What You Would Do in This RoleLead the piping stress discipline on major projects and help grow Vista's SAGD pipeline business. As Senior / Lead Piping Stress Engineer, you will be the technical authority for facility piping and SAGD pipeline stress engineering: you will set the technical direction, run the stress scope, and mentor the team that delivers it.
You will also help shape how stress engineering works in a digital, model-centric company, where the 3D environment is the single source of truth from early design through construction and commissioning.
Technical leadership- Serve as Lead Stress Engineer on assigned projects, setting technical direction, execution strategy, and design philosophy
- Establish project stress criteria, methodologies, acceptance limits, and line stress-criticality rules
- Perform and oversee complex static and dynamic analyses in Bentley AutoPIPE (and CAESAR II where a project requires it) to ASME B31.3, CSA Z662 and ASME B31.1 as applicable
- Lead local stress and fatigue assessments with PRG FEA tools (NozzlePro, FEPipe), covering nozzle stresses, welded attachments, and code allowables and fatigue requirements
- Review and approve stress models, calculations, FEA results, and reports
- Provide expert input on piping layout, routing, welded attachments, and support details for integrity and constructability SAGD pipelines
- Act as technical authority for SAGD pipeline stress analysis to CSA Z662: steam, produced emulsion, produced gas, and fuel gas
- Define design approaches for expansion loops, anchors and guides, buried sections, and pipeline-to-facility interfaces
- Set SAGD pipeline routing and support strategy with pipeline design and CSA leads
- Help grow the SAGD pipeline business: support proposals, develop technical solutions, and present to clients
Digital transformation- Champion a model-centric stress workflow, defining how stress data lives in the 3D model and is shared across disciplines
- Drive integration between 3D design and stress analysis tools, and lead workflow and automation improvements
- Develop discipline standards, procedures, and best practices
Project delivery- Set scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules, and priorities for projects and proposals
- Plan, allocate, and review work; update the project schedule and issue weekly progress reports with Project Management
- Keep stress work on budget, on schedule, and compliant with QA/QC; manage scope changes
- Review and approve specialty item data sheets, MRQs/MRPs, and technical bid evaluations
- Represent the discipline in design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews, and client meetings, and negotiate critical engineering issues
- Support fabrication, construction, and commissioning, including resolution of field stress and nozzle issues
People leadership- Mentor and develop junior and intermediate stress engineers, including engineering best practices
- Stay current with industry codes and regulatory requirements, and keep the team current
Requirements- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (or equivalent)
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registered with APEGA
- 8+ years of progressive piping stress engineering experience in oil and gas, including facility piping
- 2+ years of SAGD pipeline stress analysis to CSA Z662
- Experience across oil sands facility piping, well pads, SAGD and underground pipelines, and gas processing plants
- Demonstrated experience leading the piping stress scope on EPC projects
- Expert knowledge of ASME B31.3, CSA Z662, ASME Section VIII, API standards, and ABSA/CSA B51 requirements
- Advanced proficiency with Bentley AutoPIPE, Vista's preferred stress analysis software
- Proven proficiency with PRG FEA tools, specifically NozzlePro, for nozzle, welded attachment, and fatigue evaluations
- Strong command of transient loads: wind, seismic, vibration, and slug flow
- Sound engineering judgment and the ability to defend technical decisions with clients and stakeholders
- Strong communication, organization, and client-facing leadership skills
- Able to meet safety requirements for site visits
Preferred- Advanced knowledge of CAESAR II
- Brownfield, MOC, and revamp projects in operating facilities
- LNG, refining, or petrochemical experience
- Discipline Lead, Principal Engineer, or Technical Authority roles in an EPC organization
- Development of engineering standards, procedures, or best practices for piping stress and local stress evaluation
- Experience implementing model-based or digital engineering workflows
- Proposal and business development experience
How to ApplyPlease 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.
