Lead​/Senior Piping Stress Engineer

What Vista Does Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985.

We are innovators at our core.

We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America.

For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how modern engineering gets done.

We are innovators in the energy industry.

We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments; including electro sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects.

We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

Why We Do It The world needs energy, and better engineering makes the projects that deliver it safer, more efficient and more sustainable.

Our multi-discipline teams have designed some of the most challenging and successful projects in the North American energy sector, from early-stage studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions.

We take pride in doing that work well, and just as much pride in continuously improving how we do it.

What You Would Do in This Role Lead the piping stress discipline on major projects and help grow Vista’s SAGD pipeline business.

As Senior / Lead Piping Stress Engineer, you will be the technical authority for facility piping and SAGD pipeline stress engineering: you will set the technical direction, run the stress scope, and mentor the team that delivers it.

You will also help shape how stress engineering works in a digital, model-centric company, where the 3D environment is the single source of truth from early design through construction and commissioning.

Technical leadership Serve as Lead Stress Engineer on assigned projects, setting technical direction, execution strategy, and design philosophy Establish project stress criteria, methodologies, acceptance limits, and line stress-criticality rules Perform and oversee complex static and dynamic analyses in Bentley AutoPIPE (and CAESAR II where a project requires it) to ASME B31.3, CSA Z662 and ASME B31.1 as applicable Lead local stress and fatigue assessments with PRG FEA tools (Nozzle Pro, FEPipe), covering nozzle stresses, welded attachments, and code allowables and fatigue requirements Review and approve stress models, calculations, FEA results, and reports Provide expert input on piping layout, routing, welded attachments, and support details for integrity and constructability SAGD pipelines Act as technical authority for SAGD pipeline stress analysis to CSA Z662: steam, produced emulsion, produced gas, and fuel gas Define design approaches for expansion loops, anchors and guides, buried sections, and pipeline-to-facility interfaces Set SAGD pipeline routing and support strategy with pipeline design and CSA leads Help grow the SAGD pipeline business: support proposals, develop technical solutions, and present to clients Digital transformation Champion a model-centric stress workflow, defining how stress data lives in the 3D model and is shared across disciplines Drive integration between 3D design and stress analysis tools, and lead workflow and automation improvements Develop discipline standards, procedures, and best practices Project delivery Set scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules, and priorities for projects and proposals Plan, allocate, and review work;

update the project schedule and issue weekly progress reports with Project Management Keep stress work on budget, on schedule, and compliant with QA/QC; manage scope changes Review and approve specialty item data sheets, MRQs/MRPs, and technical bid evaluations Represent the discipline in design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews, and client meetings, and negotiate critical engineering issues Support fabrication, construction, and commissioning, including resolution of field stress and nozzle issues People leadership Mentor and develop junior and intermediate stress engineers, including engineering best practices Stay current with industry codes and regulatory requirements, and keep the team current Requirements Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (or equivalent) Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

registered with APEGA 8+ years of progressive piping stress engineering experience in oil and gas,…