Senior Engineer, Engineering

Role Responsibilities

Alberta Energy and Minerals is currently seeking an experienced and driven professional to join our Professional and Program Services (PPS) Branch as a Senior Engineer. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled individual to contribute to the technical foundation of Alberta’s energy and mineral policy and operations.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Senior Engineer is responsible for delivering critical technical inputs- assessments, advice, and expert opinions to support Government of Alberta policy and operations. This includes providing guidance on resource assessments, reservoir modeling, facility constraints, enhanced oil recovery schemes, energy metrics (including environmental emissions), upgrading and refining technologies, infrastructure evaluations, oil sands, petroleum and natural gas reserves, coal and mineral projects, CCUS, and land-use framework initiatives.

The role is central to understanding, evaluating, and communicating energy technologies to policy and decision-makers across Alberta Energy. The Senior Engineer independently identifies key programs and issues, develops strategies to meet objectives, and assesses impacts technical, geological, environmental, economic, and market-related on industry and the province.

As a Senior engineering specialist, the position applies advanced expertise in business, program management, and energy operations to deliver technically sound assessments in alignment with APEGA Professional Guidelines. The Senior Engineer also leads expert reviews and coordinates technical evaluations to support departmental goals and timelines.Technical and economic assessments related to Energy and Minerals program development/ management.

• Lead role in assessing industry proposals brought forward to the Department and coordinating assessment .
• Identify specific emerging issues requiring scientific input, meet with internal/industry geologists, geophysicists and engineers to discuss complicated issues.
• Compile and develop strategic analyses and technology papers on current technology trends and identify emerging issues.
• Actively acts as a Department technical representative and participate, in various roles (Chair, co-chair, or department representative) in research related organizations such as: Alberta Innovates Programs and Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association.
• Provide technical assessments of energy and mineral policies across jurisdictions (nationally and internationally) that impact Alberta's energy and mineral resources.

Role Continued

This role demands a high level of expertise in engineering, program management, and energy sector operations. You will be expected to deliver assessments with technical integrity in accordance with APEGA Professional Guidelines and serve as a trusted advisor on complex energy and mineral issues.

If you are ready to make a meaningful impact and help shape Alberta’s energy future, we invite you to apply and bring your expertise to a team that values innovation, integrity and leadership.

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.

• Agility: You will identify alternative approaches and supports others to do the same and proactively explains impact of changes. You will make decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.
• Drive for Results: You will take and delegate responsibility for outcomes and use variety of resources to monitor own performance standards.
• Systems Thinking: You are able to anticipate outcomes and potential impacts across inter-related areas, and able to factor into planning and able to understand a range of stakeholder perspectives and how they interrelate.
• Build Collaborative Environment: You will collaborate across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict. Encourages broad thinking on projects, and works to eliminate barriers to progress and facilitate communication and collaboration.

Qualifications

A minimum university graduation is Engineering (Chemical, Petroluem, Mechanical) or Geology or Geophysics, plus ten years of directly related experience as an engineer working on bitumen, oil, and natural gas projects in the oil and gas and oil sands industry.

Eligibility for membership with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta ('APEGA') is also required.
 

Equivalency: Additional related education considered in lieu of experience on a one-for-one basis.
 

The following will be considered assets for this position:

• Master's degree in Engineering or MBA will be considered an asset.
• Experience in operating oil sands related facilities and expertise in determining energy and mass flows and balances for integrated projects.
• Experience in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
• Experience assessing reserves, associated production capacities, and determining production profiles (e.g. well life, peak production, well decline, and material balances).
• Strong project management knowledge and experience.

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

Hours of Work:

• 36.25 hours per week (full time) Monday to Friday.

Term of Employment:

• This is a full-time permanent position.

Location:

• Petroleum Plaza Building North Tower, Edmonton.

This competition maybe 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. 

What the GoA has to offer:

• 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.