Project Manager (Machinery Performance)

Spartan Controls is an employee-owned company and leading provider of data management, industrial automation, valves, measurement and control solutions for process industries in Western Canada and beyond. We are dedicated to providing exceptional sales, support and service experiences for our diverse customer base in industries such as mining, power, oil & gas, municipal, pulp & paper, and chemical.

Spartan is committed to creating a sustainable modern world with innovative automation. Our focus is Customer Outcomes. By leveraging applied automation we assist customers improving their Safety, Reliability, Operations and Productivity.

Our employee ownership model creates a unique culture of community, creativity, entrepreneurship, and a place to build your career. Spartan Controls provides an environment that not only encourages you to do your best, but also empowers you to do what it takes to create a solution, address a need, or respond to an issue.

Summary

We are recruiting for a Project Manager with a focus on Machinery Performance (MP) and Reliability solutions for our Systems, Software & Solutions team, based in Calgary. Spartan’s MP Solutions lead the industry in terms of emissions reduction and sustainability, and our Reliability solutions are a game-changer, helping our customers get the most out of their assets and avoid costly downtime.

This is an amazing opportunity for individuals who want to work with a leading automation supplier, providing innovative solutions based on industry-recognized technologies in some of the largest installations in the world. You will become an expert, heavily relied upon to provide the knowledge and experience customers require in order to keep their equipment running safely and efficiently.

The successful candidate will manage multiple projects simultaneously, in both E&C and Reliability. The project manager will work with technical experts, our automation programming experts, field service, the project team and lifecycle services team, providing leadership, support, knowledge, and experience to execute and deliver solutions to our customers.

This role allows the incumbent the challenge of providing engineered/manufactured products and solutions for a very fast-paced industry. Reporting to the Operations Manager - Machinery Performance, the successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of engineering design, configuration, integration, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning, and start-up services.

This is a career that will invest in your success and future, with unlimited room for growth and advancement. Spartan Controls will provide excellent benefits, improved work-life balance, a guaranteed base salary along with overtime and company profit sharing, flex days, and the opportunity to become an owner in the company.

Spartan Controls operates as a very tight knit team, helping each other to succeed as individuals while exceeding customer expectations. You’ll work with a team that values fresh ideas, supports your growth, and celebrates wins together - big and small.

Role and Responsibilities

• You will become an industry expert in providing solutions in the following space:
  • Programmable Logical Controllers (PLC): REMVue and Sixnet RTU (Isagraf), DeltaV, Allen-Bradley (RS500/5000 and Studio5000), Schneider Proface HMI (GP-ProEX) and PanelView HMI (FT View Studio)
  • Altronic Shutdown & Control Systems
  • Ignition systems and their components
  • Air Fuel Ratio controllers
• Support gas compression control on products and solutions, and focused on in-house design, development, and implementation of control and safety systems.
  • Manage scope, cost, schedule, quality, functionality, and customer expectations
  • Project risk management, change management and contract management
  • Work with technical leads to ensure an appropriate technical solution is provided, and ensuring quality assurance through the process
  • Work with customers and Spartan’s engineers to understand and ensure compliance with all applicable customer engineering and safety standards, practices, procedures, plant documentation requirements and methods of installation
  • Work with customers to ensure that emissions reduction and sustainability targets are achieved
  • Produce and manage schedules, status reports and other project management related documentation, as required by customers and Spartan operations
  • Drive the lifecycle of a project from handoff to delivery of a quality product/solution, delivered to the customer on time and on budget by:
    • Engaging with sales to add input to scope/budget/timeline to ensure a pending/won project is practical with relation to project execution lifecycle
    • Managing the engineering and design resources, working closely with the technical lead, to ensure project scope is met on time and to budget
    • Using knowledge and experience to drive the fabrication and engineering of manufactured assemblies including fuel trains, electrical systems, control panels, and integration of these components into a complete solution
    • Interfacing and leading Spartan’s manufacturing team, outsourced vendors, and third-party contractors to produce a quality delivered solution
    • Familiarity with relevant regulations and industry standards for industrial mechanical and electrical scope
    • Work with project coordinators and procurement to setup projects, manage project changes, schedule fabrication, material delivery, and invoicing milestones
    • Work with lifecycle service coordinators to setup and manage field service work (commissioning and startup)
  • Manage change requests; quickly evaluate impact, risk, change pace, and meet customer’s expected delivery and objectives
  • Maintain accurate project financial reporting including planning and forecasting, explaining variances to as sold and plan
  • Manage project documentation and design input requirements from customers, with assistance from the project engineering and document control teams
  • Answer basic technical questions from the customer
• Collaborate with the operations manager and team leads to ensure project resource needs are met, and to drive internal process improvements
• Participate in our 7/24 on call rotation
• Schedule and coordinate Project Execution, Delivery, Deployment, On-Site start-up and commissioning services, and troubleshooting for our E&C products and solutions which include: Fisher valves & regulators, Rosemount transmitters (flow, level, temperature), vibration sensors, I2P’s, DVC’s, VFD’s, DeltaV systems
• Provide telephone customer support on E&C products and solutions
• Interface and build lasting relationships with Internal and external customers

Qualifications and Skills

• B.Sc. in Engineering, Electronics, Electrical, or Computer Technologist Diploma, or Instrumentation Technologist Diploma
• Experience with the following control systems / PLCs / RTUs / Solutions is an asset
  • REMVue
  • DeltaV
  • Allen Bradley
  • ControlWave
  • Emerson/GE PLCs (VersaMax, RSTi, RX3i)
• Experience with the following is an asset:
  • Programming / Software / Configuration experience - proven skill set that can be applied to various programming languages (i.e. RTU/PLC hardware/software, ladder logic, function block, structured text, and HMI configuration)
  • Oil and gas industry experience.
  • Natural gas compression industry experience.
  • Control valves, shut-off valves
  • Instrumentation (pressure, flow, temperature, level transmitters)
  • Fire and Gas detectors
  • Interpreting P&IDs
  • Experience with Modbus configuration
  • Related process control system experience.
  • Experience with maintenance and troubleshooting in a site / operations environment
• Aptitude for prioritizing multiple tasks and managing multiple concurrent assignments
• Exceptional communication skills and customer service experience and practices
• Strong team player and customer oriented
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Safety conscious and able to complete applicable safety training (e.g. H2S Alive, CSTS, First Aid, etc.)
• Willingness to travel; valid Class 5 driver license required
• Entrepreneurial work ethic
• Extensive and exceptional customer service practices
• Proven organization and multi-tasking skills
• Entrepreneurial work ethic

Spartan recognizes that there are many ways in which candidates develop knowledge, abilities, and competencies throughout their careers. We encourage applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds and we do consider qualifications and competencies that are equivalent to those specifically mentioned above.

Spartan is committed to providing a safe workplace for all employees. This position is classified as safety-sensitive, and as such, the successful candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment alcohol & drug test.

As part our recruitment process, successful candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment security background check.

Close Date: November 4, 2026 (11:59 pm MDT)

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Requisition ID: 1868