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Sancon Commissioning
Location: Calgary, Alberta (Remote and Travel Required)
Position Type: Full-Time

About Sancon Commissioning

Sancon Commissioning has provided commissioning, startup, and operational readiness services for large industrial project for 20 years throughout North America.   With our continued expansion into the utility-scale power generation facilities across North America, we are seeking an experienced commissioning professional with a proven background in utility power generation and gas turbine facilities to support our continued growth.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute throughout the complete project lifecycle—from proposal development and planning through commissioning, startup, and project completion.

Position Summary

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in the development, planning, and execution of utility-scale power generation commissioning projects. This role combines technical expertise, business development support, project planning, and field execution.

The successful candidate will work closely with Sancon's sales, estimating, planning, and project execution teams, as well as clients, EPC contractors, equipment vendors, and plant owners.

Travel throughout Canada and the United States will be required, along with the flexibility to work remotely when project requirements permit.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to perform the following duties:

Business Development & Technical Sales Support

  • Support the Sales Team by providing technical expertise during business development activities.
  • Participate in client meetings, technical presentations, and proposal review meetings.
  • Assist in identifying technical solutions that align with client requirements.
  • Contribute to the continued growth and expansion of Sancon Commissioning's service offerings and client relationships.

Estimating & Project Planning

Working closely with the Estimation & Planning Manager, the successful candidate will:

  • Assist in the preparation of technical proposals and bid submissions.
  • Review project scope and contract documents.
  • Support development of commissioning execution strategies.
  • Develop commissioning sequences.
  • Assist with preparation of commissioning schedules.
  • Review and develop commissioning procedures and test documentation.
  • Participate in project risk reviews and constructability assessments.

Project Execution

Upon award of projects, the successful candidate will participate in project execution by acting as either:

  • Subject Matter Expert (SME)
  • Commissioning and Start-Up (CSU) Manager
  • Senior Commissioning Engineer

Responsibilities include:

  • Leading commissioning activities from mechanical completion through commercial operation.
  • Coordinating commissioning teams and subcontractors.
  • Managing client interfaces.
  • Supporting system turnover and completions management.
  • Directing commissioning planning and execution.
  • Supporting startup activities.
  • Oversee project controls.
  • Managing commissioning documentation.
  • Supporting performance testing and project closeout.
  • Providing technical troubleshooting during startup and commissioning.

Required Qualifications

Applicants must possess:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Power Engineering, or related discipline), or an equivalent combination of education and extensive industry experience.
  • Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in a Canadian province or eligibility for registration with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).
  • Minimum 10 years of experience on utility power generation projects.
  • Minimum 5 years of direct commissioning experience on utility-scale power generation facilities.
  • Demonstrated experience commissioning gas turbine power generation facilities.
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Commissioning planning and execution
    • Startup and operational readiness
    • Functional testing
    • System turnover
    • Performance testing
    • Plant operations
    • Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO)
    • Safety management systems
  • Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Strong communication and leadership abilities.
  • Ability to work independently while leading multidisciplinary project teams.

Required Technical Experience

Candidates should have experience with one or more of the following:

  • Combined Cycle Power Plants (CCPP)
  • Simple Cycle Gas Turbine Plants
  • Cogeneration Facilities
  • Peaking Power Plants
  • Utility substations
  • Balance-of-Plant (BOP) systems

Experience with commissioning and startup of equipment including:

  • Gas turbines
  • Steam turbines
  • Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs)
  • Generators
  • Generator Step-Up (GSU) transformers
  • Electrical switchgear
  • Motor Control Centres (MCCs)
  • Protection and control systems
  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
  • Excitation systems
  • Plant auxiliary systems
  • Fuel gas systems
  • Cooling water systems
  • Instrumentation and control systems

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be a Canadian citizen or legally authorized to work in Canada.
  • Be eligible to obtain the necessary visa and authorization to travel and work in the United States.
  • Be able to satisfy U.S. entry requirements, including successfully passing any required background screening and having no restrictions that would prevent cross-border travel.
  • Hold a valid driver's licence.
  • Be willing and able to travel extensively throughout Canada and the United States.
  • Be flexible to work remotely, from client offices, or at project sites as required.

Application Requirements

Applicants are requested to submit:

  • A detailed résumé.
  • A summary of utility power generation projects, including:
    • Project name
    • Location
    • Plant type
    • Client
    • Role and responsibilities
    • Dates of involvement
  • A detailed list of major equipment commissioned or supported.
  • Professional registrations, certifications, and relevant safety training.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in:

  • EPC power generation projects
  • Brownfield plant upgrades
  • Plant outages
  • Simple & Combined cycle commissioning
  • Plant performance testing
  • Owner's engineering support
  • Protection and control testing
  • Commissioning management
  • Completions management systems
  • Operational readiness planning
  • NERC/CIP awareness

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Opportunities to work with a sole commissioning firm with 20 year in business.
  • A collaborative, safety-focused work environment.
  • Professional development and career growth opportunities.
  • The opportunity to contribute across the full project lifecycle—from business development and project planning through commissioning, startup, and commercial operation.

 

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About us:

Sancon Commissioning, a North America provider of Commissioning and Startup (CSU) planning and field execution is celebrating 20 years of valued customer service.   Sancon provides skilled and experienced commissioning teams who develop and execute detailed work plans for pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities. We aim to build lasting relationships with our valued clients and stakeholders. We rely on integrity, strong commitments to safety, and providing outstanding quality through our ISO-based Quality Management System and industry-leading commissioning processes and procedures. 

Position Overview:

The Commissioning Planner / Estimator is responsible for developing detailed commissioning execution plans, preparing accurate labor and cost estimates, coordinating multidisciplinary planning inputs, and ensuring that commissioning activities are fully aligned with construction, engineering, and operations. This dual function role blends technical planning expertise with estimating precision to support safe, efficient, and cost-effective project execution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Planning & Work Preparation

  • Develop commissioning plans, work packs, test packs, and task lists based on system boundaries, project documentation, and client requirements.
  • Generate tag takeoffs and master deliverables lists; maintain system boundary documentation.
  • Populate Mechanical Completion System software with commissioning and startup scope of work.
  • Create dynamic commissioning procedures, pre-commissioning method statements, and activity sequencing for all disciplines.
  • Ensure all commissioning tasks have clearly defined prerequisites, including construction completion, materials, isolation requirements, tools, and vendor support.

2. Scheduling & Coordination

  • Build and maintain commissioning schedules using approved planning tools.
  • Support Project Controls with Primavera P6 schedule development with system sequence direction.
  • Coordinate closely with construction, engineering, operations, and vendors to align readiness and activity timing.
  • Participate in planning meetings, readiness reviews, progress discussions, and workshops.

3. Estimating & Cost Development

  • Prepare accurate labor estimates for commissioning execution, including supervision, craft labor, third-party services, and vendor support.
  • Develop costed budget proposals and commissioning execution cost estimates for internal and client-facing use.
  • Identify cost saving opportunities through procedure optimization, material reviews, long lead spares evaluation, and industry-standard efficiencies.
  • Ensure estimating outputs adhere to Sancon ISO procedures, safety requirements, and project-specific standards.

4. Documentation & Technical Support

  • Maintain document control processes for commissioning procedures, drawings, check sheets, system completion data, and planning files.
  • Support the setup and quality review of systems completion databases.
  • Review client packages, identify clarifications and assumptions, and document planning risks and mitigation strategies.

5. Field Interface & Execution Support

  • Communicate planning changes effectively to field commissioning teams and discipline leads.
  • Participate in FAT activities and coordinate with vendors to ensure proper commissioning support.
  • Provide day today planning and estimating support during execution as required.
  • Support change order development for planning and execution with the project controls group.

6. Tools, Logistics & Material Readiness

  • Assess and plan for tools, equipment, rentals, consumables, and specialty commissioning hardware.
  • Integrate vendor mobilization requirements, long lead commissioning spares, and support personnel into execution plans.
  • Ensure resource planning aligns with schedule requirements and system priorities.

7. Quality, Safety & Compliance

  • Produce all work in accordance with company quality procedures, ISO requirements, and safety guidelines.
  • Maintain a proactive safety mindset, contributing to zero-incident expectations and continuous improvement.
  • Submit safety observations and ensure all planning and estimating deliverables reflect safe work practices.

Qualifications, Experience & Competencies

Technical Skills

Mandatory:

  • Canadian certification of Engineering Technology or Engineering Degree (Preferred Instrumentation)
  • Ability to interpret P&IDs, electrical drawings, instrumentation documents, and system boundaries.
  • Proficiency with planning and documentation tools such as scheduling software, spreadsheets, and completions systems.
  • Beneficial to have an understanding of commissioning, start-up, and system completion practices.
  • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without a work permit or visa.

Estimating Skills

  • Ability to break down scope into labor categories, task durations, and cost components.
  • Strong analytical capability to review project inputs and produce accurate, defensible estimates.

Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication, and coordination skills.
  • Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken  
  • Self initiative and great coordination skills.
  • High attention to detail, accuracy, and task completion.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with office, construction, operations, engineering, and vendor teams.

Sancon is an equal opportunity employer.  Sancon provides employee health care options, profit sharing incentives and opportunity for growth and advancement.  Only successful candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Dental care
  • Extended health care
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Calgary, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

  • Do you have a valid Canadian certification of Engineering Technology or Engineering Degree (

Experience:

  • Construction estimating: 1 year (required)
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This is a general Sancon application if you do not currently fit into any of our open positions. You will be entered into our database and considered for future opportunities.

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Do you want to be part of the best team in the Commissioning and Start Up sector.  Sancon is known for their ability to provide the highest in quality of service, with an excellent safety record and superb team atmosphere.

If you are a recent graduate in Instrument, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Technology field of study, have graduated from a Canadian recognized institution and looking for work, Sancon is the company to apply to, as we are expanding our team.

We have the following opportunity for recent graduates to provide support in field junior positions to provide support for large industrial projects in Canada and the USA.

Job Requirement                        

 Electrical, Mechanical or Instrument Engineering Technologist

  • 0-3 years of work experience and education in the technology or engineering field of study
  • Must have attended and graduated from a recognized Canadian institution. Excellent people skills.
  • Good communication both verbal and written in the English language.
  • Attention to detail and organization
  • Ability to work in both an office environment and field environments.
  • Valid drivers license in Canada, with good standing.
  • Must be eligible to work outside of Canada
  • Willing to travel for work (FIFO)
  • Appropriate computer skills, which includes: Microsoft Office Suite , Bluebeam, Adobe Pro

Candidates will have to perform a pre-screening Drug and Alcohol test prior to employment.  Criminal checks maybe required for some clients and work locations.

Location: Field assignments in Canada, USA and potentially other Countries.

Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted.

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Sancon is looking for the individual who meets the following requirements and descriptions:

 Instrument-Technician

An Instrumentation /Control Technician repairs, maintains, calibrates, adjusts and installs industrial measuring and controlling instrumentation. Ensure the correct operation of equipment to ensure that all equipment and process function as designed. The individual will be responsible to follow clearly defined processes and procedures to test and trouble shoot equipment.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

The ideal candidate will possess the following essential skills and qualifications:

  • 5 years industrial oil and gas experience; technical training with a science background or equivalent is preferred; good working knowledge of equipment, materials, techniques, and safeguards in respective discipline for maintenance and construction of a continuous process, basic knowledge of fluid dynamics and process control.
  • Ability to read and understand instrument and electrical drawings; a high mechanical aptitude and the ability to comprehend and apply information in technical service manuals; excellent verbal and written communication skills; Good computer skills.
  • Must speak, read and write in  English
  • Have a valid drivers license for Canada
  • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without further certifications or authorizations

  Education

-Inter-provincial Trade Certification (Instrumentation)
-Certified Technologist (Instrumentation)

Related Skills, Interests and Values

  • Consulting manuals, reading and interpreting circuit diagrams, blueprints and schematics
  • Inspecting and Testing the operation of instruments and systems to diagnose faults using testing devices
  • Writing maintenance reports
  • Repairing and adjusting system components or removing and replacing defective parts
  • Calibrating components and instruments
  • Performing scheduled preventative maintenance work
  • Observing safety in accordance with government and company standards.

All applications will be reviewed, only the successful ones will be contacted. All others will be kept on file for future considerations.

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Sancon is looking for the individual who meets the following requirements and descriptions:


Electrical Technician - Journeyman

The applicant must be verse in fundamentals of electrical theory. This knowledge will allow the applicant to apply standard NETA or IEEE testing practices to validate the integrity of electrical equipment.   Testing will involve both low and medium voltage equipment and in minimal applications involving high voltage.  The applicant must be familiar with completing the following tests:

  • Insulation resistance testing (Megger)
  • High potential testing (Hi-Pot)
  • Digital low resistance testing (DLRO)
  • Primary or secondary injection
  • Polarization index test (PI)
  • Dissipation factor test
  • Transformer Saturation testing
  • Battery discharge testing
  • Auto Transfer scheme testing
  • Generator load acceptance and rejection testing
  • Unloaded and loaded operational tests
  • Lumens testing
  • Protection relay testing
  • Vacuum breaker testing

Qualifications;

  • Technical Diploma or Degree from recognized Institution in Canada
  • Journeyman apprenticeship completed/ and Interprovincial certification
  • Minimum 3 Years’ experience in testing or maintenance
  • Attention to detail and organization
  • Ability to work in both an office environment and field environments.
  • Valid drivers license in Canada, with good standing.
  • Must be eligible to work outside of Canada
  • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without further certifications or authorizations
  • Must speak, read and write in English
  • Willing to travel for work (FIFO)
  • Appropriate computer skills,

Skills

  • Problem solving: Applicants need to have the aptitude to troubleshoot problems in a methodical manner to identify the issues.
  • Logic: Applicants need to be able to read electrical blueprints and prove all control through testing in systematic manner.
  • Adaptable: Working in tight quarter with wires, using hand tools and handling small components requires manual dexterity and good color visibility.
  • Observation: Applicants need to review electrical installations and observe any violations to the Canadian Electrical Code.
  • Integrity:  Applicants must be willing to work within their abilities and defer to assistance in order to maintain quality and integrity.

   Responsibilities:

  • Test electrical equipment.
  • Replace and repair damaged or failed electrical equipment
  • Troubleshoot & fix faults to electrical systems including; Motor control centers and switchgear, ac or dc motors, Generators, UPS, Lighting and distribution systems, Heat trace systems, Power distribution transformers, HVAC equipment, contactors, protection relays, NGR, circuit breakers, ATS, etc
  • Familiar with programmable logic controllers.

Knowledgeable with use of various electrical power test equipment including;

  • High to Medium Voltage experience
  • Insulation resistance tester
  • AC/DC Hi-Pot Tester
  • Digital low resistance ohmmeter
  • 3 Ph injection test set
  • Transformer Turns Ratio test set
  • Current transformer test set
  • Lumens meter
  • Protection Relay test set
  • Digital Voltage Meter, power quality analyzer
  • Load bank
  • Battery testers
  • Temperature gun and circuit breaker test set.

All applications will be reviewed, only the successful ones will be contacted. All others will be kept on file for future considerations. 

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Looking for a Process Operator/engineering professional to perform the duties involved with the safe commissioning and start up of equipment and plant operating systems. The role is also a primary interface with the operations department and the construction group to ensure a smooth and efficient turn over of a project, there is also everyday plant operations to monitor and improve on.

Abilities needed: 
 
Must have the ability to work effectively and cooperatively with people in various functional areas.   The primary duties required by this role include:

  • Ability to perform commissioning and start up duties in accordance with the company's policies and procedures to maintain a safe work environment.
  • Strong understanding of Permit to Work Systems.
  • Commissioning  and operations support and assistance.
  • Issue safe work permits and gas testing as required.
  • Ability to perform Mechanical Isolation of Process equipment ensuring zero stored energy and equipment is safe for maintenance activities.
  • Commission and start up of equipment and plant operating systems.
  • Develop, write and update procedures, lockout sheets and reading sheets. Procedures include commissioning, start up, shut down and standard operating procedures.

 
Decision Making 
 
Independently make decisions regarding the quality and completeness of the project. Self motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
 
Skill Set:

  • Detail oriented and strong organizational skills.
  • Carry out assigned work in an effective and timely manner.
  • Demonstrated strong written and effective verbal communication skills.
  • Computer skills and data management skills.
  • Read and understand P&ID's.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of plant and process systems.
  • Strong plant operating ability.
  • SAGD experience needed.
  • Well Pad experience, and LOTO. an asset
    • Attention to detail and organization
    • Ability to work in both an office environment and field environments.
    • Valid drivers license in Canada, with good standing.
    • Must be eligible to work outside of Canada
    • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without further certifications or authorizations
    • Must speak, read and write in English
    • Willing to travel for work (FIFO)

 
Experience

  • Oil & gas or related industry experience.
  • 5 to 10 years of plant operating experience.
  • Control room operating experience with distributed control systems.(DCS)
  • Prior commissioning and start up experience would be an asset.
  • Fourth, Third or Second Class Power Engineering Certificate would be an asset

All applications will be reviewed only the successful ones will be contacted. All others will be kept on file for a period of 1 year for future considerations. 

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