Engineer, Facilities & Infrastructure

Role Responsibilities

Are you driven by the opportunity to apply your technical expertise to shape Alberta’s energy future?   Do you excel in environments where engineering insight, strategic thinking, and collaboration directly inform government policy and support responsible resource development?

The Engineering team within the Professional and Program Services (PPS) Branch, Ministry Services Division, is seeking a Facilities and Infrastructure Engineer to deliver critical technical evaluations, provide expert advice, and support key policy initiatives across Alberta’s resource sectors.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the position will involve providing analytical and technical leadership in evaluating extraction, upgrading, and refining facilities, downstream processing or separation facilities, mass and energy balances, energy technology pathways, and carbon capture & handling systems that inform key policy and operational decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and evaluate cost allocation approaches and annual submissions.
• Assess project economics, including forecasts and cost estimates for oil sands infrastructure.
• Model energy facilities (upgraders, refineries, petrochemical) and project performance.
• Review project feasibility, performance, and production assumptions.
• Assess emerging technologies and provide lifecycle emissions input.
• Contribute to briefings, working groups, and technical presentations.
• Provide engineering support to audit, legal, policy, and operations teams.
• Document methodologies and maintain professional engineering standards (APEGA).
• Monitor technology trends in Alberta’s energy sector.
• Provide ad hoc technical support across the team, including Resource Development Assessment.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

• Systems Thinking: Ability to consider interrelationships and emerging trends, analyze long-term outcomes, evaluate implications of different options, and identify potential unintended consequences.
• Drive for Results: Ability to exceed goals, hold self and others accountable, and partner effectively to achieve strong outcomes.
• Agility: Ability to adapt to change, take initiative to improve processes, and remain composed while navigating evolving priorities.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Ability to foster open communication, leverage team strengths, and support respectful collaboration and conflict resolution.

Qualifications

Required: 

• A minimum of a university degree in Chemical or Process Engineering is required, along with at least five (5) years of relevant experience as an engineer in bitumen, oil, and natural gas projects within the energy sector.
• Membership eligibility with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta is also required.

Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one-for-one basis.

The following will be considered assets:

• Experience in the downstream/processing sector of the oil and gas industry.
• Knowledge of technical and economic assessments related to energy processing facilities and infrastructure.
• Strong presentation and project management skills.
• Knowledge of oil sands, oil and gas recovery methods, and processing.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Additional Position Details:

• Term of Employment: Permanent, Full-time position.
• Hours of Work: 7.25 hours daily / 36.25 weekly – Monday to Friday.
• Location: Petroleum Plaza Building North Tower, Edmonton.

Recruitment Process:

• Final candidates will be required to undergo an academic credentials verification and security screening.
• This competition may be used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta, at equal or lower classification and salary. 
• Successful candidates will be required to disclose any business or financial interests, including the owning of shares or financial investments in the energy sector, to comply with the Department of Energy & Minerals’ Supplementary Code of Conduct.
• Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca/
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.