ICS Technologist / Canada

We are a leading global technical recruitment company providing professional contract and permanent staff to a diverse world-wide client base within the oil & gas Industry. Our client, a large Oil and Gas operator, is currently seeking an ICS Technologist for a 1 year contract in Edmonton. The individual must be local or have their own accommodations, as no LOA is given. The shift is Monday-Friday.

This is an intermediate instrumentation technologist role.  Its purpose is to support priorities and objectives through the provision of technical expertise in the areas of instrumentation and final control elements.  This role will be accountable for proving support to regional operations, compliance activities, internal initiatives, development and execution teams.


Responsibilities:

• Keep safety top of mind
• Behave in a manner that demonstrates integrity and respect
• Work with experienced instrumentation personnel - apply technical expertise and judgement in a variety of operational, compliance and design contexts
• Work with the team to identify, collect and record technical data
• Support operational reliability by participating in instrumentation activities related to operation and troubleshooting
• Support enhancements to the engineering standards and specifications.
• Participate instrumentation scope development of pipeline and facility projects
• Review and provide technical support in the development of P&ID, control philosophies, instrument Selection and associated engineering documents
• Participate in design reviews
• Work collaboratively with a team of engineers, and technologists, and support resources to ensure objectives of scope, cost, quality and scheduling are met
• Communicate effectively and pro-actively with both internal and external customers and stakeholders

Required skills: 

• Effective two-way communicator – written and oral
• Ability to effectively interact with peers
• Be able to regularly shift between planned and unplanned activities, while remaining effective
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Learns from experience, and quickly learns new tasks in new situations
• Adapts well to changing environments and situations
• Clear thinker and effective communicator, both written and oral
• Contributes by sharing resources, feedback, advice, and innovations that improve the performance of the organization and peers

Desired Qualities:

• Motivated to learn about the wondrous world of Instrumentation Engineering
• Motivated towards continuous technical learning and personal development
• Motivated to assume responsibility and enhanced accountability
• Experience using valve sizing software
• Developed problem solving and organization skills
• Coachable, and accepts feedback
• Self-initiates development activities, both technical and personal
• Previous experience in the oil and gas industry
• Some related engineering experience
• Community involvement and volunteer activity

Qualifications:

• Completion of a Technical Diploma in Instrumentation or Process Control
• Ability to work and travel within Canada and the United States