Lead/Senior CSA Designer

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. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Department Design Lead is responsible for the resource assignment of designers in CSA. This position requires communication and coordination between the discipline engineering leads as to the designer staffing requirements. The Department Discipline Lead contributes to their department’s performance evaluations and training plans. The department will develop discipline-specific work processes, as necessary to support the projects/programs. Duties include:

• Planning, allocating and reviewing work programs. This includes updating ForecastWeb on a weekly basis and ensuring it is suitably completed to align with the demand of the Project/Program Manager. The forecast should be updated to current project plans and changes to work plans/resourcing needs are communicated through change management to project stakeholders.
• Preparing weekly progress reports for each project including work completed, work planned for the following week and discipline needs
• Updating project schedule on a weekly basis including marking tasks which are completed, in progress, and any potential delays. In addition, ensure tasks are listed correctly in schedule. Project schedule along with tasks and deliverables are reviewed and maintained in conjunction with Project Management.
• Establishing scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules and priorities for projects and proposals
• Scheduling and expediting department work 
• Providing leadership and mentorship to project/program discipline design team
• Providing technical and quality guidance to department staff
• Ensuring the design and drafting team are completing high quality work within the required time and budget constraints
• Attending status meetings with clients, project management and suppliers
• Coordinating interfaces with other disciplines
• Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
• Assigning and reviewing work of discipline design and drafting staff
• Ensuring adherence to Vista Quality Management System (QMS) 
• Preparing layouts, calculations and designs related to the most complicated elements of projects
• Ensuring all drawings and materials are in accordance with Vista and client specifications and standards
• Approving completed drawings
• Supporting development, implementation and maintenance of discipline design standards, checklists and procedures
• Making general recommendations on the utilization of new drafting/design techniques, normally within an area of specialization 
• Analyzing design elements for potential trends, technical feasibility, client or contractual requirements
• Generating 3D modeling specs and standard details
• Reviewing 3D models and 2D drawings based on engineers’ design sketches for steel structures,  concrete structures and buildings 
• Reviewing 3D models and 2D drawings based on engineers’ design sketches for civil works
• Assisting in preparation of IFC drawings and compiling engineering work packages
• Preparing and reviewing the design and drafting of complex structural engineering including steel structures, concrete structures, steel buildings, piling and foundations, and related elements
• Preparing and reviewing the design and drafting of complex civil works
• Preparing or assisting in the preparation of the MTOs and cost estimates for Civil/Structural/Architectural bids and proposal work
• Supporting discipline man-hour estimates for proposals
• Providing construction support
• Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

• Eight years of progressive experience in facilities engineering and design in the energy industry
• Technical school certification/degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to work and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and designers including Process, Mechanical, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls and Piping
• Advanced computer skills and broad experience in major drafting and design software such as AutoCAD, CADWorx, SmartPlant, AutoPLANT, AVEVA and PDMS
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills, technical competence and attention to detail
• Self-motivated and efficient with time management 
• Comprehensive knowledge of applicable government regulations and regulatory codes
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits

Preferred

• Ten years of experience in a designer capacity, ideally with a focus in the energy industry
• Three years of previous management or supervisory experience in a professional setting

Why People Like Working with Us

Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the type of challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world requires. If that doesn’t excite you, this role likely won’t be a fit.

Challenging projects require focus and we enable our people to do their best work with modernized project systems that are based on our leading use of intelligent data-centric execution architecture. Our staff and clients like that it gives them real-time access to validated data shared across all project departments. This fosters project design and business decisions based on a single, authoritative source of truth and provides increased transparency and collaboration with team members and clients, leading to improved engineering quality and a product we can all take pride in.

What We Offer

An opportunity with Vista is not just a job; it is a chance to tackle challenging projects with colleagues who are among the most recognized and accomplished in their disciplines.

Vista offers all employees

• A stimulating, fast-paced and challenging work environment where you will contribute to the interesting municipal and industrial engineering projects
• A robust and consistent recruitment process that ensures your colleagues are likeminded and comparably capable
• An opportunity to be a part of an entrepreneurial, technically skilled team which has established leadership in innovative engineering solutions
• A strong value-based philosophy that provides an informal, close-knit team environment, where you and your family feel like a part of our organization, and not just an employee number
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance-linked variable pay program
• Company-sponsored social events and team sports
• Flexible work schedules, half-day Fridays and free parking
• An organization that values and encourages diversity

How to Apply

Please complete the application form below and include a cover letter concisely demonstrating how your skills and experience align with our job posting. By submitting this application, you consent to our  Privacy Policy , and you consent to receive transactional electronic messages from Vista and third parties acting on our behalf.

Note:  As part of the interview process there will be a technical testing component that will take up to two hours and can be completed at home on your own timeline. Candidates may be required to complete a security clearance procedure prior to receiving an offer.