Electronic & instrumentation technician/technologist/engineer

Position: Electronic & Instrumentation Technician/Technologist/Engineer

Term: 1 Year, Full-Time Position

Location: Humboldt, Saskatchewan 

PAMI is committed to excellence through continuous improvements. We’re passionate about machines and our goal is to create efficiencies, find solutions and provide insight by studying, designing, building and testing machines and their components in real world situations. 

PAMI is an ISO 9001:2015-registered organization established in 1975 to provide a unique resource to both prairie farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Today, in addition to continuing our agricultural priorities, PAMI has also evolved to serve the needs of both the mining and transportation industries. With a professionally diverse staff, PAMI is committed to providing excellence in product development, testing, and design. We offer our clients access to valuable agricultural testing and benchmarking equipment as well as first-rate testing equipment for industry.

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Electronics & Instrumentation Technical Services Lead, the Electronics & Instrumentation Technician/Technologists/Engineer are responsible for providing technical support to the electronics and instrumentation areas. (Note that the individual candidate will be assigned one of the three following titles: Technician, Technologist or Engineer, depending on their formal post secondary training.) This position will be a 1 year term contract starting as soon as possible.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

The following are the responsibilities and general duties of these positions but are not inclusive of all the detailed tasks that may be required:

• Be a key provider of quality electronic and instrumentation services as a member of a high-performance team led by the Electronics and Instrumentation Technical Services Lead
• Collaborate with project teams by providing instrumentation and electronic systems design, fabrication, and testing
• Provide electrical/electronic systems and instrumentation services including: calibration, programing, and operation, to projects involving field/lab design and testing of vehicles, equipment and machinery
• Provide analysis and report writing services of the key measurements and findings on projects in a timely manner
• Integrate electrical and electronic systems into industrial vehicles and stationary equipment with technologies such as CAN Networks (hardware and software), PLC/HMI programs and other associated design tools
• Maintain the calibration of instrumentation, data acquisition, and testing equipment, to ensure those devices are available to projects as needed, and that they meet PAMI QA requirements
• Provide design services and support manufacturing of vehicle electronic cable systems (wire harnesses)
• Troubleshoot electronic and instrumentation problems and implement solutions
• Support and maintain a safe, happy, and healthy work environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• General use of equipment – instrumentation, electronics and computer hardware and software, computer networks, programs and applications
• Experience in the agriculture, mining or transportation industries is preferred
• Experience with implementing and adjusting programmable logic controllers and control systems are requirements
• Have a strong electrical and mechanical aptitude and understanding
• Valid driver’s license
• A team player with a reputation for safe and high-quality work and a demonstrated self- starter

Credentials and Experience:

• Applicable diploma or certificate as a technician or technologist; or a university degree in a relevant field
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite for data analysis and communications, as well as familiarity with software supporting electronic design, PLC’s, wiring harness design, data acquisition, instrumentation, etc.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Pension Plan
• Group Insurance Benefits
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Annual Vacation Leave