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.

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.

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 Project Lead Piping Designer provides supervision and working leadership of drafters and designers in piping, CSA or EIC. The Design Lead also oversees the design of different aspects of energy industry related projects from inception to completion. Duties include:

Promote a strong safety culture throughout project execution

Ensure designs comply with:

ASME B31.1

ASME B31.3

Applicable provincial/state regulations

Client engineering standards

Participate in HAZOPs, risk assessments, and constructability reviews

Ensure quality management procedures are followed

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

Supporting discipline man-hour estimates for proposals

Providing construction support

Preparing and reviewing complex 3D models for accuracy and completeness in accordance with established industry, client and Vista design criteria

Acting as the 3D model manager, ensuring seamless interfaces with other engineering disciplines to incorporate design elements and vendor data such as equipment location, piping routing, structural steel, foundations, cable trays, inline instrumentation, offline instruments and panels

Facilitating plot plan reviews, model reviews and constructability reviews with the assistance of one or more senior designers

Ensuring design review action items are closed in a timely manner

Preparing and checking isometrics, general arrangements, MTOs, plot plans, key plans and equipment location plans

Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

10+ years of piping design and engineering experience

Technical school certification/degree or equivalent experience

5+ years leading multidisciplinary project teams

Significant experience in pulp and paper facilities, including:

Pulp mills

Paper mills

Tissue mills

Recovery systems

Utility and balance-of-plant systems

Experience with brownfield and operating facility projects

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

Required experience with carbon capture systems, processes, and projects within pulp and paper manufacturing environments

Robust 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 Technical Skills

Strong understanding of:

Pulping processes

Chemical recovery systems

Steam and condensate systems

Water and effluent treatment systems

Process piping systems

Proficiency with:

AutoCAD Plant 3D

AVEVA E3D

CADWorx

Navisworks

Experience with:

Pipe stress coordination

Pipe support design

Equipment layout

Constructability reviews

Material management

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.

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📌 Piping Design Lead (Alberta)
🏢 Vista Projects
📍 Alberta