Senior/intermediate Process Engineer

Process Engineer

As a Process Engineer within Irving Oil's Engineering Services team, you will be supporting the largest oil refinery in Canada and our terminal network. Your goal will be to work with engineers, and cross-functional teams to investigate, design and execute capital and expense projects and optimize the process units within our operations. As the owner of various initiatives, you will work with the team from conception to completion. Your success in this senior/intermediate level engineering position will rely on your experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals unsupervised while providing mentorship and guidance to less experienced team members.

What We Offer:

• Work Environment – Work onsite at our East Saint John location with access to our fitness facility
• Competitive compensation – Includes an annual bonus plan, and pension plan
• Flexible Benefits Plan – In effect from day one and offers three levels of coverage to select from to meet your unique, personal needs
• Paid vacation – There is 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:

• Lead engineering and design efforts on complex, multi-discipline capital/expense projects
• Check and approve work and provide working supervision, guidance, and assistance to team members
• Develop and implement plans for problem solving and complex design completion, as well as other improvement initiatives considering multiple aspects such as: safe operations, process requirements, budget, impacts on operator effectiveness, and hazards
• Perform quality management and routine procedure reviews; develop process improvements related to capital projects
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the whole discipline team and Engineering Services department at a leadership level, identifying opportunities, and coordinating resources to implement those improvements.
• Collaborate on project work and studies with 3rd party consultants, technology licensors and engineering contractors
• Perform heat and material balance and process simulations, hydraulic calculations, preparation of equipment/ instrument datasheets and line lists, process design basis, management of PFDs and P&IDs, development of operating guidelines, etc.

Your Skills:

• Strong technical report writing and presentation/communication skills
• Effective in providing direction, constructive criticism, and thorough checking to other Process Engineers
• Well organized, and able to assign and direct process engineering activities on multiple projects being developed in parallel, while retaining focus on project cost and schedule commitments, cross-discipline dependencies, field requirements, relevant codes and standards, and stakeholder requirements
• Very strong at working collaboratively
• Strong understanding of applicable regulatory and industry codes, e.g. ASME, API, NFPA, CSA
• Excellent understanding of oil refinery operations and associated economic drivers
• The work will require periodic visits to our operating facilities and must be able to adhere to our PPE and safety standards

Your Experience:

• University degree in Chemical Engineering with P.Eng. designation (or immediate eligibility) in New Brunswick is required
• Minimum of 10 years of process engineering experience in chemical, petrochemical or oil refinery & gas plants (with proficiency on brownfield capital projects)
• Proficiency with Process Hazard/Risk Assessment methods including What-If, HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA is essential
• Proficiency with the following process engineering software tools – Aspen HYSYS, EDR or HTRI, AFT Fathom / Arrow
• Experience in MySep and Salus would be considered an asset

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.