Role Overview

The Project Engineer will collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines to ensure all project activities are executed seamlessly, safely, and efficiently. This role is responsible for driving technical alignment, managing engineering deliverables, and keeping project scopes on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

Team Coordination & Design Management Lead Disciplinary Teams: Direct and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering and design teams (Process, Piping, Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Electrical, Instrumentation) to deliver the project scope. Review & Approvals: Support Responsible Engineers in reviewing and approving designs and vendor drawings to ensure conformity with project specifications, company practices, and industry standards. Technical Quality: Approve key project technical documentation, including specifications, flow diagrams, construction work packages (CWPs), and plot plans. Design Reviews: Coordinate 3D model reviews and other critical design review milestones.

Project Planning & Controls

Planning & Budgeting: Prepare detailed project plans, including Project Execution Plans (PEPs), Design Basis Memorandums (DBMs), manpower budgets, deliverable lists, and engineering schedules. Progress Tracking: Monitor engineering progress, support earned value reporting, and ensure strict compliance with the control estimate and schedule. Document Control: Prepare, maintain, and update engineering control documents, project logs, action lists, and tracking sheets. Subcontractor Management: Assign and review the work of subcontractor project engineering staff.

Change & Risk Management

Change Management: Coordinate change documents, including Design Change Notices (DCNs),Project Change Notices (PCNs) trends, and scope changes. Risk Mitigation: Maintain the project risk register and coordinate proactive mitigation actions. Contract Monitoring: Track design changes and contract extras to minimize scope creep.

Communication & Collaboration

Reporting: Provide comprehensive status reports and communicate progress, ongoing challenges, and recommendations directly to the Project Manager and key stakeholders. Meetings: Actively participate in schedule review meetings and provide general support for overall project management activities. Quality Assurance: Ensure total adherence to company Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes, standards, instructions, and work procedures.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education & Credentials Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or Applied Science. Professional Registration: Registered as an EIT with APEGA, with the clear ability to obtain a P.Eng. designation within one year of joining.

Experience

Industry Experience: A minimum of 4 to 5 years of engineering and design experience, ideally within related industrial sectors. Technical Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of SAGD (Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage) systems and processes.

Skills & Attributes

Teamwork: Proven ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment. Drive: Self-starter exhibiting high levels of independence, self-direction, and problem-solving initiative. Communication: Excellent command of the English language, both written and verbal. Site Readiness: Ability to meet all standard safety requirements to attend regular field and site visits.

Preferred Qualifications

P.Eng. Status: Full P.Eng. registration with APEGA is strongly preferred. Project Scale: Direct experience executing EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) projects up to $150MM TIC (Total Installed Cost) within the Oil & Gas industry.