Commissioning Electrical Heat Trace (EHT) Lead

GrizzlyTrek is hiring a Commissioning Electrical Heat Trace (EHT) Lead for our valued client's commissioning and startup (CSU) team in Edmonton, Alberta. You will be the EHT subject matter expert on an integrated field leadership team, taking newly installed EHT systems through walkdowns, testing, functional checks and troubleshooting to first time start-up, and directing E&I electricians to mitigate EHT deficiencies.

• Pay: $80.00 per hour
• Location: Edmonton, Alberta. Field based, working on site.
• Ticket: Journeyman Electrical, Interprovincial Red Seal (required)
• Experience: 7 to 15 years of work experience, including 5 years leading commissioning and start-up
• Scope: EHT inspection, testing, functional commissioning, documentation and troubleshooting

You will work inside an integrated field leadership team, planning, managing and preparing equipment and systems for first time start-up. Your scope is newly installed EHT: cable routing, component installation, insulation and sensor placement, heating cable integrity, control panels, temperature controllers and alarms. As the EHT subject matter expert, you mentor less experienced members of the team and direct E&I electricians to mitigate EHT deficiencies.

• →Walk down newly installed EHT systems to confirm compliance with isometric drawings, P&IDs and vendor specifications, including cable routing, component installation, insulation and sensor placement
• →Perform insulation resistance (megger) tests, continuity checks and loop resistance tests on heating cables to verify integrity
• →Commission and test heat trace control panels, temperature controllers (PLC, RTD and thermocouple) and alarm systems to confirm proper operation
• →Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical and controller faults, including repairing cable damage and replacing faulty components, and direct E&I electricians to mitigate EHT deficiencies
• →Prepare, update and maintain test reports, pre-functional checklists and red-line drawings, and develop daily EHT progress reports for the CSU Coordinator
• →Understand the Completions process, identify system scoping requirements and priorities, take part in inspections, system walkdowns and the Punchlist and Mitigation Plan, and manage test records and documentation as required under the CMS Plan
• →Within the EHT scope, assist the CSU Manager with review and edits of Commissioning Plans, Procedures and Strategy
• →Identify, schedule and manage EHT vendor and contractor needs on site, and monitor progress
• →Act as the EHT subject matter expert and mentor to the project team, sharing CSU experience and teaching less experienced members

• Journeyman Electrical Interprovincial Red Seal
• 7 to 15 years of work experience, including 5 years leading commissioning and start-up of electrical, instrumentation and automated electrical and mechanical equipment and process control systems
• Strong electrical, instrumentation and automation background
• Familiarity with refrigeration, gases and distillation
• High level of understanding of automated EHT equipment commissioning

• Commissioning and start-up experience on EHT equipment in industrial gas, power generation and chemical facilities, including cryogenic technologies, air separation, syngas and CO2 capture

This seat makes you the EHT lead on an integrated field leadership team: walking down newly installed systems, proving heating cable integrity, commissioning control panels and controllers, and directing E&I electricians to clear deficiencies before first time start-up. It pays $80.00 per hour.

GrizzlyTrek Group is a Technical Workforce and Indigenous Employment Partner. We recruit skilled trades and technical professionals across Canada's industrial sector and place them with reputable employers offering long term work, fair pay, and room to advance. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and proudly support Indigenous employment.

Are you a Red Seal electrician who has commissioned EHT? Tell us your years leading start-up, the EHT systems and facilities you have commissioned, and your trade ticket. Qualified candidates will be contacted quickly.

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