Engineering Manager

Vista Projects Limited; Calgary; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible work schedules

Social events & team activities

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Vista Projects Limited, headquartered in Calgary with a Houston presence, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead cross-disciplinary teams within the energy sector. You will implement execution strategies, steward budgets, and ensure schedules align with program goals, coordinating with department managers across projects.

You will drive client engagement, develop work processes, and oversee staffing, risk mitigation, and quality objectives while collaborating with leadership on strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or applied science.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA.
• Ability to be registered as a Responsible Member with APEGA.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering experience, including leadership of teams or projects.
• Strong client relationships and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams and staffing.
• Develop and implement project execution strategy.
• Manage budgets and schedules for programs.
• Maintain client relationships and pursue new opportunities.
• Prepare proposals and respond to RFPs.

Skills

Client relationships

Communication

Negotiation

Conflict management

Organizational skills

Decision making

Safety compliance

Education

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

Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA

Ability to be registered as a Responsible Member with APEGA

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

What Vista Does

Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985. We are innovators at our core. We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America. For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how modern engineering gets done.

We are innovators in the energy industry. We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments, including electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

Why We Do It

The world needs energy, and better engineering makes the projects that deliver it safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Our multi-discipline teams have designed some of the most challenging and successful projects in the North American energy sector, from early-stage studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions. We take pride in doing that work well, and just as much pride in continuously improving how we do it.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Engineering Manager (EM) is responsible for implementing the execution strategy and stewarding engineering budgets and schedules. The EM ensures proper communication and coordination between engineering disciplines. This position coordinate with the department managers to ensure project and program (multiple projects) engineering teams are appropriately staffed. The EM develops client-specific work processes, aligned with Vista’s applicable process and procedures, as necessary to support the program.

Duties of the role include:

• Working with the Calgary team, determine target markets, and potential clients within those markets


• Using and maintaining the Hubspot customer relations management system


• Attending meetings with the BD team and reporting on any new or developing opportunities


• Approaching potential clients through cold calls or industry functions, or by leveraging relationships from past dealings


• Conducting meetings, presentations, lunches, or other social outings to build relationships with potential or existing clients


• Ensuring Vista is put on the bid list of potential client projects, or is identified as a preferred supplier of engineering services


• Preparing professional, competitive proposals and information packages upon receipt of RFPs when requested


• Conducting lessons-learned sessions with members of the proposal team for both won and lost bids


• Planning and prioritizing personal sales activities and client contacts towards achieving agreed business goals


• Conducting market research, competitor analysis and client surveys


• Understanding the competition for each proposal or shortlisting of bids


• Identifying opportunities (via in-depth regional market knowledge) to expand the range of services


• Providing input into client functions, advertising, trinket items and the like


• Being aware of and participating in reviews of the quality objectives


• Assisting leadership with manpower planning as impacted by potential won/lost bids


• Providing customer feedback to the management team for Quarterly Reviews


• Relying on experience, networking, and judgement to plan and accomplish goals


• Supporting ad-hoc strategic initiatives


• Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or applied science


• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with APEGA


• Ability to be registered as a Responsible Member with APEGA


• Minimum 15 years of relevant engineering experience, including demonstrated experience leading teams and/or projects


• Proven ability to manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams


• Strong knowledge of engineering project execution, planning, scheduling, resource management, and change management


• Strong understanding of applicable engineering codes, standards, and regulatory requirements


• Demonstrated ability to develop project plans, coordinate technical activities, and manage competing priorities


• Strong client relationship, communication, negotiation, and conflict-management skills


• Strong organizational, technical, and decision-making skills with attention to detail


• Strong business awareness and experience supporting strategy development and execution


• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel


• Ability to meet applicable safety requirements for site visits

Preferred

• Experience managing programs consisting of multiple concurrent projects


• Experience coordinating staffing across multiple engineering disciplines


• EPCM project experience


• Facilities engineering experience within the energy industry


• Previous site or field experience

Why People Like at Vista

We do not just say we're a great place to work, our people do. Vista has been recognized by Great Place to Work as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada, a Best Workplace for Mental Health, and a Best Workplace for Women. These awards are earned through confidential surveys completed by our own team, so they reflect how people here actually feel and not just how we choose to describe ourselves.

What our people value most is how we work together. You will join experienced leaders and mentors who are genuinely invested in your growth, in teams built around collaboration rather than silos. We hire capable people, trust them to do their best work, and treat them as people rather than employee numbers. We are proud of the culture this creates, and we work hard to protect it as we grow.

Vista is also a place for people who like to make things better. If you are energized by innovating, by questioning how things are done and by helping Vista continuously improve, you will be in good company. We back that work with strong, modern project systems run by people who know how to get the most from them, but it is our people, not our tools, that make Vista what it is.

Vista offers all employees

• A challenging and rewarding work environment where you will contribute to meaningful projects across the energy industry


• Talented, collaborative colleagues who are invested in one another's success


• The chance to work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, where your ideas are heard and innovation is part of how we actually work, not just something we say


• A strong value-based philosophy that provides an informal, close-knit team environment, where you and your family feel like a part of our organization, and not just an employee number


• Competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance-linked variable pay program


• Company-sponsored social events and team sports


• Flexible work schedules


• An inclusive organization that values diversity.