Facilities Engineer

Job summary

The Facilities Engineer will manage engineering activities for conventional heavy oil assets, including the design and execution of capital projects and facility improvements. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize production, ensure equipment reliability, and maintain regulatory and safety standards.

Job details

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Strathcona Resources Ltd. is one of North America’s fastest growing pure play heavy oil producers with operations focused on thermal oil and enhanced oil recovery near the Cold Lake and Lloydminster regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Strathcona is committed to doing business the right way, guided by our core values: Integrity, Energy, and Intelligence. These values define who we are as a company, how we work together, and how we make decisions: We prioritize respect, accountability, and collaboration. That means everyone can shape and strengthen our culture and drive results in meaningful ways. Our people bring energy and curiosity to solve problems and deliver results. Be part of a team where performance, collaboration, and innovation come together to drive success. We are seeking a Facilities Engineer to join our Lloydminster Conventional team in Calgary. Reporting to the Team Lead, Facilities, this position will be responsible for the facilities engineering activities associated with the Conventional Heavy Oil assets. The role involves collaborating closely with Field Operations and Production Engineering teams to optimize facility and pipeline operations, equipment reliability, asset longevity, and operating costs, while creating and executing capital projects and facility improvement initiatives. Responsibilities: Identify and communicate project and/or team challenges and proposed solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Production, Operations, HSER, and Marketing, to identify and implement opportunities that improve production, operational efficiency, and asset performance. Execute MOC projects and repairs in a timely and effective manner. Design, construct, and modify small and large brownfield facilities, including new well tie-ins, oil batteries, pipelines, compression, and polymer equipment projects. Support commissioning, decommissioning, and abandonment activities for pipelines and facilities. Manage EPCs, vendors, service companies, procurement services, construction contractors, and facility construction supervisors. Support failure analysis and reliability studies. Partner with Drilling, Completions, and Operations teams to develop and execute safe, efficient facility construction and modification plans that minimize production disruptions. Coordinate field scouting activities with survey, environmental and regulatory, and construction resources to select the best routing for new pipelines. Meet or exceed cost, quality, capital efficiency, and schedule targets through effective engineering design, project management, and communication with stakeholders. Maintain accurate equipment and asset data in Maximo. Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with HSER requirements, regulatory codes, and PEIMS/PIM standards, and participate in risk and safeguard reviews for facility and pipeline projects. Adhere to the APEGA and APEGS Professional Practice Management Plan (PPMP). Qualifications: Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) registered with APEGA or APEGS. 2+ years of relevant industry experience. Strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems, software, and tools. Strong teamwork, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills. Great things aren’t done by one person, they’re done by a team. We believe meaningful results come from people with unwavering commitment to integrity, energy, and intelligence – how we show up matters just as much as what we deliver. We value our work, our communities, and our commitments – but most of all, we value the team of people who make what we do possible. Apply to Strathcona If you have what it takes to be a great Strathcona team member, we want to hear from you. We appreciate all interest in this opportunity but only those selected to advance through the process will be contacted.

What you’ll do

The Facilities Engineer will manage engineering activities for conventional heavy oil assets, including the design and execution of capital projects and facility improvements. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize production, ensure equipment reliability, and maintain regulatory and safety standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) designation registered with APEGA or APEGS. A minimum of 2 years of relevant industry experience is required along with strong analytical and communication skills.

Listed skills

• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Team Collaboration · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Facilities Engineering
• Project Management
• Pipeline Operations
• Asset Reliability
• Capital Projects
• Brownfield Construction
• Failure Analysis
• Regulatory Compliance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Maximo
• Engineering Design
• Commissioning
• Decommissioning
• HSER Compliance
• Technical Communication
• Team Collaboration
• Communication
• Operations
• Reliability
• Procurement
• Curiosity
• Innovation
• Team Leadership
• Pipelines
• Analytical Skills
• Marketing
• Accountability
• Oil and Gas
• Engineering Design Process
• Teamwork
• Operational Efficiency
• Construction
• Quick Learning
• Network Routing
• IBM Maximo
• Protocol Independent Multicast
• Production Engineering
• Safety Culture
• Operating Cost
• Engineer in Training
• Practice Management
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

Job areas

• Engineering
• Energy
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Facilities Engineer
• Mechanical Engineers
• Facilities Managers