Senior Smart Plant Designer (SP3D)

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

What You Would Do in This Role

The Senior Smart Plant Designer prepares complicated drawings and charts in a specialized field Piping. The Designer also assists in the design of different aspects of energy industry related projects from inception to completion. Duties include:

• Preparing layouts calculations and designs related to the most complicated elements of projects
• Designing and detailing complicated new components from previous designs based on engineering instructions government and regulatory codes and client standards
• Producing drawings in a complicated field with minimum technical guidance
• Coordinating complicated work between field and office
• Assisting site during construction
• Assisting with engineering feasibility and cost studies
• Reporting progress of work assignments to immediate supervisor
• Checking the work and assisting in the training of less experienced drafting and design personnel
• Ensuring all drawings and materials are in accordance with Vista and client specifications and standards
• Making general recommendations on the utilization of new drafting/design techniques normally within an area of specialization
• Analyzing design elements for potential trends technical feasibility client or contractual requirements including identification of deviations in job scope and estimation of changes
• Supporting the preparation of design estimates schedules and staffing requirements
• Developing SP3D models for complex systems with little guidance from the Design Lead
• Interfacing with other engineering disciplines to incorporate design elements and vendor data such as equipment location piping routing structural steel foundations cable trays inline instrumentation offline instruments and panels
• With guidance from the Design Lead facilitating model reviews for process areas and document minutes for follow up
• Preparing and checking isometrics general arrangements MTOs plot plans key plans and equipment location plans
• Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

• Eight years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design in the energy industry
• Technical school certification / degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team including process mechanical civil structural & architectural electrical instrumentation & controls and piping
• Advanced computer skills and experience with major drafting and design software
• Extensive knowledge of applicable government regulations and regulatory codes
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal and written) and proven ability to collaborate with team members in a multi-discipline environment
• Strong organizational skills technical competence and attention to detail
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits

Preferred

• Ten years of experience in a designer capacity ideally with a focus on the energy industry