Supervisor, Maintenance- Instrumentation

CF Chemicals; Medicine Hat; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CF Chemicals is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee shop and field activities in Medicine Hat. This role requires strong leadership and decision-making skills to ensure safe and efficient maintenance procedures. The successful candidate will have experience in a manufacturing environment and a relevant engineering degree or certification. Integrating with the EHS culture and managing technician performance are key components of this supervisory position.

Benefits

Competitive compensation with bonus eligibility

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits

Flex time and Scheduled Day Off Program

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in Instrument/Electrical or Controls Systems.
• Experience in mentoring and performance management is an asset.
• Competent in computer systems and administration processes.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and assign activities to Instrumentation Technicians.
• Ensure compliance with EHS policies and safety standards.
• Manage instrument maintenance activities and develop work schedules.

Skills

Leadership

Time Management

Judgment and decision-making

Coaching and training

Education

Instrumentation Technologist Engineering Degree

Valid Instrumentation Journeyperson

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 youll be able to pursue complex exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. Youll 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 worlds transition to clean energy.

Function : Maintenance

Job Summary :

Working under the direction of the Superintendent Instrumentation / Electrical the Supervisor will be responsible for assigning shop and field activities to Instrumentation Technicians to ensure all preventative and corrective maintenance procedures are carried out in a timely manner. Safe work execution is of utmost importance. As such safety training and procedure familiarity will be a focus and expectation from all technicians.

This is a supervisory position with a component of technical input for problem solving and new equipment proposals in this specialized field.

Job Description : What youll do :

• Demonstrate leadership and contribute positively to the facility safety culture through active positive participation in EHS safety programs and initiatives.
• Ensure awareness of and compliance with facility EHS policies and safety standards throughout the team. Ensure timely compliance with Corporate EHS findings.
• Responsible for the organization and supervision of those involved in the execution of field instrumentation work.
• Responsible for the direction of employees and contractors to complete instrument maintenance activities in a safe efficient and timely manner while adhering to plant quality control procedures.
• Co-ordinate all Instrumentation maintenance activities through preventative and corrective measures. Co-ordinate completion of maintenance work schedules necessary to assure reliability of the plant equipment.
• Actively participate in the development of weekly and turnaround work schedules. Compliance work progress off the schedule as it is executed.
• Participate in the monthly review and validation of the work backlog with the Maintenance Superintendent and Production Department representatives.
• Maintain ongoing liaison with Maintenance Production & Engineering personnel to anticipate problems and recommend potential solutions.
• Conduct meetings to inform and co-ordinate those involved in maintenance procedures of a non-routine or complex nature.
• Maintain ongoing familiarity with procedures equipment and processes through personal initiative. Suggest personal development training opportunities as identified.
• Actively assist in the establishment review modification and application of preventative maintenance programs.
• Review present technology to stay abreast of new developments for opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Ensure that equipment obsolescence is managed within the confines of budgetary and time constraints.
• Participate in plant turnaround work scope development by making recommendations for equipment maintenance and inspections as identified by the Maintenance and Production Departments.
• Utilize and develop the talents of those supervised in order to ensure competence in the areas of planning supervision and craft skills to meet present and future company objectives
• Perform performance evaluations and develop performance expectations for staff. Hold technicians accountable for achieving their goals and review progress on a periodic basis.
• Manage vacation scheduling and absenteeism such that Plant maintenance and reliability continues.
• Manage an On-Call rotation of qualified technicians so that the plant site has priority coverage as required during off-shift hours.
• This position may be required to travel within North America periodically as necessary for assigned responsibilities & training.
• Subordinate Positions- 8

Required Skills

• Instrumentation Technologist Engineering Degree or valid Instrumentation Journeyperson
• 5 -7 years experience with knowledge of Instrument / Electrical or Controls Systems field in a manufacturing environment.
• Competent in use of computer systems and administration processes.
• This is a supervisory position and experience in mentoring and performance management is an asset.
• 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 close on June 24th 2025.

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