PLC Technician
Ensign Energy Services · Nisku, AB
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What this role involves
Ensign Energy Services is hiring a PLC Technician, listed on its careers board as a Programmable Logic Controller Specialist, for its Nisku, Alberta base, requisition 138. The technician deploys and commissions PLC control systems on drilling rigs, working on a fourteen-days-on, fourteen-days-off rotation that covers rigs globally. Day to day the role means troubleshooting PLC systems and field instrumentation, both remotely and on site, and working with the electrical systems that drive a rig: silicon controlled rectifiers, variable frequency drives and motor control centres, plus Modbus, Profibus and RS232 communications, networking and remote-access links. The technician also carries out rig surveys, trains field crews, and handles on-call escalation when control systems fail in the field, with domestic and international travel part of the job. A United States passport is required. The posting asks for five years of electrical experience, with oil and gas experience preferred. No pay is stated. Posted October 6, 2026, and the posting expires December 2, 2026, which governs the board’s listed-until date. Verified live on the employer’s own careers page on November 5, 2026.
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Skills and platforms: PLC · Modbus · Profibus · VFD
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