Lead Mechanical Engineer

Vista Projects Limited; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Calgary is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer to oversee energy industry projects from inception to completion. The role involves leading a team, managing project schedules, and ensuring quality compliance. Candidates should have extensive experience in facilities engineering, strong communication skills, and a relevant engineering degree. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and offers competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pay and benefits

Performance bonuses

Flexible schedules

Half-day Fridays

Free parking

Qualifications

• Over ten years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design.
• P.Eng. registration with APEGA required.
• 3+ years leading an engineering team in an EPC environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a discipline engineering team in designing energy industry projects.
• Prepare weekly progress reports and update project schedules.
• Supervise engineering team and ensure adherence to quality standards.

Skills

Communication

Organizational

Technical

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or applied science

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

What Vista Does

Vista Projects is an integrated industrial engineering firm that helps clients navigate the digital transformation of their projects and operations. Our proven project execution process is based on a “single source of truth” model that eliminates the potential for inefficient engineering designs, cost overruns, and project delays.

Why We Do It

We believe the world needs industrial projects and that intelligent engineering data can increase the likelihood of innovative solutions reaching the market. Our multi-discipline teams have conceptualized and designed some of the most challenging and successful industrial processing projects in the North American energy sector. Vista is a trusted partner for projects ranging from conceptual studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions.

Where We Work

Our approach benefits new asset developments and brownfield optimization projects across various industrial markets, including biofuels, produced water treatment, natural gas, and petrochemical processing. We are headquartered in Calgary with a satellite office in Houston.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Lead Mechanical Engineer leads a discipline engineering team in designing energy industry projects from inception to completion. Responsibilities include:

1. Planning, allocating, and reviewing work programs, updating ForecastWeb weekly, and ensuring alignment with Project/Program Manager demands. Communicate changes through change management to stakeholders.
2. Preparing weekly progress reports detailing work completed, upcoming plans, and discipline needs.
3. Updating project schedules weekly, marking task statuses, and coordinating with Project Management on engineering tasks and deliverables.
4. Establishing scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules, and priorities for projects or proposals.
5. Scheduling and expediting departmental work.
6. Supervising an engineering team involved in conception, planning, and development of engineering designs, projects, and estimates.
7. Providing leadership and mentorship to the discipline team, acting as an expertise focal point.
8. Guiding project work to completion within schedule and budget, especially for high-technical complexity projects.
9. Assisting in negotiating critical engineering issues.
10. Managing planning, scheduling, cost control, and technical conformance.
11. Participating in status meetings with clients, project management, and suppliers.
12. Coordinating activities across departments and with clients.
13. Maintaining knowledge of industry and regulatory standards.
14. Assigning and reviewing work of discipline staff.
15. Reviewing vendor/subcontractor quotations, drawings, and specifications.
16. Ensuring adherence to Vista’s Quality Management System (QMS).
17. Verifying design compliance with applicable codes, standards, and client requirements.
18. Approving discipline deliverables.
19. Supporting development and maintenance of discipline standards and procedures.
20. Managing change impacts within discipline activities.
21. Supporting discipline man-hour estimates for proposals.
22. Providing construction support.
23. Authenticating documentation with a PE stamp as required.
24. Performing additional duties as needed.

Discipline Specific:

1. Applying extensive equipment knowledge, with specialization in certain types.
2. Preparing and reviewing equipment specs, data sheets, and material requisitions.
3. Evaluating technical bid data for equipment and packages.
4. Reviewing equipment drawings, P&IDs, and general arrangements.
5. Preparing and reviewing work packages, designs, and specifications.
6. Contributing to technical equipment selection, sizing, and evaluation.

Requirements

• Over ten years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design within the energy sector.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or applied science.
• Ability to collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team including process, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, and piping engineers.
• P.Eng. registration with APEGA.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Strong communication, organizational, and technical skills.
• Self-motivated with good time management.
• Knowledge of applicable codes and standards.
• Ability to meet safety requirements for site visits.

Preferred

• 12+ years as a fully qualified engineer, with 5+ in the energy industry.
• 3+ years leading an engineering team in an EPC environment.

Why People Like Working with Us

Working at Vista offers the chance to contribute to challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world needs. We provide modern project systems based on intelligent data-centric architecture, enabling real-time, validated data sharing across departments, fostering transparency, collaboration, and high-quality engineering.

What We Offer

Joining Vista means working on challenging projects with highly skilled colleagues. We offer:

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with impactful projects.
• A consistent recruitment process with like-minded colleagues.
• Opportunities to be part of an innovative, leadership-driven team.
• A values-based, close-knit team environment that values diversity.
• Competitive pay and benefits, including performance bonuses.
• Company social events and team sports.
• Flexible schedules, half-day Fridays, and free parking.

How to Apply

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