Engineering Project Lead- Energy Transition

Job Title

Engineering Project Lead- Energy Transition

Who are we?

Founded in 1924, Irving Oil is a family-owned international refining and marketing company with a history of long-term partnerships and relationships. With operations throughout Eastern Canada, New England and Ireland we focus on delivering quality products and exceptional service to our customers and our communities. Every day, we strive to put our good energy in action to bring families together, support the environment and local wildlife, and to create learning opportunities that empower the next generation.

Here's What You Can Expect From Us

When you're a part of our team, you'll see how we bring good energy to all that we do. At Irving Oil, we strive for a work environment where each of us feels we belong, can bring our whole selves to work, and where we treat our fellow employees with kindness and respect. Together, we will support our corporate strategy, high standards and the communities where we live and work. Our collaborative approach, safety-first culture and commitment to building resilient teams helps reinforce our internal brand position where People Matter. That's why we're dedicated to investing in our employees’ potential, so that they can reach their career goals.

Are you an engineering leader with a passion for Energy Transition and a track record for delivering capital projects on plan? If you are, we are looking for an Engineering Project Lead to support Energy Transition projects within our Engineering Services team. In this role you will report directly to the Senior Manager of Front End & External Engineering.

The Engineering Services team is responsible for all engineering services for the approximately 200 projects that are undertaken each year at Canada’s largest oil refinery in Saint John, NB. 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.

Because this is a hybrid opportunity, you will enjoy being able to work from home a portion of each week and take advantage of face-to-face time when you’re in our modern offices to collaborate and build strong professional relationships with your peers.

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

• On-site fitness centre with daily fitness classes.
• Hybrid Work Opportunity – flexible work model that supports a blend of in-office and remote
• Paid vacation and optional vacation purchasing
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for seven consecutive years.
• Competitive salary, bonus and pension plan
• Flexible benefits, including a Health Spending Account
• Wellness support, including annual wellness allowance and paid personal care days
• Nurse-staffed health clinic offering mental health support, wellness assessments, pre-natal support, etc.

Your Roles And Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ensures project engineer(s) lead and participate in technical review meetings, project and design reviews, and oversees the preparation of deliverables to ensure consistency.
• 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 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.
• Responsible for holding internal and external engineering resources and vendors accountable to engineering deliverable schedule, effort estimates and quality commitments.
• Ensures Project Engineers coordinate the engineering close out process for projects.
• 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 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.
• Responsible for coordination of engineering scope packages to support the bidding of engineering services to external providers
• Ensures Project Engineers conduct engineering RFI disposition during construction phase.
• 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.

Professional Skills

• Enjoy working in an innovative, fast paced and dynamic multi-disciplinary, multi-project engineering environment.
• Strong analytical skills to be proactive in identifying risk and solving problems.
• 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.
• This position will require you to be in the field periodically so you must be able to bend, stoop, crawl, and climb heights, while wearing all required PPE.
• Able to influence without authority and lead alignment amongst various internal organizations.
• Self-motivated with a positive, creative, and solutions-focused attitude.
• Strong ability to communicate, in writing and verbally to a wide range of audiences from frontline staff through senior leadership.
• Ability to see beyond your area of expertise, and understand interdisciplinary dependencies.
• Able to make decisions based on sound business judgment and engineering requirements.
• Ability to stay within budget and meet deadlines.

Travel

• This position is based out of the home office, Saint John, NB, however, occasional travel may be required.

Education And Experience

• PMP or other project management designation is an asset.
• Minimum of 2 years of informal or formal leadership experience.
• Minimum of 5 year Project Engineering and/or Project Management Experience.
• Minimum 12 years of engineering experience on capital projects in the oil and gas, power or heavy industry sectors.
• 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).
• University degree in engineering
• Experience overseeing or managing other aspects of project execution – materials management, contracts management, construction management/field engineering, commissioning is an asset.
• Experience working within an owner’s organization, either within project development / management or operations is an asset.

Irving Oil supports a diverse and inclusive work environment and welcomes applications from all qualified applicants.

Job Requirements - Work Experience

Engineering

Job Requirements - Education

Bachelors: Engineering

Location

Saint John, NB