Senior Process Engineer
Vista Projects Limited
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Job summary
Vista Projects Limited is seeking a Senior Process Engineer in Calgary to participate in the design of energy industry projects from inception to completion. Responsibilities include process simulation, equipment sizing, and preparing key deliverables such as PFDs and P&IDs.
You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, supervise activities, and interface with clients while ensuring compliance with codes, standards, and Vista QMS.
Qualifications
- Eight years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design in the energy industry.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or applied science.
- P.Eng registration with APEGA.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Applying strong working knowledge of process simulation (HYSYS) and stream table development.
- Performing independent process studies and produce design documentation.
- Preparing and checking deliverables such as PFDs, P&IDs, line lists, datasheets, design calculations.
- Performing equipment sizing, line sizing and pipeline hydraulic calculations.
- Preparing and checking instrument process specifications and preliminary sizing of in-line devices.
- Interfacing with client representatives and providing construction support.
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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.
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.
The Senior Process Engineer participates in the design of different aspects of energyindustry projects from inception to completion. Duties include:
- Applying strong working knowledge of process simulation (HYSYS) and stream table development
- Performing independent process studies and produce design documentation
- Preparing and checking deliverables such as PFDs, P&IDs, line lists, datasheets, design calculations, etc.
- Performing and checking equipment sizing, line sizing and pipeline hydraulic calculations
- Preparing and checking instrument process specifications and preliminary sizing of in-line devices
- Providing comprehensive engineering and design services by establishing design criteria and preparing specifications, design computations, drawings, models and bills of material in accordance with basic project requirements
- Participating in the design of component parts and individual units
- Exercising cost/budget control, and reviewing and monitoring designs for conformance with control estimates and project specifications
- Reviewing and maintaining project schedules, and tracking engineering tasks and deliverables in conjunction with project management
- Supervising the various activities involved in the design of a project consisting of several complex process units
- Performing detailed calculations
- Participating in design reviews and HAZOPs as required
- Providing technical guidance to junior staff
- Interfacing with client representatives
- Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
- Reviewing vendor or subcontractor quotations, drawings, and specifications for technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements
- Applying advanced engineering techniques and analyses to complex engineering tasks
- Adhering to Vista Quality Management System (QMS)
- Ensuring design is in accordance with applicable codes and requirements, including Vista and client specifications and standards
- Assigning and outlining work for others, and reviewing work for technical accuracy and adequacy
- Actively stewarding change management as related to their scopes of work
- Preparing or assisting in the preparation of discipline inputs for cost estimates for proposals
- Providing construction support
- Authenticating documentation with a professional engineering stamp as required
- Performing other duties as requested
- Eight years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design in the energy industry
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in engineering or applied science
- Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team including Process, Mechanical, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls and Piping Engineers and Designers as well as Project Management and Procurement personnel
- P.Eng. registration with APEGA
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel, Bluebeam Revu
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills, technical competence and attention to detail
- Self-motivated and efficient in time management
- Strong working knowledge and understanding of applicable codes and industry standards
- Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visit
- Eight years or more of experience as a professional engineer, with five or more years of experience in the energy industry.
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 this 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 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.
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.
The Senior Process Engineer participates in the design of different aspects of energyindustry projects from inception to completion. Duties include:
- Applying strong working knowledge of process simulation (HYSYS) and stream table development
- Performing independent process studies and produce design documentation
- Preparing and checking deliverables such as PFDs, P&IDs, line lists, datasheets, design calculations, etc.
- Performing and checking equipment sizing, line sizing and pipeline hydraulic calculations
- Preparing and checking instrument process specifications and preliminary sizing of in-line devices
- Providing comprehensive engineering and design services by establishing design criteria and preparing specifications, design computations, drawings, models and bills of material in accordance with basic project requirements
- Participating in the design of component parts and individual units
- Exercising cost/budget control, and reviewing and monitoring designs for conformance with control estimates and project specifications
- Reviewing and maintaining project schedules, and tracking engineering tasks and deliverables in conjunction with project management
- Supervising the various activities involved in the design of a project consisting of several complex process units
- Performing detailed calculations
- Participating in design reviews and HAZOPs as required
- Providing technical guidance to junior staff
- Interfacing with client representatives
- Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
- Reviewing vendor or subcontractor quotations, drawings, and specifications for technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements
- Applying advanced engineering techniques and analyses to complex engineering tasks
- Adhering to Vista Quality Management System (QMS)
- Ensuring design is in accordance with applicable codes and requirements, including Vista and client specifications and standards
- Assigning and outlining work for others, and reviewing work for technical accuracy and adequacy
- Actively stewarding change management as related to their scopes of work
- Preparing or assisting in the preparation of discipline inputs for cost estimates for proposals
- Providing construction support
- Authenticating documentation with a professional engineering stamp as required
- Performing other duties as requested
- Eight years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design in the energy industry
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in engineering or applied science
- Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team including Process, Mechanical, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls and Piping Engineers and Designers as well as Project Management and Procurement personnel
- P.Eng. registration with APEGA
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel, Bluebeam Revu
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills, technical competence and attention to detail
- Self-motivated and efficient in time management
- Strong working knowledge and understanding of applicable codes and industry standards
- Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visit
- Eight years or more of experience as a professional engineer, with five or more years of experience in the energy industry.
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 this 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.
An opportunity with Vista is more than a job. It is the chance to do challenging meaningful work alongside talented and supportive colleagues who want to see you succeed.
- 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
- Half-day Fridays and free parking
- An organization that values and encourages diversity
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