Description:
We are seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join our design and engineering team. The successful candidate will provide technical and project support across cross-functional teams, interface with clients, discipline leads, and contractors, and help drive successful delivery in a dynamic oil and gas environment. This role supports pre-FEED, FEED, detailed engineering, and construction phases of our clients’ oil and gas and energy projects, working closely with the Project Manager and project controls team.
Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end project execution for EPC scopes, helping ensure delivery on time, on budget, and to the required quality and safety standards.
- Assist in the development, maintenance, and control of project execution plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and risk registers. Support project management with scope definition, engineering work package (EWP) development, man-hour estimation, and schedule tracking.
- Promote HSE performance and ensure compliance with company policies, client requirements, and applicable regulations.
- Support change management processes and assist with commercial documentation as required.
- Serve as a key technical interface with clients and stakeholders; support progress reporting and issue resolution.
- Coordinate with process engineers, designers, construction/fabrication teams, third parties, and other engineering disciplines to ensure cohesive project delivery.
- Prepare and contribute to project status reports, technical summaries, and project documentation.
- Collaborate with other disciplines on control system design documentation (control philosophy/narrative, shutdown key and design basis memorandum (DBM’s).
- Coordinate/participate in design reviews, model reviews, and client meetings as required.
- Actively participate in process hazard analysis (PHA) activities (HAZOP, and What-If reviews), and layer of protection analysis (LOPA) as required.
- Ensure all engineering designs conform to applicable federal and provincial regulations (AER, BCER, etc.) and associated design codes/standards.
- Prepare engineering calculations, studies, technical reports, and design documentation.
- Provide technical support during the procurement phase, including technical proposal writing, proposal evaluations and vendor drawing reviews.
- Support fabrication, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup activities on job sites across Western Canada as required.
- Support project close-out activities, including lessons learned, final documentation, and handover.
- Support business development efforts, proposal development, as required.
- Mentor junior engineers and project support staff.
- Conduct field investigations and site visits as required.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, civil, or related engineering.
- Registered as a P.Eng. with APEGA.
- 10 to 15+ years of progressive process engineering experience within an EPC/EPCM or major production operation environment.
- Direct project experience with Western Canadian energy infrastructure projects encompassing:
- Natural gas processing (sweetening, dehydration, NGL recovery, compression).
- Oil treatment, battery facilities, water treatment, and pipeline networks.
- In-situ heavy oil / SAGD processing or refinery/upgrading integration.
- Familiarity with project controls concepts (cost, schedule, and basic earned value principles).
- Strong technical coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven track record of taking projects from conceptual design through detailed engineering and site commissioning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.