Lead Senior Civil and Structural 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. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Lead Civil and Structural Engineer leads a discipline engineering team in the design of differentaspects of energy industry projects from inception to completion. Duties include:

• Planning allocating and reviewing work programs. This includes updatingForecastWeb on a weekly basis and ensuring it is suitably completed to alignwith the demand of the Project/Program Manager. The forecast should beupdated to current project plans and changes to work plans/resourcing needsare communicated through change management to project stakeholders.
• Communicating with the Department Design Lead for designerresources and manhour estimates
• Preparing weekly progress reports for each project including workcompleted work planned for the following week and discipline needs
• Updating project schedule on a weekly basis including marking tasks whichare completed in progress and any potential addition ensuretasks are listed correctly in schedule. Project schedule along with trackingengineering tasks and deliverables are to be reviewed and maintained inconjunction with Project Management.
• Establishing scopes of work man-hour estimates schedules and prioritiesfor projects or proposals
• Scheduling and expediting department work
• Supervising an engineering team involved in the conception planning anddevelopment of engineering design projects processes proposals andestimates
• Providing leadership and mentorship to project/program disciplineengineering team; acting as a focal point for expertise and direction onengineering solutions
• Providing guidance in the design and delivery of complex engineeringprojects within their discipline
• Guiding discipline team on project work through to completion in accordancewith the schedule and budget on assigned major projects of high technicalcomplexity
• Assisting in the negotiation of critical engineering issues
• Administering the planning scheduling cost control and technicalconformance to the design
• Attending status meetings with clients project management and suppliers
• Coordinating activities with other departments and clients
• Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
• Assigning and reviewing work of discipline engineering staff
• Reviewing vendor or subcontractor quotations drawings and specificationsfor technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements
• Ensuring adherence to Vista Quality Management System (QMS)
• Ensuring design is in accordance with applicable codes and requirementsincluding Vista and client specifications and standards
• Approving discipline deliverables
• Supporting development implementation and maintenance of disciplinedesign standards checklists and procedures
• Actively stewarding change management for their discipline activities andimpacts to other discipline activities
• Supporting discipline man-hour estimates for proposals
• Providing construction support
• Authenticating documentation with a professional engineering stamp asrequired
• Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

• Ten-plus years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and designin the energy industry
• Bachelors degree or Masters degree in engineering or applied science
• Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team of engineersand designers including process mechanical civil structural & architecturalelectrical instrumentation & controls and piping
• . 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 with time management
• Strong working knowledge and understanding of applicable codes andindustry standards
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits

Preferred

• 12 years or more of experience as a fully qualified engineer with five yearsexperience in the energy industry
• Three or more years of experience leading an engineering team in an EPCenvironment

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 may 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.