Field Services Team Lead / Area Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Level Technician to lead our Field Services Team and who can apply best principles and practices in the delivery of field-based automation and control system maintenance and support services. Based out of our Ft. St. John office, you are a self-starter and keen to continue developing your existing skillset (along with taking on a variety of work). While leading some of the best technicians in the industry, the successful candidate will work within existing well-defined processes and procedures as well as identifying and developing new ones, and actively mentor more junior technical resources on the team.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for promoting a safety culture and awareness within this area of focus
• Leadership and ongoing development of the Field Services team, including the direct mentorship of more junior team members
• Management of client relationships as the primary Field Services business leader
• Lead business development activities for the identification of new Field Services and project opportunities
• Management of projects and support contracts to established budget, schedule and scope
• Project estimate and proposal development
• Active participation in marketing initiatives and events
• Interpret and follow engineering design specification documents and industry standards
• Preparation of all forms of project deliverables
• Participate in engineering design reviews
• Development of testing plans
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of automation and control system server and PC hardware
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of automation and control system hardware and associated infrastructure
• DCS, PLC, RTU and HMI graphic programming and testing as required
• Configuration, testing and troubleshooting of industrial data communications
• Basic electrical and fiber optic fault finding
• Identify and support cost reduction and efficiency improvement initiatives

Requirements:

• Red Seal tradesperson in the Instrumentation and/or Electrical field(s)
• Engineering Technology Diploma in Instrumentation or Electrical with registration as a Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T) is preferred
• PMP designation is an asset
• 15 years of automation and controls service/support/maintenance in an industrial facility operations environment
• 5 years experience in leading technical teams
• Working knowledge of industry standards and codes
• Easily adapts to change
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrated, dedicated experience with automation and control system maintenance in a facility operations environment would be considered an asset.
• Valid drivers license.

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