Senior Rotating Engineer

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.

Why We Do It

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.

Where We Work

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.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Senior Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer participates in the design of different aspects of energy industry projects from inception to completion. Duties include:

• Assisting in developing the process design for a project or proposal consisting of a normal process unit
• Providing comprehensive engineering and design services by establishing design criteria and preparing interpreting and applying existing specifications selecting machinery evaluating performance reviewing drawings models and bills of material in accordance with basic project requirements
• Participating in the design of component parts individual units and entire rotating equipment packages
• Exercising cost/budget control and reviewing and monitoring designs for conformance with control estimates and project specifications
• Reviewing and maintaining project schedules and tracking engineering tasks and deliverables in conjunction with project management
• Supervising the various activities involved in the design of rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages
• Performing preliminary equipment evaluations and selection
• Preparing and reviewing equipment specifications and datasheets for rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages
• Preparing material requisitions and technical bid evaluations for rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages
• Preparing and reviewing equipment lists
• Reviewing vendor or subcontractor quotations drawings and specifications for technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements
• Providing fabrication/technical support to vendors for rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages
• Reviewing facility drawings P&IDs and general arrangement drawings from a rotating equipment standpoint
• Participating in design reviews and HAZOPs as required
• Providing technical guidance to junior staff
• Interfacing with client representatives
• Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
• Applying advanced engineering techniques and analyses to complex engineering tasks
• Ensuring design is in accordance with applicable codes and requirements including Vista and client specifications and standards
• Assigning and outlining work for others and reviewing work for technical accuracy and adequacy
• Actively stewarding change management as related to their scopes of work
• Assisting in the preparation of discipline inputs for cost estimates for proposals
• Providing construction support
• Authenticating documentation with a professional engineering stamp as required
• Preparing and reviewing engineering work packages
• Adhering to Vista Quality Management System (QMS)
• Performing other duties as requested

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelors degree or Masters degree in engineering or applied science
• Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience in application of rotating equipment including pumps compressors turbines motors gear boxes shaft seals and their ancillary equipment in the energy industry
• Strong working knowledge and understanding of applicable codes and industry standards including API ANSI HI NFPA rotating equipment recommended practices and industry standards related to rotating equipment ancillary support systems including ASME B31.3 ASME VIII div 1 CSA B51 NACE ABSA regulations etc.
• Extensive experience in development and peer review of mechanical datasheets technical bid evaluations and clarifications material requisitions and vendor document reviews of rotating equipment
• Experience with repairs or reapplication of existing rotating equipment
• Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team including Process Mechanical Civil Structural & Architectural Electrical Instrumentation & Controls and Piping Engineers and Designers as well as Project Management and Procurement personnel
• . registration with APEGA
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills technical competence and attention to detail
• Self-motivated and efficient in time management
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend shop and site visits

Preferred Qualifications

• Ten (10) years or more of experience as a fully qualified engineer in the design application fabrication repair or operation of a range of rotating equipment in the energy industry.

Why People Like Working with Us

Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the typeof challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world requires. If that doesnt excite you this role likely wont be a fit.

Challenging projects require focus and we enable our people to do their best work with modernized project systems that are based on our leading use of intelligent data-centric execution architecture. Our staff and clients like that it gives them real-time access to validated data shared across all project departments. This fosters project design and business decisions based on a single authoritative source of truth and provides increased transparency and collaboration with team members and clients leading to improved engineering quality and a product we can all take pride in.

What We Offer

An opportunity with Vista is not just a job; it is a chance to tackle challenging projects with colleagues who are among the most recognized and accomplished in their disciplines.

Vista offers all employees

• A stimulating fast-paced and challenging work environment where you will contribute to the interesting municipal and industrial engineering projects
• A robust and consistent recruitment process that ensures your colleagues are likeminded and comparably capable
• An opportunity to be a part of an entrepreneurial technically skilled team which has established leadership in innovative engineering solutions
• A strong value-based philosophy that provides an informal close-knit team environment where you and your family feel like a part of our organization and not just an employee number
• Competitive compensation and benefits including a performance-linked variable pay program
• Company-sponsored social events and team sports
• Flexible work schedules half-day Fridays and free parking
• An organization that values and encourages diversity

How to Apply

Please complete the application form below and include a cover letter concisely demonstrating how your skills and experience align with our job submitting this application you consent to our and you consent to receive transactional electronic messages from Vista and third parties acting on our behalf.

Note:As part of the interview process there will be a technical testing component that will take up to two hours and can be completed at home on your own timeline. Candidates may be required to complete a security clearance procedure prior to receiving anoffer.