Process Engineer

The Opportunity

Impact HR is proud to represent an excellent opportunity within the Western Canadian resources sector. Our client, an expanding energy company based in Calgary, AB, is dedicated to evaluating and developing its kerogen oil properties with an innovative and responsible multi-decade approach.

As a part of the team, you ll have the opportunity to contribute from the ground up, while enjoying a competitive salary, incentives, and benefits. This opportunity will allow the candidate to develop and expand their engineering skills from the lab and pilot plant to the demonstration plant and then to a commercial development of the resource.

Our client is focused on creating an environment where everyone is empowered to make impactful decisions that support the company s goals. It s a company with a long-term view and a culture bias towards leadership over management, exception-based reporting, empowered people, and purposeful work. Their leaders are focused on their individual team members  success, in the belief that in the culmination of many successful people, they will have an extraordinarily successful organization.

As a Process Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of the resource through learning about the kerogen oil development using our proprietary technology. Kerogen oil is an abundant resource that is currently in commercial operation in Europe, South America and China and it is now evolving to being commercially competitive with other forms of energy.

Your role will be to work closely with our technology developers and assist the team in the implementation of the technology and balance of plant to be implemented in a demonstration plant to be built in the next few years. As part of a dynamic and fast paced engineering team, and reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will learn, participate and then lead part of the plant design.

You will be part of a dynamic team focused on design optimization, and project execution.

The engineering team composed of very senior staff is focused not only on the project, but also on knowledge transfer and ensuring that the next generation of leaders will be fully ready for handover when the team fades into retirement.

For a short period of time, expected to be less than two years, the individual will also be required to support the plant operation on a rotational basis to learn the operational challenges which will then be used to improve the commercial plant design.

Desired skills for the candidate:

• Strong engineering design skills (PFD and P&t)
• HAZOP experience
• Project execution experience as a sub-lead or lead
• Clean understanding of the stage gate process
• A team player able to work cooperatively in a multidisciplinary environment and with multiple engineering companies.
• Experience with project execution in an engineering company or with an operator that has worked closely with a large engineering company is necessary.
• P.Eng status with APEGA or eligible
• Ability to travel for business trips
• Ability to work on a rotational basis in Saskatchewan for a period of