CAD Application Specialist

What Vista Does

Vista Projects is an integrated industrial engineering firm that helps clients navigate the digital transformation of their projects and operations. Our proven project execution process is based on a “single source of truth” model that eliminates the potential for inefficient engineering designs, cost overruns and project completion delays.

We believe the world needs industrial projects and that intelligent engineering data can increase the likelihood of innovative solutions getting to market. Over the years, our multi-discipline teams have conceptualized and designed some of the most challenging and successful industrial processing projects in the North American energy sector. Vista has established itself as a trusted industrial engineering partner for all types of projects, from conceptual studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions.

The benefits of our approach apply to new asset developments and brownfield optimization projects across several industrial markets. This includes biofuels and produced water treatment to natural gas and petrochemical processing. While we are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

The CAD Applications Specialist is part of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the developing and maintaining intelligent 3D design environments that support Vista’s data centric project execution model. The primary tools are Autodesk Plant3D, Bentley Auto Plant and CADWorx.

Experience with other tools would be considered an asset.

Duties include:

• Setup, configuration, and maintenance of various CAD project environments including, but not limited to Plant 3D, Auto Plant and CADWorx
• Catalog and specification development, implementation and maintenance
• Coordination of Navis Works file generation
• Management of Isometric extractions from 3D models
• Extraction of data and reports such as MTO’s
• Oversight of software upgrades and compatibility across design platforms
• Liaise with Engineering, Design, Project Management, and IT teams to ensure a fit-for-purpose implementation of Design Software tools that meets the needs of all stakeholders.
• Troubleshooting and solving application challenges
• Performing other duties as required

• 5 Years+ of hands‑on administration experience with Auto Desk Plant3D, Bentley Auto Plant and/or CADWorx, including project creation, isometric extraction, spec creation and management
• Engineering background with an Engineering degree or diploma in Engineering Technology, Management Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Design, Drafting, Computer Science or Engineering and Design experience
• Above average understanding of MS Excel, data management or database knowledge including experience in the manipulation of large datasets (e.g., pivot tables and filters) and creating corresponding reports
• Passion for learning new technical skills and open to learning emerging software and related technologies as needs arise
• Strong organization skills to produce deliverables / configurations at a high level of accuracy
• Leverage expertise to design solutions for current and future projects
• Team player with a positive attitude and always willing to accept new challenges
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Eight to Ten years of combined education and experience
• Experience with modelling and design software (e.g., Autodesk Plant 3D, Bentley Auto Plant, AVEVA, Hexagon, AutoCAD, etc)
• Experience with intelligent P& configurations and workflows
• Knowledge of industrial engineering workflows, procedures, and deliverables
• Basic Automation skills in tools such as .NET, LISP, batch files, etc would be an advantage.
• Working knowledge of AI tools and their application in engineering workflows – including experience with LLM-based assistants, prompt driven automation, or AI augmented data management; comfort adopting and evaluating emerging AI capabilities as they apply to design and project execution environments

Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the type of challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world…