Instrumentation Apprentice

Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled and safety-focused Instrumentation Apprentice to join our team in our Red Deer County, Alberta facility. The ideal candidate brings a solid foundation in instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical systems, with the ability to read schematics and work with control systems, logic controllers, and calibration instruments. Responsibilities include maintaining, repairing, and calibrating industrial equipment in alignment with manufacturer standards and Kings Energy Services’ Quality Management System. A commitment to quality workmanship and safety is essential.

Responsibilities

- Troubleshooting various equipment and systems.

- Performing preventative maintenance on instrumentation (calibration, replacement and tests as required), maintaining field instrument records and standards in conjunction with company requirements as well as Provincial, Federal legislation.

- Learning gauge calibration techniques and procedures.

- Performing shop meter proving.

- Performing recorder and deadweight calibrations.

- Repairing and calibrating a variety of other measurement devices.

- Assisting technicians with field calibrations.

- Helping other technicians with their projects, such as disassembly, cleaning, and painting.

- Preparing rental equipment for customers.

- Performing preventative maintenance of shop testing equipment.

- Ensuring familiarity with construction codes, installation practices, and tube bending.

- Ensuring compliance to specifications, jurisdictional requirements, and contracts.

- Demonstrating and emphasizing a safety conscience attitude.

- Reviewing and applying a continuous improvement mindset to safe work practices, procedures and standards.

- Inspecting and testing the operation of instruments and systems (using pneumatic, electrical/electronic testing devices and precision measuring instruments) to diagnose faults.

- Repairing and adjusting system components (sensors, transmitters, programmable logic controllers, etc.); remove, repair and/or replace defective parts.

- Calibrating components and instruments according to manufacturers’ specifications.

- Using hand tools, power tools, precision measuring and testing instruments.

Education and Training:

- Instrumentation Apprentice Certificate (2/3/4th year preferred)

- Safety certificates: First Aid, H2S Alive, TDG, WHMIS

- Process experience

- Understanding of all applicable codes, regulations and registered documentation

Competencies:

- Customer and product support knowledge, specific to client and field applications

- Strong knowledge of the Industrial, Commercial and Oil & Gas industry standards.

- Maintain a high level of attention to detail in all work

- Good verbal and written communication skills, able to provide explanations on work activities to onsite customer inquiries

- Manual dexterity, good mathematical, scientific and mechanical abilities

- Confidentiality, including design and development as well as company sensitive information

- Ability to work safely and autonomously and provide direction to other technicians and apprentices

Kings Energy Services serves the Energy Industry and Industrial sectors Canada-wide specializing in sales, distribution, and service of valves, instrumentation & electrical products. It is also a solutions provider to the Oil and Gas Drilling Sector specializing in recertification, machining, and manufacturing. Since 1977 it has offered superior shop and field service through its seven regional locations across Canada.

Must be able to legally work in Canada.

Only successful candidates will be contacted. No walk ins or phone calls please.

Resumes will be held on file for 6 months, after which time they will be destroyed.

This is a safety sensitive position - All successful candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

To learn more about Kings, we invite you to visit our website: www.kingsenergy.com

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00-$28.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 36 per week

Benefits:

- Dental care

- Disability insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Extended health care

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Red Deer County, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- Instrumentation: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Class 5 driver's license and clean abstract (preferred)

Work Location: In person