Supervisor (Electrical & Instrumentation)

at  Sedgman Limited

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Join a team of forward thinking, enthusiastic, results-driven and collaborative professionals. To support our mission, we are currently seeking an experienced Supervisor(Electrical & Instrumentation) to join our team in Vancouver. This is a site-based role on a 14:7 roster.

WHAT DOES THIS ROLE INVOLVE?

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Leadership and Management

• Oversee the daily instrumentation, electrical, and control systems activities on site
• Work with the Construction Planner to ensure E&I activities are efficiently planned and support schedule updates
• Foster and maintain a positive culture within the E&I construction team; promote effective delegation, a questioning mindset and recognize failure as a learning opportunity.
• Support daily toolbox meetings and facilitate good communication within the team.
• Train, supervise and mentor E&I Technicians and Control Systems Engineers with all construction activities.
• Identify and support training opportunities for direct reports.
• Communicate management objectives to direct reports.
• Provide input to prioritization and scheduling of construction activity to achieve team objectives.
• Delegate projects to direct reports, monitor progress against milestones and provide progress reports to management.
• Identify constraints to achieving plant objectives and define the resources required to overcome these (e.g. new hires, software, equipment).
• Set objectives and conduct performance reviews for direct reports.
• Identify and apply appropriate quality management tools and techniques.
• Conduct workplace inspections and frequencies agreed with the Construction Manager

Technical

• Provide technical guidance on all instrumentation, electrical and control systems maintenance tasks.
• Provide support completing instrumentation, electrical and control systems tasks when needed.
• Provide support to the Construction Team for tasks such as:
• Investigate underperforming or problematic controls.
• Update control system instrumentation and programming for equipment & process modifications.
• Develop and maintain company standardization documents and libraries for PLC/DCS programming, HMI design and interface standards.
• Provide technical expertise, attention to detail, and oversight in job planning
• Be aware of Hazardous area classification, PTW, LOTO, Management of Change and other key HSE/technical policies and procedures.
• Assure proper prioritization and execution of field related routine construction activities
• Complete and authorize daily work permits as required.
• Identify, capture and communicate lessons learned and implement solutions where appropriate.
• Complete training requirements to learn about CE processes/expectations, and gain a critical understanding of Plant systems, Control systems, process fundamentals, and Plant operations.

Safety

• Champion a positive safety culture within the Construction project
• Maintain the Plant in a safe condition in line with all applicable regulations.
• Identify, report and resolve unsafe conditions, processes or actions within the workplace.
• Ensure that all safety related incidents, accidents and near misses are reported immediately and investigated in line with company policy.
• Be familiar with the Emergency Response Plan (ERP) and associated responsibilities within the plan.

To be successful in this role, you will be self-motivated, well organised with the ability to manage multiple work fronts in a busy environment. You will be able to think out-of-the-box and be the driver to find innovative solutions. This is a site based role.

• Trade or tertiary engineering qualifications, or equivalent experience
• Instrumentation Engineering Technologist Diploma would be an asset 5+ years experience within the mining construction industry
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively manage self and others time, priorities and activities
• MS Office.
• The ability to work on site is a pre-requisite for this position
• Mining construction experience
• Workplace health and safety certifications