Job Title: Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Duration: 1 year
Schedule: 4x3 (Monday to Thursday) site based (Edmonton), 5x2 (Monday to Friday) office based (Calgary)
Location: Alberta, Canada
This opportunity sits within a major bitumen production and upgrader environment, supporting engineering projects focused on performance, reliability, and maintainability. The role works across multidisciplinary teams to deliver instrumentation, control systems, valve upgrades, troubleshooting, detailed design, and commissioning support for capital projects. This company operates a diversified asset portfolio and is committed to safe, effective, efficient, and environmentally responsible operations.
Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
Required Experience:
Minimum 10 years of instrumentation engineering experience in an operating facility
Strong practical understanding of oil sands process environments
- Experience supporting operations and maintenance during routine operations, turnarounds, plant outages, and emergency situations
- Experience leading multidisciplinary work scopes, coordinating schedules and budgets, and interfacing with management, plant personnel, contractors, and vendors
- Experience participating in construction and commissioning activities for medium to large capital expansion projects
- Experience producing and reviewing instrumentation engineering deliverables for process facilities
Required Skills:
- Strong troubleshooting capability across instrumentation, control valves, actuated on-off valves, control systems, and low-voltage electrical systems
- Ability to develop scopes of work, cost estimates, and integrated multidisciplinary construction work packages
- Knowledge of process measurement principles and advanced field diagnostics
- Experience with sizing calculations for instruments, control valves, and pneumatic, electric, and hydraulic actuation packages
- Proficiency in developing datasheets, material requisitions, installation details, wiring and loop diagrams, cause-and-effect charts, control narratives, and instrument location plans
- Strong understanding of industrial control and safety-instrumented systems, including process control theory, control logic development, and loop tuning
- Ability to troubleshoot and optimize control system performance and implement system improvements and upgrades
- Experience supporting process safety and reliability initiatives, including root-cause failure analysis, bad-actor reviews, and HAZOP studies
- Knowledge of control valve design and troubleshooting, including cavitation, flashing, and severe-service conditions
- Experience with large electrically and pneumatically actuated on-off valves used in mining and severe-service refinery applications
- Strong understanding of metallurgy and material selection for corrosion, erosion, and temperature-resistant applications in oil sands environments
- Working knowledge of ASME, ANSI, API, and ISA standards in oil and gas refining environments
- Familiarity with SmartPlant Instrumentation/InTools including datasheet, wiring, and loop modules
- Strong organisational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to work safely in an operating refinery environment, including climbing ladders, stairs, and scaffolds in varying weather conditions to survey equipment and support operations and maintenance teams
Required Certifications:
Eligible for or registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Alberta
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience within oil sands or heavy-oil processing environments
Knowledge of PSV design, application, and troubleshooting, including API RP 520, ASME Section VIII (Div. 1 & 2), and ASME Section I
Experience contributing to continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma and 4DX methodologies
About Airswift:
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.