Senior Rotating 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 Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer participates in the design of different aspects of energy industry projects from inception to completion.

Duties include:

Assisting in developing the process design for a project or proposal consisting of a normal process unit Providing comprehensive engineering and design services by establishing design criteria and preparing, interpreting and applying existing specifications, selecting machinery, evaluating performance, reviewing drawings, models and bills of material in accordance with basic project requirements Participating in the design of component parts, individual units and entire rotating equipment packages Exercising cost/budget control, and reviewing and monitoring designs for conformance with control estimates and project specifications Reviewing and maintaining project schedules, and tracking engineering tasks and deliverables in conjunction with project management Supervising the various activities involved in the design of rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages Performing preliminary equipment evaluations and selection Preparing and reviewing equipment specifications and datasheets for rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages Preparing material requisitions and technical bid evaluations for rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages Preparing and reviewing equipment lists Reviewing vendor or subcontractor quotations, drawings, and specifications for technical adequacy and conformance with project requirements Providing fabrication/technical support to vendors for rotating equipment and rotating equipment packages Reviewing facility drawings, P&IDs, and general arrangement drawings from a rotating equipment standpoint Participating in design reviews and HAZOPs as required Providing technical guidance to junior staff Interfacing with client representatives Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards Applying advanced engineering techniques and analyses to complex engineering tasks Ensuring design is in accordance with applicable codes and requirements, including Vista and client specifications and standards Assigning and outlining work for others, and reviewing work for technical accuracy and adequacy Actively stewarding change management as related to their scopes of work Assisting in the preparation of discipline inputs for cost estimates for proposals Providing construction support Authenticating documentation with a professional engineering stamp as required Preparing and reviewing engineering work packages Adhering to Vista Quality Management System (QMS) Performing other duties as requested Required Qualifications and Skills Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in engineering or applied science Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience in application of rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, turbines, motors, gear boxes, shaft seals, and…