Engineering Project Lead - Energy Transition

March 19 2024
Industries Mining, Petroleum, Natural Gas
Categories Engineering, Environmental, Energy,
Saint John, NB • Full time

As the Engineering Project Lead - Energy Transition, you will leverage your skills as an adept project leader and project engineer to deliver on projects that are critical to reducing our carbon footprint. You will act as a liaison between the day to day work of project engineers supporting various projects and senior management to ensure timeline and deliverable alignment. In addition, you'll work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment using your engineering and design skills to provide oversight for engineering on projects; while ensuring all work is compliant with all applicable codes, standards, and legal requirements. You will make periodic visits to the Saint John Refinery to review field conditions associated with your projects, and you may be asked to travel occasionally to other locations in support of the work. This position requires that you be willing and able to wear all personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.

What We Offer:

  • Work Environment - Work in our beautiful home office building with access to a fitness facility, onsite nurse, and a café

  • Hybrid Work Model - Allows for a blend of in-office and work-from-home days

  • Competitive Compensation - Including an annual bonus plan, pension plan, and parking allowance

  • Flexible Benefits Plan - Including medical and dental benefits that are both in effect from day one

  • Paid Vacation - Plus an annual option to purchase additional vacation, too

  • Wellness Support - With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program

  • Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community - Choose when and where to make an impact with a paid volunteer day, company volunteer opportunities, and a donation matching program

Your Responsibilities:

  • Provides interdisciplinary leadership to engineering services team members (Front End Engineers, Discipline Engineers & Project Engineers) & External Engineering providers to ensure we deliver on engineering plans and milestones for projects.

  • Interfaces with Project Managers, Engineering Services Leadership, Energy Transition, Project Execution, Turnaround, Operations and Technical stakeholders on progression of engineering deliverables, design decisions, issues and mitigation plans.

  • Primary point of contact for Engineering Services, acting as Engineering Lead for Energy Transition projects. This role has no formal reports, therefore delivering results through influence is critical to success.

  • Reports on engineering plans, progress and issue resolution at relevant Engineering Services and Energy Transition Leadership/Project meetings.

  • Responsible for holding internal and external engineering resources and vendors accountable to engineering deliverable schedule, effort estimates and quality commitments.

  • Responsible to oversee the development of engineering scopes throughout all phases of the projects' lifecycle, including the corresponding budgets, effort estimates, and schedules, and any associated change management.

  • Ensures project engineer(s) lead and participate in technical review meetings, project and design reviews, and oversees the preparation of deliverables to ensure consistency.

  • Responsible for coordination of engineering scope packages to support the bidding of engineering services to external providers

  • Ensures timely review of proposals from external service providers, co-ordination of technical bid evaluations and alignment with Supply Management on recommendations to leadership on the preferred provider for the work.

  • Works closely with Project Managers, Discipline Leads and Project Engineers to ensure that any issues with compliance, execution, risk management, and project close-out requirements are resolved.

  • Ensures Project Engineers conduct engineering RFI disposition during construction phase.

  • Ensures Project Engineers coordinate the engineering close out process for projects.

Your Skills:

  • Sound understanding of various engineering discipline work processes, interdependencies, methodologies and terminologies

  • Able to articulate technical concepts and other project information in a clear, concise way.

  • Strong analytical skills to be proactive in identifying risk and solving problems.

  • Able to influence without authority and lead alignment amongst various internal organizations.

  • Strong ability to communicate, in writing and verbally to a wide range of audiences from frontline staff through senior leadership.

  • Able to make decisions based on sound business judgment and engineering requirements.

  • Self-motivated with a positive, creative, and solutions-focused attitude.

  • Ability to stay within budget and meet deadlines.

  • Ability to see beyond your area of expertise, and understand interdisciplinary dependencies.

Your Experience:

  • University degree in engineering

  • P.Eng. designation is a requirement.

  • Knowledge of complex design engineering concepts, practices, and procedures; including the interdependencies, methodologies and responsibilities of the various design engineering disciplines (Process, Mechanical, Piping. CSA, Electrical and Instrumentation).

  • Minimum 12 years of engineering experience on capital projects in the oil and gas, power or heavy industry sectors.

  • Minimum of 2 years of informal or formal leadership experience.

  • Minimum of 5 year Project Engineering and/or Project Management Experience.

  • Experience overseeing or managing other aspects of project execution - materials management, contracts management, construction management/field engineering, commissioning is an asset.

#LI_Hybrid

Irving Oil is committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment. We thrive on the good energy that's created when our people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and experiences share their unique perspectives. Diversity is key to our success and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.​

In a world increasingly engaged in taking action on global issues of climate change, social justice and good corporate governance, our organization has an important role to play. We are committed to being part of the solution, in providing the safe and reliable energy that people need, while taking concrete steps to evolve our business for the future - for our people, our customers and our communities, today and tomorrow.

Please take a look at our Sustainability Report to learn more about our commitment to our communities, and our planet.

Job Requirements - Work Experience

Engineering

Job Requirements - Education

Bachelors: Engineering
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