Journeyman Technician

CF Industries; Medicine Hat; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company located in Medicine Hat is seeking an Instrument Technician to support maintenance operations. The role involves installing, repairing, and maintaining various instruments vital for operational safety and efficiency. Candidates should possess an Alberta Journeyman Certificate and have experience in an industrial setting. This position offers competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus eligibility

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible vacation and time off

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or equivalent.
• Alberta Journeyman Certificate with experience as an Instrument Technician in an industrial plant setting.
• Experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and PLCs would be an asset.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair, maintain, and calibrate various instruments.
• Work independently and lead a small team.
• Provide training and mentorship to apprentices.

Skills

Troubleshooting and repair skills

Leadership

Time management

Coaching and training

Judgment and decision-making

Education

High School Graduate or equivalent

Alberta Journeyman Certificate

Tools

Distributed Control Systems (DCS)

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

SAP (CMMS)

Office 365

Job description

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.

Function

Maintenance

Job Summary

Position Overview:

Reports to the Supervisor, Instrumentation.

CF Industries is currently seeking an Instrument Technician to join our Maintenance Department, located at our Medicine Hat Complex.

The Instrument Technician plays an essential role to install, repair, maintain and calibrate indicating, recording, transmitting, and controlling instruments. These instruments are used to measure and control variables such as pressure, flow, temperature, force and chemical composition to support the continued safe operation of the Medicine Hat Complex.

The Technician will be able to work independently as well as part of a team of eight and act as lead and oversee the work of contractors as needed.

Job Description

Position Overview:

Reports to the Supervisor, Instrumentation.

CF Industries is currently seeking an Instrument Technician to join our Maintenance Department, located at our Medicine Hat Complex.

The Instrument Technician plays an essential role to install, repair, maintain and calibrate indicating, recording, transmitting, and controlling instruments. These instruments are used to measure and control variables such as pressure, flow, temperature, force and chemical composition to support the continued safe operation of the Medicine Hat Complex.

The Technician will be able to work independently as well as part of a team of eight and act as lead and oversee the work of contractors as needed.

What You’ll Do

• Support site EHS policies, procedures, programs and initiatives through Leadership, Participation, and Compliance.
• Trouble shoot, repair, and calibrate any electronic or pneumatic transmitter, controller, transducer or recorder contained in a control loop, including the alarms and trip circuits associated with the loop.
• A courageous safety leader who consistently embraces and sponsors CF’s safety culture, is the expectation.
• Interact with the DCS Tech’s and Production personnel as a part of these activities.
• Read and understand loop drawings, circuit diagrams, and maintain typical documentation such as calibration & data sheets, drawings, work history, preventative maintenance accuracy, etc.
• The above work may be carried out on any of the following types of control loops: (Flow, temperature, pressure, level, density and speed.)
• In addition to normal field repairs and calibration, overhaul control valves, including removal from and installation back into the process, when required. Overhaul includes complete disassembly and inspection of the valve body, actuator and positioner.
• Analyzer maintenance includes daily routines and calibration checks. The list of typical analyzers includes densitometers, mass spectrometers, gas chromatographs, infra-red analyzers, conductivity analyzers, pH meters, combustible gas detectors, oxygen analyzers, ammonia detectors, ultraviolet/IR/visible light fire detection equipment, and personal area monitors such as LEL, O2, CO2, NH3 “Sniffers”.
• Participate on development teams at times for new equipment or processes. Provide perspective on maintenance consistency and effectiveness for future reliability
• Troubleshoot all pneumatic instrumentation and control valves. Troubleshoot electronic equipment manufactured from discrete components but only to a circuit board level for equipment manufactured from integrated circuit components.
• Become part of an On-Call rotation as scheduled by the Supervisor, to support the Instrumentation equipment outside of normal working hours.
• Must be willing to work overtime or outside of normal working hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and be available for emergency callouts.
• Participate in training opportunities that can include offsite formal equipment specific seminars, but more commonly the onsite Instrument Shop training module development & presentation program.
• Provide training and mentorship to develop highly skilled and successful apprentices.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying and potentially adverse weather conditions
• Ability to climb ladders and stairs, work at heights and in confined spaces
• Ability to lift and carry 20 kg from ground to waist level
• Proficiency in Office 365 tools (SharePoint, MS Teams) is a plus
• Familiarity with CMMS, especially SAP, is considered an asset
  
  

Required Skills

• High School Graduate or equivalent.
• Alberta Journeyman Certificate with experience as an Instrument Technician in an industrial plant setting.
• Interaction experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and PLCs would be an asset, as well as familiarity with the use of a PC as an instrument communication & calibration tool.
• Leadership: Demonstrated knowledge, skills, abilities, and attributes to perform successfully in the key areas of People Leadership, Results Leadership, Thought Leadership & Self Leadership.
• Time Management: Identifies, establishes priorities, and executes tasks to consistently deliver results within required timelines.
• Coaching and training: Ability to empower others through active listening, collaboration, training, education, and technical advice.
• Judgment and decision-making: An understanding of your own personal knowledge and limitations when considering long and short-term decisions and recommendations.
  
  

Total Rewards at CF

We offer competitive compensation with all employees eligible to receive a bonus and access to retirement plan(s). In addition, we provide comprehensive health, dental, vision benefits and well-being programs and incentives to help meet your physical, financial, emotional and work-related goals. We also offer competitive vacation, flex time and our Scheduled Day Off Program (SDO)

How We Grow - We recruit those who are interested in a career with CF Industries and develop and promote people from within through our Talent Management System. Our system also allows you to connect and network/mentor with other professionals in different departments and areas across our organization. This system guides how we hire, how we train, who we promote, how we reward, and more!

This posting will remain open until August 28th, 2025.

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