Instrumentation Technician

Instrumentation Technician

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Discovery Kidd has an exciting opportunity for an Instrumentation Technician.

A growing North America Precious Metals Company, Discovery is committed to combining high-quality gold producing assets in Canada with the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposit in Mexico.

Discovery has an experienced team, dedicated to being a highly profitable producer of gold and silver that generates superior returns, delivers substantial social-economic benefits and meets the highest environmental standards.

The Position:

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the primary duties of this job is to perform maintenance, repairs, installation and commissioning of various electronic control systems. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• System administration of the site Foxboro DCS system
• Maintenance of electronic control systems
• Responsible for product support and services required to commission and troubleshoot problems during installation and after project completion
• Installing and testing instrumentation devices
• Hardware and software maintenance, monitoring and reporting
• On-site preventive maintenance such as system back up and restore, software patches, hardware cleaning and visual inspection with recommendations and reports

Skills and Qualifications:

• Have a minimum 2-year diploma as an Instrumentation Technician with 3 year’s experience in an industrial setting (preferably a milling environment)
• Strong knowledge of controls systems such as PLC’s (Modicon) and DCS (Foxboro)
• Complete or have recently completed CAAT and DAT testing in a satisfactory manner.
• Preference will be given to applicants who have dual tickets in electrical and instrumentation.

Compensation and Benefits:

Competitive total compensation package including:

• Health, Dental, Life, AD&D, Disability, Healthcare and Wellness Spending Accounts, Virtual Care and Employee and Family Assistance Program;
• Company contributions and matching into a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Additional Information:

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Discovery’s Kidd Met Site.

We thank all candidates in advance. Please note, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Discovery welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), aboriginal (Indigenous) persons and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. Discovery is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment.

Please note that we use artificial intelligence tools to screen applications and assess qualifications and selected candidates will be contacted by a human for an interview.