Instrumentation Technician at Methanex Corporation

• Use your experience in a challenging role
• Work within a collaborative team environment
• Receive competitive compensation and benefits with a global leader!

About the Organization

Methanex is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America. With the care of the environment as the root of their business, Methanex is a Responsible Care company committed to the safe, ethical and environmentally sound management of the chemicals it makes and uses. Responsible Care is an ethic established by the Chemical Industry Association of Canada (CIAC). The Responsible Care ethic is an integral part of Methanex’s global commitment to ensuring the well-being of all stakeholders, wherever Methanex does business.

For more information, please visit methanex.com/

About the Opportunity

Methanex is currently seeking an Instrumentation Technician to join the team in Medicine Hat, AB on a full-time basis.

The Instrumentation Technician is responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing a variety of instrumentation and control systems used to monitor and regulate plant processes. This role ensures the reliability, accuracy, and safe operation of process measurement and control equipment across the facility. Additionally, this position supports upgrades and new installations, including the configuration, calibration, and commissioning of instruments and control devices.

More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Troubleshooting and repairing instrumentation such as control valves, transmitters, switches, analyzers, steam turbine control systems, and DCS/PLC systems
• Collaborating with other departments to identify and resolve causes of equipment or system failures
• Recommending and implementing minor modifications to enhance plant reliability
• Developing and refining maintenance procedures to improve reliability and prevent recurrence of equipment or system issues
• Developing and performing corrective, predictive and preventive maintenance activities to ensure optimal equipment performance
• Maintaining accurate calibration and maintenance records for all instrumentation devices
• Researching and developing new predictive maintenance techniques and tools to improve system reliability
• Recommending inventory adjustments and updates to ensure availability of critical instrumentation spare parts
• Supporting other departments in developing designs and specifications for new and upgraded instrumentation and control systems
• Providing technical and execution support to the Project Execution Team throughout project implementation, testing, and commissioning phases
• Communicating effectively with team members, management, and other departments regarding ongoing activities, priorities, and policies
• Mentoring and supporting new hires, peers, and contractors to ensure skill development and adherence to site standards
• Ensuring employee and contractor compliance with Methanex policies, procedures, and applicable regulatory and industry standards
• Supporting alignment with annual Maintenance Department and I/E Team objectives and initiatives

About You

To qualify, you will need to be a Journeyperson Instrumentation Technician, with Red Seal certification preferred. A minimum of 5 years of experience as a Journeyperson, preferably within an industrial plant environment, will also be essential.

Additionally, the following skills or experience would be assets:

• Instrumentation Technologist Diploma or equivalent
• Journeyperson Electrical Technician certification
• Proficiency with HART 475, TREX, and other handheld digital communicators
• Skilled in using specialized multimeters and test equipment
• Expertise in maintaining, overhauling, troubleshooting, and calibrating control valves (Masoneilan, Valtek, Fisher) and digital/pneumatic valve positioners
• Experience troubleshooting and calibrating pressure, temperature, and flow transmitters

As our ideal candidate for this role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a customer-focused mentality, which will ensure you successfully meet the expectations of internal and external customers while also gaining their trust and respect. You possess the ability to make decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgment while being results-oriented and managing several competing priorities simultaneously. You are able to develop and maintain strong peer relationships, utilizing your collaboration skills, diplomacy, and tact.

Above all, you must possess exceptional problem-solving, critical/conceptual thinking, and troubleshooting skills, while also demonstrating an ongoing commitment to professional development.

About the Benefits

Building on our core values of integrity, trust, respect, and professionalism, our corporate culture encourages communication and teamwork and rewards employees for creativity and innovation.

We are also very active in supporting educational and training/development initiatives. We sponsor scholarships and co-op programs at local colleges and universities as well as hands-on training programs at our manufacturing facilities.

In exchange for your hard work and dedication, you can expect an industry-competitive salary along with benefits.

Join this thriving and team-focused market leader today and expand your experience with a new challenge - Apply Now!

To apply, please complete the online application form below. Once you have answered the questions, please click NEXT and you will be instructed to attach your resume on the following page. Please submit your resume and cover letter as a single document.

Expressions of interest must be submitted by 4 p.m. on November 14, 2025.