Senior Engineer, Project Development

Job summary

Lead the development and delivery of capital projects from concept selection and feasibility through FEED, design, and execution planning, managing consultants, contractors, budgets, schedules, risks, and governance. Identify strategic growth and optimization opportunities, engage internal and external stakeholders, report performance to senior leadership, and mentor teams while promoting continuous improvement and safe, cost-effective outcomes.

Job details

Agilus by Synergie is recruiting for a Senior Engineer, Project Development in the oil & gas industry in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The Sr. Engineer, Project Development is responsible for identifying, developing, and advancing strategic business opportunities and projects that support organizational growth and operational objectives. The role combines project management expertise with business development leadership, stakeholder engagement, commercial strategy, and cross-functional coordination to support Engineering & Integrity on the Pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Development), FEED and design activities on prospective pipeline, system optimization and station automation projects in Eastern Canada. Total Rewards $130000.00 - $160000.00 annually Health & Dental Benefits A Typical Day Lead end-to-end project development, including concept selection, design engineering, feasibility studies, and execution planning for capital projects. Manage multidisciplinary engineering consultants, contractors, and stakeholders to define project scope, schedule, costs, risks, and resource requirements. Drive project governance and ensure alignment with safety, regulatory, operational, financial, and project delivery standards. Develop accurate capital estimates, forecasts, budgets, and long-range investment plans while supporting business case development. Identify and evaluate strategic growth opportunities, system optimization initiatives, and innovative solutions to maximize operational performance and ROI. Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, shippers, regulators, municipalities, vendors, and other key stakeholders. Monitor project performance, oversee risk management and mitigation strategies, and provide regular updates and recommendations to senior leadership. Mentor project teams and champion continuous improvement, lessons learned, best practices, and organizational change initiatives to enhance project delivery outcomes. Successful Candidates Will Have Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with 15+ years of progressive experience in project development, engineering, or pipeline operations. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation with PEO or APEGA; MBA and/or PMP certification considered an asset. Proven expertise in project lifecycle management, including concept development, business case preparation, FEED, execution planning, and capital project delivery. Strong commercial and business acumen with the ability to evaluate project economics, investment opportunities, budgets, and financial performance. Demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills, with experience leading cross-functional teams and complex stakeholder environments. Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills with the ability to engage executives, regulators, customers, and external partners. Experience in pipeline systems, integrity, tolling, shipper relations, and operational optimization is highly desirable. Collaborative problem solver with a focus on risk management, continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering safe, cost-effective business outcomes. This posting is for an active opening. Interested? Please apply directly online Agilus by Synergie would like to thank all candidates for their interest in this opportunity. Due to the volume of resumes we receive; we may only be able to respond directly to those candidates being selected for an interview. We encourage you to visit agilus.ca regularly or subscribe to our email alerts at agilus.ca/Account/Register as new exciting employment opportunities become available daily.

What you’ll do

Lead the development and delivery of capital projects from concept selection and feasibility through FEED, design, and execution planning, managing consultants, contractors, budgets, schedules, risks, and governance. Identify strategic growth and optimization opportunities, engage internal and external stakeholders, report performance to senior leadership, and mentor teams while promoting continuous improvement and safe, cost-effective outcomes.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, 15 or more years of relevant progressive experience, and a P.Eng. designation with PEO or APEGA. Candidates should bring project lifecycle and capital delivery expertise, commercial and financial acumen, leadership and stakeholder skills, and preferably experience with pipeline systems, integrity, tolling, shipper relations, and operational optimization; an MBA or PMP is an asset.

Benefits

• Health Benefits
• Dental Benefits

Listed skills

• Project management · Preferred
• Business development · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Coordination · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Negotiation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Development
• Project Management
• Business Development
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Commercial Strategy
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Capital Project Delivery
• Feasibility Studies
• FEED
• Capital Estimating
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• Risk Management
• Pipeline Operations
• System Optimization
• Leadership
• Negotiation

Job areas

• Engineering
• Energy
• Management & Leadership

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