Summer Student - Instrument Technician (4 months)
Date: Jan 3, 2025
Location: Edmonton, AB, CA, T6E 5L9
Company: Spartan Controls Ltd.
Spartan Controls provides an exciting culture of community, creativity, entrepreneurship, and a place to build your career. We support our students' education and growth through networking, job shadowing, student events, opportunities to work with our Senior Leaders, and more!
Spartan Controls is an employee-owned company and leading provider of data management, industrial automation, valves, measurement and control solutions for process industries in Western Canada and beyond. We are dedicated to providing exceptional sales, support and service experiences for our diverse customer base in industries such as mining, power, oil & gas, municipal, pulp & paper, and chemical.
Summary
We are currently recruiting for an Instrument Technician Summer Student for a temporary term from May to August 2025. The successful candidate will be based out of our Edmonton Automation Center and will be tasked with assembling, testing, supporting, and servicing a range of Spartan products. This position will report to the Manager, Production.
Role and Responsibilities
• Assembly, testing, and calibration on a variety of Spartan products
• Pick stock to fulfill customer orders
• Assist with the assembly of orders
• Provide product telephone support for internal and external customers
• Inspect and process customer credit orders
• Provide support to other production areas in the EDC as needed
• Operate both the forklift and crane
• Participate in overtime as required to meet customers’ demands
Qualifications and Skills
• NAIT Instrumentation Student, with completion of first year and planning to return to school in fall 2025 for second year.
• Strong mechanical knowledge and skills
• Excellent work ethic
• Adaptability to provide support to different areas as required
• Outstanding commitment to customer service
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and organization skills
• Ability to work individually as well as in a team
• Strong problem solving ability
• Physically able to lift a minimum of 35 lbs.
• Entrepreneurial work ethic
Spartan is committed to providing a safe workplace for all employees. This position is classified as safety-sensitive, and as such, the successful candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment alcohol & drug test.
Spartan recognizes that there are many ways in which candidates develop knowledge, abilities, and competencies throughout their careers. We encourage applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds and we do consider qualifications and competencies that are equivalent to those specifically mentioned above.
Close Date: January 19, 2025 (11:59 pm MST)
Requisition ID: 1408