Summary:
The Site Operations Engineer will:
- Provide field level process engineering support to Operations and other stakeholders within Thermal and Conventional Heavy Oil.
- Apply engineering theory and problem-solving skills to resolve safety/environmental/integrity concerns, optimize facility performance, and scope/identify opportunities that reduce OPEX or add business value.
Responsibilities:Support and collaborate with Operations to:
- Resolve operational process / equipment issues (analyze and troubleshoot process issues, recommend ideas and solutions).
- Verify process changes, validate process function, and perform equipment sizing / rating by creating and updating process simulations models and/or completing engineering calculations / analysis.
- Identify facility bottlenecks, process improvements, and OPEX reduction opportunities; scope and frame to resolve.
- Support safety, environmental, and integrity concerns; scope and frame to resolve.
- Complete or support work intake for process engineering investigations and process, management of change requests.
- Complete process release calculations to support process safety event incident investigations.
- Provide process engineering representation and support for Operational risk assessments, Project / MOC PHA, revalidation HAZOPs, and other related evaluations.
- Define, implement, monitor, and sustain facility Safe Operating Limits.
- Support integrated production planning by identifying and managing facility constraints.
- Support facility outages by quantifying outage production impacts, supporting operational risk assessments, completing process engineering calculations / modelling, and supporting found work resolution.
- Complete performance monitoring on facility process and equipment; collaborate to drive business performance and operational efficiency.
- Execute process engineering investigations and small, process engineering MOCs.
- Interface with Facilities Engineering to support process engineering requirements for front end scoping and execution of engineering investigations and MOCs (process engineering support for facility changes).
- Coordinate process trials (PTRs) (eg. chemical trials, process optimization).
- Interface with capital project teams as needed, support up front scoping and integration/consideration of operating conditions.
- Support the Enhanced Production Audit Program (annual measurement schematic review, engineering estimates, monthly or quarterly gas sample verification, audits).
- Complete data gathering / trending to support business needs.
- Support the continuous improvement of business processes and documentation.
Competencies:- Good understanding of upstream process and equipment.
- Good understanding of engineering principles and strong analytical problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work closely with operations, maintenance, and other engineering teams to achieve goals.
- Able to manage and prioritize competing demands in a fast paced, operational front-line work environment.
- Able to listen effectively and understand different points of view.
- Possess effective written and verbal communication skills.
Qualifications:- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
- Must be registered with APEGS as a P. Eng.
- Chemical Engineering degree or equivalent program with a focus on process engineering courses.
- 4+ years of industry experience
- Previous experience in an operational, process engineering role is an asset
- Previous process engineering design experience is an asset
- Proficient with process simulation tools (HYSYS, Unisim)
- Proficient in process calculations (control valve sizing and rating, piping hydraulics/heat loss, PSV/PVRV sizing and rating, vessel/HEX sizing and rating, pump curves/performance, etc.).
- Driver’s license is required