Process Engineer (pre-FEED/FEED)

This position is open for consideration of contract or an employee position • Work on a variety of heavy oil projects for domestic and international clients. The scope of the projects will vary from FEED studies, modular packages and full turnkey EPFC projects. • Acquire in-depth technical expertise in heavy oil processing • Lead and mentor junior engineers, including delegation, checking, and authentication of professional work products. • Become a critical decision maker while working with a multidisciplinary team of engineering and design leads • Develop and build relationships with clients • Gain practical experience by overseeing the fabrication and assembly of your projects in the Propak, Airdrie facilities. • Travel domestically and internationally for startup and commissioning support • Receive mentorship from senior process engineers, supervisors, and managers to support your technical development and role as a lead process engineer Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from an accredited university • Professional Engineer registered and in good standing with Alberta Professional Engineers, and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) or eligible for membership. • 5+ years of experience in heavy oil processing with specific experience in SAGD, wellpads, and water treating required. • Experience designing alternative processes in Glycol Dehydration, Sweetening, Mechanical Refrigeration, Oil Processing, Oil Refining and Compression is considered an asset. • EPC and/or Fabricator experience • Excellent communications skills required to interact with client and internal team members • Experience working with HYSYS and other engineering software (BR&E ProMax, VMGSim Symmetry, Flarenet) • Experience in sizing process equipment is an asset (separators, treaters, FWKO, heat exchangers, PSVs, flare systems, control valves, pumps, reciprocating, rotary screw, and centrifugal compressors) • Experience with typical process deliverables (PFD, HMB, P&ID, Line List, Design Basis Memorandum, Cause & Effect Diagrams, Control Narratives, Datasheets, Hydraulics, Line Sizing) Keywords: Modular or Modularization Acid Gas Amine Ariel Distributor Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchanger (BAHX) Bryan Research and Engineering (BRE or BR&E) Cause and Effect Diagram or “Shutdown Key” (C&E, SDK) Centrifugal Compressor Centrifugal Pump Contract Control Narrative Controls Cryogenic Deep cut Dehydration Dewpoint Direct Fired Heater Efficiency Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC EPF EPFC) Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC) Ethane Exchanger Design and Rating Expander-Compressor Fabricator Flare Flarenet Fractionation or Distillation Gas Subcooled Process (GSP) Heat Medium Heat recovery Hot Oil hydrocarbon Hydrogen Sulphide or Sulfide HYSYS International Joule-Thomson (J-T JT) Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Manufacturing Methane Molecular Sieve Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Natural Gas Processing Oil & Gas Oilfield Equipment Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Plate Fin Heat Exchanger Pressure Relief System Pressure Safety Valve (PSV) Pressure Vessel Process Engineering Process Intensification Process Optimization Process Selection Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) ProMax Propane Recovery Reciprocating Compressor Recycle Split Vapor (RVS) Salary Seperator Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Single Column Overhead Recycle Start-up and Commissioning Sweetening the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Treating Tri ethylene Glycol (TEG) Troubleshoot Turbo-Expander UltraTEF Utilities VMGSim or Symmetry Y Grade Turnkey or Turn-Key Control Valve Filtration Process Flow Diagram (PFD) Mechanical Flowsheet (MFS) Process and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) Material Selection Diagram (MSD) Heat and Material Balance or Mass Balance (H&MB or HMB) Design Basis Memorandum Datasheets API-521 API-520 ASME B31.3 API-610, API-682 Stream Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Central Processing Facility Greenfield Brownfield Quotation (RFQ) Cost Estimate Lead Column or Tower Mass Transfer

The Process Engineer will lead heavy oil projects from FEED through to turnkey EPFC, including mentoring junior engineers and overseeing fabrication at company facilities. They will act as a critical decision-maker within multidisciplinary teams and provide startup and commissioning support for domestic and international clients.

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and be registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA. A minimum of 5 years of experience in heavy oil processing, specifically with SAGD, wellpads, and water treating, is required.

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• Heavy oil processing
• SAGD
• Wellpads
• Water treating
• HYSYS
• ProMax
• VMGSim Symmetry
• Flarenet
• Process equipment sizing
• PFD
• HMB
• P&ID
• Design basis memorandum
• Control narratives
• Technical mentorship
• Project fabrication oversight
• Natural Gas
• Aspen HYSYS
• Research
• Application Programming Interface (API)
• Heat Recovery Ventilation
• Authentications
• ASME Boiler And Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC)
• Construction
• Centrifugal Compressor
• Chemical Engineering
• Decision Making
• Filtration
• Communication
• Procurement
• Control Valves
• Cost Estimation
• Distillation
• Process Engineering
• Ethylene Glycol
• Fabrication
• Fractionation
• Oil and Gas
• Heat Exchanger
• Hydraulics
• Hydrogen Sulfide
• Propane
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• Centrifugal Pumps
• Mass Balance
• Mass Transfer
• Material Selection
• Mentorship
• Molecular Sieve
• Oil Fields

• Engineering
• Energy
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Press Feeder
• Process Engineer (General)
• Industrial and Production Engineers
• Chemical Engineers

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

5+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week