Process Control Specialist

Island Gold District
Dubreuilville, ON P0S1B0, CAN

Description

About Alamos Gold Inc.: Alamos Gold is a Canadian-based gold producer with a long-term track record of creating value for all stakeholders through solid financial performance, low-cost production growth, and a company-wide commitment to social responsibility and environmental stewardship. We currently operate three mines – two in Canada and one in Mexico – and we have a strong portfolio of development stage projects, including the Lynn Lake Project and Island Gold Phase 3+ Expansion in Canada, and Puerto Del Aire Project in Mexico. Alamos also has an early-stage exploration project in Canada, the Qiqavik Gold Project. Our core values of safety, teamwork, environmental sustainability, integrity, and commitment allow our more than 1,900 dedicated team members to thrive in their careers and to create a lasting legacy that benefits all Alamos stakeholders.

About Island Gold District: Alamos Gold’s Island Gold District will become one of the largest and lowest-cost gold mines in Canada. With the two mines within the district, Island Gold and Magino employ over 900 team members who work in the underground and open pit operations and are located in northern Ontario, just east of the town of Dubreuilville, 83 kilometres northeast of Wawa. Through ongoing exploration success, Island Gold District’s Mineral Reserves and Resources have continued to grow in size and quality. Join the Island Gold District team and be a part of the long-life mining operations, as we prioritize our employee growth, high performance and a culture of safety and accountability.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, modify, troubleshoot, and maintain Emerson Delta V, and Rockwell PLC control Systems.
• Modify control system logic to maintain existing and develop new process control functionality.
• Modify control system interlocks, permissives, alarms, and operator displays for safe and optimized process control.
• Design, install, and maintain OPC and Modbus interfaces to control systems.
• Analyze and tune process control loops.
• Manage and perform control system software upgrades.
• Manage and perform control system hardware maintenance and upgrades in control rooms and Motor Control Centers.
• Respond to control system troubleshooting requests after-hours as required, including troubleshooting remotely, and callouts to site.
• Maintain, develop, modify, and troubleshoot process control support systems: OSI-PI historian, DB-Doc, Advanced process control, SPLIT camera, etc.
• Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot Microsoft PCs and Servers.
• Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot Ethernet, Cisco and Hirschmann switches.
• Assist in maintaining cyber security systems for Process Control system computers and servers.
• Work directly with vendors and contractors to facilitate control system maintenance, upgrades, and expansions.
• Analyze process systems using current and historical data, to identify problems and opportunities.
• Research and analyze process performance, draw conclusions, and take action to resolve process control issues in an operating plant.
• Provide guidelines to plant operations and maintenance groups to achieve safety and production goals in an environmentally responsible, and economic manner.
• Work constructively in a team environment that creates and enhances the Argonaut Gold Magino Mine vision through understanding and capturing future opportunities.
• Participate in regular plant inspections to identify and record safety issues and process improvement opportunities.
• Conduct regular interviews with various personnel onsite to encourage safe working habits and identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify, originate, develop, and implement projects specifically to improve and enhance safety onsite.
• Provide regular reports on project progress and activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in Process Control, Electrical, Computer related, or general engineering degree. Other post-secondary college diploma or appropriate work experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a similar role in the mining industry. Other industrial sector experience will be considered as well.
• Demonstrated functional knowledge of the principals and methods used in Process Control and processing analysis required.
• Proficient with current Microsoft operating systems and basic software: Word, Excel, Outlook required.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to safely work in an environment with exposed 110VAC sources required
• Experience installing, programming, and troubleshooting Emerson Delta V, Rockwell PLC, and OSI PI systems preferred.
• Microsoft PC/server and Ethernet network development and troubleshooting experience preferred.
• Process optimization experience preferred.
• Excellent computer skills including MS Office, SAP and Projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Project start-up experience would be an asset.

Alamos Gold Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment for all third parties, and will provide accommodation where required, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (the “Act”). The Company is committed to excellence in serving all third parties including people with disabilities and will do so by preventing and removing barriers to accessibility and meeting the requirements under the Act in a timely fashion.