Posted 24 days ago
Process Engineer - Enhanced Oil Recovery/SAGD
@ PSL
Airdrie, Alberta
Overview
PSL is hiring a Process Engineer for enhanced oil recovery and SAGD heavy oil projects, as a contract or employee position. The role covers FEED studies, modular packages and turnkey EPFC projects, includes leading junior engineers, fabrication oversight at the Propak Airdrie facility, and domestic and international travel for startup and commissioning.
Responsibilities:
- Lead heavy oil process projects from FEED to turnkey EPFC
- Mentor and check work of junior engineers
- Oversee fabrication and assembly at Propak Airdrie
- Travel for startup and commissioning support
- Build client relationships
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's in chemical engineering
- APEGA registered or eligible
- 5+ years heavy oil processing, SAGD, wellpads, water treating
- HYSYS and process simulation software experience
- Excellent communication skills
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-14
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-14
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: moderate · ground: minimal |
| Work setting | Office, Plant or factory, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | APEGA |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Chemical Engineering |
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PSL
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 73 |
This position is open for consideration of contract or an employee position
• Work on a variety of heavy oil projects for domestic and international clients. The scope of the projects will vary
from FEED studies, modular packages and full turnkey EPFC projects.
• Acquire in-depth technical expertise in heavy oil processing
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, including delegation, checking, and authentication of professional work products.
• Become a critical decision maker while working with a multidisciplinary team of engineering and design leads
• Develop and build relationships with clients
• Gain practical experience by overseeing the fabrication and assembly of your projects in the Propak, Airdrie
facilities.
• Travel domestically and internationally for startup and commissioning support
• Receive mentorship from senior process engineers, supervisors, and managers to support your technical
development and role as a lead process engineer
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from an accredited university
• Professional Engineer registered and in good standing with Alberta Professional Engineers, and Geoscientists of
Alberta (APEGA) or eligible for membership.
• 5+ years of experience in heavy oil processing with specific experience in SAGD, wellpads, and water treating
required.
• Experience designing alternative processes in Glycol Dehydration, Sweetening, Mechanical Refrigeration, Oil
Processing, Oil Refining and Compression is considered an asset.
• EPC and/or Fabricator experience
• Excellent communications skills required to interact with client and internal team members
• Experience working with HYSYS and other engineering software (BR&E ProMax, VMGSim Symmetry, Flarenet)
• Experience in sizing process equipment is an asset (separators, treaters, FWKO, heat exchangers, PSVs, flare
systems, control valves, pumps, reciprocating, rotary screw, and centrifugal compressors)
• Experience with typical process deliverables (PFD, HMB, P&ID, Line List, Design Basis Memorandum, Cause &
Effect Diagrams, Control Narratives, Datasheets, Hydraulics, Line Sizing)
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