Lead/Senior Piping Stress Engineer

What Vista Does
Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985. We are innovators at our core. We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America. For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how modern engineering gets done.
We are innovators in the energy industry. We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments;
including electro sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.
Why We Do It
The world needs energy, and better engineering makes the projects that deliver it safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Our multi-discipline teams have designed some of the most challenging and successful projects in the North American energy sector, from early-stage studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions. We take pride in doing that work well, and just as much pride in continuously improving how we do it.
What You Would Do in This Role
Lead 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 philosophyEstablish project stress criteria, methodologies, acceptance limits, and line stress-criticality rulesPerform 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 applicableLead local stress and fatigue assessments with PRG FEA tools (NozzlePro, FEPipe), covering nozzle stresses, welded attachments, and code allowables and fatigue requirementsReview and approve stress models, calculations, FEA results, and reportsProvide expert input on piping layout, routing, welded attachments, and support details for integrity and constructability SAGD pipelinesAct as technical authority for SAGD pipeline stress analysis to CSA Z662: steam, produced emulsion, produced gas, and fuel gasDefine design approaches for expansion loops, anchors and guides, buried sections, and pipeline-to-facility interfacesSet SAGD pipeline routing and support strategy with pipeline design and CSA leadsHelp grow the SAGD pipeline business: support proposals, develop technical solutions, and present to clientsDigital transformation
Champion a model-centric stress workflow, defining how stress data lives in the 3D model and is shared across disciplinesDrive integration between 3D design and stress analysis tools, and lead workflow and automation improvementsDevelop discipline standards, procedures, and best practicesProject delivery
Set scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules, and priorities for projects and proposalsPlan, allocate, and review work;
update the project schedule and issue weekly progress reports with Project ManagementKeep stress work on budget, on schedule, and compliant with QA/QC;
manage scope changesReview and approve specialty item data sheets, MRQs/MRPs, and technical bid evaluationsRepresent the discipline in design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews, and client meetings, and negotiate critical engineering issuesSupport fabrication, construction, and commissioning, including resolution of field stress and nozzle issuesPeople leadership
Mentor and develop junior and intermediate stress engineers, including engineering best practicesStay current with industry codes and regulatory requirements, and keep the team currentRequirements
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (or equivalent)Professional Engineer (P.
Eng.) registered with APEGA8+ years of progressive piping stress engineering experience in oil and gas, including facility piping2+ years of SAGD pipeline stress analysis to CSA Z662Experience across oil sands facility piping, well pads, SAGD and underground pipelines, and gas processing plantsDemonstrated experience leading the piping stress scope on EPC projectsExpert knowledge of ASME B31.3, CSA Z662, ASME Section VIII, API standards, and ABSA/CSA B51 requirementsAdvanced proficiency with Bentley AutoPIPE, Vista’s preferred stress analysis softwareProven profici