Senior Piping Stress 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 Piping Stress engineer will participate in all piping stress activities related to the oil and gas projects from inception to completion. Duties will include:

• Assist Lead Stress Engineer with the preparation and organization of stress calculations
• Preparing and reviewing stress calculation reports 
• Performing stress calculations using CAESAR II and AutoPIPE software in accordance with B31.3 and CSA Z662 code requirements
• Performing local stress calculations, slug force calculations and flange leakage calculations using company or industry-approved software
• Performing nozzle load and support load calculations
• Preparing and reviewing reports and stress mark-ups showing re-routing requirements and support types and locations
• Reviewing and approving piping isometrics and general arrangement drawings
• Preparing and reviewing specialty item datasheets for spring supports, expansion joints, snubbers, and other engineered pipe supports (EPS).
• Preparing and reviewing specialty pipe supports (SPS) datasheets
• Preparing material requisitions (MRs) and performing technical bid evaluations (TBEs) for EPS and SPS
• Supervising and training junior stress engineers
• Performing detailed calculations as required
• Providing comprehensive engineering and design services by establishing design criteria and preparing specifications, design computations, drawings, models in accordance with project requirements
• Exercising cost/budget control, and reviewing and monitoring project deliverables for conformance with controlled estimates
• Reviewing and maintaining project schedules, and tracking project progress as required by project management
• Coordinating stress analysis with all involved disciplines including Piping Design, CSA, Mechanical and Process
• Interfacing with client representatives as required
• Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
• Reviewing vendor or subcontractor quotations, drawings, and specifications for technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements
• Applying advanced engineering techniques and analyses to complex engineering tasks 
• Adhering to Vista Quality Management System (QMS)
• Ensuring design is in accordance with applicable codes and requirements, including Vista and client specifications and standards 
• Assigning and coordinating work for other stress team members and reviewing their work for technical accuracy and adequacy 
• Actively stewarding change management as related to their scopes of work
• Preparing or assisting in the preparation of discipline inputs for cost estimates for proposals
• Providing construction support
• Authenticating documentation with a professional engineering stamp as required 
• Performing other duties within the scope of competency as requested

Requirements

• Ten years of progressive experience in piping stress engineering of facility piping and pipelines in the energy sector
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or an equivalent applied science combined with the relative experience
• Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team including Process, Mechanical, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls and Piping Design as well as Project Management and Procurement personnel.
• P.Eng. registration with APEGA
• Proficiency with Caesar II, AutoPIPE, FEPipe, Navisworks, Bluebeam, and other software and tools used for piping stress analysis and collaboration
• Proficiency with MS Office apps and tools
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills, technical competence and attention to detail
• Self-motivated and efficient in time management 
• Strong working knowledge and understanding of applicable codes and industry standards
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits

Why People Like Working with Us

Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the type of challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world requires. If that doesn’t excite you, this role likely won’t 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 posting. By submitting this application, you consent to our Privacy Policy, 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 an offer.