure safe and reliable operations.

The Montreal Terminal receives refined products, including gasoline, distillates, and biofuels, via pipeline, marine, rail, and truck, and distributes products through the same transportation modes.

The facility consists of a Truck/Rail Terminal (Light Oil Terminal - LOT), a satellite tank farm (Montreal-East Terminal - MET), and Wharf 103 (leased from the Port of Montreal). The local team comprises 6 staff employees and 7 hourly employees.

While the terminal operates 24/7 with Terminal Operators working rotating shifts, this role follows a Monday to Friday day-shift schedule. Occasional overtime may be required. The position is represented by Unifor Local 121.

Accountabilities

  • Maintaining compliance with company procedures and government regulations related to HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental) and various agency permits

  • Physical loading and offloading of railcars

  • Truck loading ramp attendant

  • Providing general maintenance and housekeeping in support of terminal assets to ensure a safe, secure, and environmentally sound operation

  • Executing terminal surveillance to ensure sound process safety.

  • Ability to solve loading rack and other terminal systems malfunctions.

  • Accountable for compliance with company and regulatory procedures in the execution of the job such as:

  • Compliance with the Safety, Environmental and Asset Management (SEAM) Standards

  • Compliance with the Global Terminal Operations Manual

  • Compliance with the Distribution Measurement Manual

  • Standard and local operating procedures

What you bring

  • Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

  • High school diploma

  • Business fluency in French

  • Must possess a valid Driver's license

  • Computer skills, Excel, word, email, texting

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

  • Must be a team player

  • Willing to work outside in inclement weather with or without accommodation

  • Physically capable of loading and unloading railcars, including unbolting manways and hose manipulation.

  • Comfortable working alone with minimal supervision

  • Willing to climb ladders, walk up and down steps, and work at heights with or without accommodation

  • Willing to work overtime, holidays, nights, and weekends based on business requirements

  • Willing to comply with Shell's drug-free and harassment-free work environment and comply with all safety policies and procedures

Beneficial qualifications:

  • Designation as Pipefitter, Millwright, or Electrician are considered an asset

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

  • Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects together

  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead

  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices

  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise

  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself

  • Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary; our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world

  • Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world

  • We'd strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.

Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell’s global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers.

At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include:

  • Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets

  • Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia

  • A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada

  • The Scotford Complex in Alberta, includes a refinery, an upgrader, chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility

  • The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario

  • Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels

  • 15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations

  • Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 27 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion liters of high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe into-plane delivery

  • Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business

  • Il s’agit d’un poste à durée déterminée de 10 mois créé pour soutenir l’augmentation du trafic de wagons ferroviaires au Terminal de Montréal. Le poste est situé au 10605, boulevard Henri-Bourassa Est, Montréal-Est (Québec) H1C 1G7, Canada.

Quel est le rôle

L'Opérateur de Terminal – Durée fixe Montréal fait partie d'une équipe de 13 personnes dédiée à assurer des opérations sécuritaires, fiables et fiables qui soutiennent les clients de carburant de Shell sur le marché local. Maintenir la conformité aux politiques de Shell, aux exigences réglementaires et au Code de conduite de Shell, tout en respectant notre licence d'exploitation, est essentiel pour ce rôle.

En tant que membre clé de l'équipe d'exploitation du terminal, l'opérateur en place est responsable de la réception, du stockage, de la manipulation et de la distribution quotidiennes des produits des wagons. Ce rôle sert d'interface importante avec les compagnies ferroviaires locales et les transporteurs, incluant le chargement et le déchargement de wagons, l'exploitation des racks de chargement de camions, la surveillance des terminaux et les activités de maintenance afin d'assurer des opérations sûres et fiables.

Le terminal de Montréal reçoit des produits raffinés, y compris l'essence, les distillats et les biocarburants, par pipeline, marine, voie ferrée et camion, et distribue les produits par les mêmes modes de transport.

L'installation comprend un terminal routier/ferroviaire (Terminal d’huiles légeres - THL), un parc-citernes satellite (Terminal Montréal-Est - TME) et le quai 103 (loué au port de Montréal). L'équipe locale comprend 6 employés et 7 employés horaires.

Bien que le terminal fonctionne 24h/24 et 7j/7 avec des opérateurs de terminus en quarts rotatifs, ce rôle suit un horaire de jour du lundi au vendredi. Des heures supplémentaires occasionnelles peuvent être nécessaires. Le poste est représenté par le syndicat Unifor local 121.

Responsabilités

  • Maintenir la conformité aux procédures de l'entreprise et aux règlements gouvernementaux liés au

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