Instrumentation Technician

With a legacy that spans over 100 years, Stelco is a company that has grown along with Canada and its global partners. We understand that twenty-first century competition demands the highest quality products, period. So, Stelco is bringing together the people, technology, and unmatched market knowledge to, once again, take on that challenge from here at home. 

Instrumentation Technicians 

Reports to: Area Manager 

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Nanticoke, ON

Salary Range: $105,000-$120,000 

About the role 

Safe production is a core value of our organization. All work must be performed in accordance with established safety procedures and guidelines. This includes the mandatory use of company‑issued personal protective equipment such as hard hats, eye protection, hearing protection, respirators, flame-resistant clothing, and safety footwear with metatarsal protection throughout the work shift.  This is an existing vacancy.

Responsibilities 

• Maintain, install, repair, setup of process control equipment (I.E. controllers, transmitters, final control elements); 

• Maintain, repair and calibrate instrument and combustion equipment; 

• Maintains proficiency in prescribed TSSA, ESA safety procedures, codes and standards; 

• Perform special investigation and experimental work as required; 

• Interpret electrical schematics and process flow drawings involving blueprints, PLC or DCS systems; 

• Diagnose complex process problems, determines best resolve and execute safe repair; 

• Work alone or in close collaboration with maintenance and production; 

• Develop, provide and ensure complete and proper safety clearances and procedures as required; 

• Prepare detailed daily activity log, updates drawings and calibration sheets when required; 

• Detailed teardown and repair of control valves, actuators and positioners. Reassembles, tunes and setup associated hardware; 

• Perform simple layouts and fabrications to install or upgrade instrument hardware; 

• Respond to service calls on all gas and oil burning appliances, repair, replace or adjust components where needed; 

• Employee may work alone, with minimal supervision or with other Maintenance Technicians in conjunction with operating team members to perform maintenance tasks. 

Job Qualifications 

• Instrumentation and Control Technician Certification of Qualification (447A); 

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an industrial environment. 

Job Skills and Knowledge 

• Temperature Tolerance: The ability to withstand extreme temperatures; 

• Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond to process upsets; 

• Static Strength: The ability to exert significant muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects; 

• Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time, including bending and stooping; 

• Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force at intervals throughout a work shift. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue; 

• Agility: The ability to negotiate different areas of the plant, including climbing stairs and ladders, and moving around barriers; 

• Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move and react. 

Work Environment 

• The job is within a heavy industrial environment, and you may be required to work within various areas of the facility. Depending on the area you work in, the environmental conditions may be hot, cold, dirty, dusty, wet or noisy; 

• Safe production is a core value of our organization. All work must be performed in accordance with established safety procedures and guidelines. This includes the mandatory use of company‑issued personal protective equipment such as hard hats, eye protection, hearing protection, respirators, flame‑resistant clothing, and safety footwear with metatarsal protection throughout the work shift;

• Employees work in a unionized and heavy industrial setting; 

• Our Lake Erie facility operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year 

• Expected work schedule is 12-hour shifts, rotating days and nights on a continental pattern; 

• You may be required to work different days of the week each time you rotate shifts including weekends and holidays; 

• The position requires you to work overtime as needed; 

• Punctuality and attendance are extremely important to the success of the operations in general as well as contributing to an overall positive team environment. 

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Stelco is an equal opportunity employer who is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier free recruitment and selection process. Applicants should advise Human Resources if they require any type of accommodation during the recruitment process. 

Among other tools and resources, we use AI-based tools to assist us in screening applicants for interviews for this position. 

Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are legally authorized to work in the location to which they apply. 

Due to the volume of applications received, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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