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Heavy Oil/Process Engineering - Lead

Propak Systems Ltd. • Airdrie, CA • 3w ago

Job Description

In this position, Propak can offer the following career development opportunities:

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, 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