Senior Process Engineer

COOEC Canada Company; Calgary; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

COOEC Canada Company is seeking a seasoned Process Engineer to lead daily process monitoring and optimization for our Calgary site. The role involves collaborating with the operations team, inspecting equipment, supporting construction and engineering projects, and developing tools to predict and sustain long-term plant performance.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's in engineering, 10+ years in SAGD or refinery/upgrader environments, and strong knowledge of process simulations and safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and eligible for professional registration with APEGA.
• Minimum of 10 years of process engineering site experience in SAGD and/or refinery/upgrader environment.
• Experience in inlet treating, de-oiling, water treatment, steam generation, or upgrading is asset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and hands-on approach to solving problems.
• Working knowledge of relevant codes and standards.
• Strong analytical, planning and execution capabilities.
• Ability to work in an integrated team environment and independently.
• Computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, document control and drawing management systems.
• Commitment to safety and Safe Work Practices and Corporate Policy.
• Valid Class 5 driver’s license.
• Must be legally permitted to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimize daily process operations.
• Collaborate with operations to adjust processes for plant equipment optimization.
• Inspect equipment and provide engineering support for construction projects to ensure design/installation accuracy and budget compliance.
• Develop and maintain proactive unit monitoring tools for long-term planning.
• Resolve operational bottlenecks to ensure reliable plant ramp-up and operation.
• Support reliability, maintenance, outages and turnaround teams with technical advice on site.
• Provide technical support in daily operations meetings to troubleshoot processes.
• Conduct incident investigations and document findings for clear communication.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary engineers and contractors for basic and detailed engineering.
• Ensure design and project implementation meet design intent, specs, and standards.
• Lead/participate in PSI information integrity and PSM activities (MOC, PHA/HAZOP, PSSR).
• Assist in developing and reviewing process engineering deliverables (design basis, criteria, PFDs, P&IDs).
• Develop/review process simulations (HYSYS) and heat/material balance.
• Ensure timely delivery of process engineering deliverables for SAGD and/or Upgrader projects.
• Support monthly planning and statutory compliance with the business planning group.

Skills

Process engineering

SAGD experience

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

HYSYS

PFD/P&ID

Job description

• Responsible for dailyprocess monitoring and optimization.
• Collaborate with theoperations team on process adjustments to optimize plant equipment operations.
• Responsible for providingcrucial support for construction and engineering projects. Their main role isto inspect the equipment, facilities, and any other aspect of an engineeringproject to ensure that it has been designed and installed correctly. Also,provide engineering and technical support to projects to ensure that it iscompleted within regulation within the budget.
• Develop and maintainproactive monitoring tools of the units to predict and support long-term plans.
• Maintain a focusedapproach in resolving various operational issues/bottlenecks for the reliableoperation of the facility as well as ramp up.
• Support plantreliability, maintenance, outage and turnaround teams by providing soundtechnical advice as a process engineer on site.
• Participate in dailyoperations meeting. Provide technical support for the operations group totroubleshoot operations.
• Conduct incidentinvestigations and ensure findings are well documented and well communicated.
• Liaise withmultidiscipline engineers, external consultants, and engineering contractorsfor basic and detailed engineering of projects.
• Ensure design and projectimplementation conform with design intent, specifications and standardpractices.
• Maintain the integrity ofthe facility PSI information. Lead/participate in PSM activities (MOC,PHA/HAZOP, PSSR etc.)
• Assist in the developmentand review of all the standard process engineering deliverables like designbasis, process design criteria, HMB, PFDs and P&IDs, among various others.
• Develop/Review processsimulations (HYSYS and other process simulators) and heat/material balance.
• Ensure that processengineering deliverables are met in a timely fashion (SAGD and/or Upgrader)
• Provide support to thebusiness planning group for monthly planning, statutory compliance, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree inengineering and eligible for professional registration with APEGA
• Minimum of 10 years ofprocess engineering site experience in SAGD and/or refinery/upgraderenvironment. A combination of operations and EPC environment would beacceptable.
• Previous experience inInlet treating, de-oiling, water treatment, steam generation, or upgrading willbe considered an asset.
• Excellent interpersonalskills matched with hands on approach to solving problems.
• Working knowledge of allrelevant codes, and standards
• Superior analytical,planning and execution capabilities and the ability to develop timely effectivesolutions.
• Ability to work in anintegrated team atmosphere but also can work independently.
• Computer skills in wordprocessing, spreadsheets, e-mail programs, document control and drawingmanagement systems.
• Commitment to thesuccessful introduction of work processes; a safety-first culture; andadherence to Safe Work Practices and Corporate Policy
• Valid Class 5 driver’slicense
• Must be legally permittedto work in Canada.